Results 26,521-26,540 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Primary Education: Primary Education (21 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost per annum to educate a child at primary level; if he will provide a breakdown of the calculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16390/11]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Health in his examination of the fair deal scheme, the cost for drugs to both medical card and non-medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16329/11]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health the budget within the Health Service Executive from which ancillary services, such as physiotherapy, occupational and speech and language therapy will be provided to those with medical cards availing of the fair deal scheme; if the extent of need has been evaluated from the recent examination of the scheme; if so, the details of same; if there are...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Health if the resource cap associated with the fair deal scheme includes an average time spent in a nursing home; if so the timeframe for same; his plans to revisit the calculations underpinning the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16332/11]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 386: To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the fair deal scheme, the way the €30m savings in non-service related spending will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16420/11]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Health the intended increases in charges for long-stay patients in the context of the fair deal scheme; if legislation will be required; the categories of patients that will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16424/11]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (21 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals of elder abuse the Health Service Executive received in 2008, 2009 and 2010; the action he will take regarding the fact that persons who are over the age of 80 years are three times more likely to experience abuse than other elderly age groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16585/11]

Departmental Bodies (21 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: This is a key area of concern. We are reading between the lines as to what the Government intends.

Departmental Bodies (21 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Every week at the Whips' meeting I look for the McCarthy report to be on the agenda for debate. It is high time we had a comprehensive debate on it but this has not been acceded to yet. Unless we get a comprehensive statement from the Government and have a debate, there will be guesswork and reading between the lines, with people feeling concerned unnecessarily about some of the State...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 53: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the fund from which the recent State visits were paid; if local authorities were allocated additional funds; if so, the amount of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14108/11]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 17 May 2011, his views on whether it is equitable that school employees paid through private funds should be subject to section 2 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009 without receiving the standard benefits enjoyed by public sector employees; and if he will make...

Local Authority Housing (16 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 5: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will introduce a shorter and more specific application form for those seeking a local authority housing transfer; if he will agree to include the reason the transfer is being sought; if he collects statistics on the number of transfer applications; the numbers who achieve such transfers; and if he...

Local Authority Housing (16 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: That is the problem. Kildare County Council uses the same form regardless of whether it is a fresh application for housing or a transfer request, so that is counted in the figures for those seeking housing. It distorts the figures. It also removes the prospect of gathering information on why transfers are sought. There are a number of reasons, such as health matters and the size of the...

Local Authority Housing (16 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: If we do not capture the reasons, we cannot respond when there is a problem. If the reason is included on a form, such as design issues or antisocial behaviour, one can then deal with it because one sees the nature and scale of the problem. That is why I ask for it to be included.

Local Authority Housing (16 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: They are not dealt with.

Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: I have seen at first hand the very real problems experienced by households in north Kildare. Water interruptions and loss of pressure has become a seasonal problem. Homes with small children and babies have gone without water for up to two weeks during the winter, while in dry spells in the summer the pressure is reduced to the point where some households do not have a constant supply....

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed). (16 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: I would like to make a point about the name of the Bill. FLAC drew attention to a significant section which has been omitted, namely, the section that deals with mortgage interest supplement and the changes that are urgently needed. For example, one party to a mortgage might encounter difficulties. Aspects of the programme for Government address this. An expert group has delivered...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (15 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the point at which it is intended to establish the national employment and entitlement service; if community employment schemes will continue to form part of the mix of options; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15318/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are estimated numbers for those who will transfer from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme in the lifetime of this Government; if she has talked to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the challenges that local authorities will encounter in sourcing sufficient RAS houses to...

Written Answers — EU-IMF Programme: EU-IMF Programme (15 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland is contributing to the Greek bailout; if so, the amount of same; the rate of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15575/11]