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Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (10 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps she will take to reduce the [i]de facto[/i] cost of schooling here in order to increase equal access to education for all children in view of the recent report of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which highlighted the committee's concern on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31602/06]

Written Answers — Housing Associations: Housing Associations (10 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 558: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take in relation to housing associations that are not conforming with the regulations under which they were set up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31484/06]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (10 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he proposes to respond to the upcoming report of the European Environment Agency which cites Dublin as a negative example of what can happen if you let the money flow without having a vision of balanced development; the plans he has put in place or proposes to put in place to tackle the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (10 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities that employ an archivist; the remit of such an archivist; the instruction which was issued to local authorities by his Department under Section 65 of the 1994 and Section 80 of the 2001 Local Government Acts respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31806/06]

Written Answers — Local Government: Local Government (10 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the specific outstanding issues which remain to be resolved in order to allow the creation of new town councils to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31877/06]

Crime Prevention: Motion. (10 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Until recently, most people, if they had heard a description of a €10 million drugs haul at an airfield on the Continent bound for a small unmonitored aerodrome on the outskirts of Dublin using an aeroplane borrowed without the knowledge of its owner, would have assumed it referred to an extract from a television show such as "Miami Vice". Unfortunately, life is beginning to imitate art in...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if the public service embargo will be relaxed in order to recruit either temporary or permanent specialist staff in the context of decentralisation; if so, if limits have been set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31457/06]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community run creches supported by his Department in the Kildare north constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31473/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the referral patterns for speech and language therapy in the adult services, learning and disability services and physical and sensory services by county in the years since and including 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31463/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons currently waitlisted for speech and language therapy in each county; the average waiting time in each county; the average waiting time nationally; the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31464/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the provision for speech and language therapy for learning and disability services, physical and sensory services, and adult services by county; the way this compares with the level of provision in 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31465/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the referral patterns by county for speech therapy in the community pediatric services during 2002 and in the years since; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31466/06]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions which have taken place between his Department, Aer Rianta and Weston Aerodrome regarding the issue of air traffic control at Weston Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31445/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 196: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will include as one of the local government performance indicators the taking in charge of housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31455/06]

Written Answers — Planning Legislation: Planning Legislation (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 197: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, when he is reviewing part V of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 he will include purpose built crèches, currently constructed with every 75 dwellings, as a community gain with developments that return cash not houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31456/06]

Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Will the legislation on management companies be dealt with exclusively by the Company Law Consolidation and Reform Bill or will further legislation be introduced in the lifetime of this Government based on the Law Reform Commission and the National Consumer Agency reports?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (5 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise the following matter of urgent, national and local importance, namely, the need, without delay, to implement the recommendations contained in the report published yesterday by the National Consumer Agency on the issue of management companies, some of which will require new legislation. Many of the recommendations...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (4 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the legislation for licensing domestic waste collection in order that minimum standards of service are available to consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31020/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to track progress on the unfinished housing estates identified to him following the issue of circular letter PD/106 in early 2006; the dialogue he has had with the County and City Managers Association in relation to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30929/06]

Public Expenditure: Motion (Resumed). (4 Oct 2006)

Catherine Murphy: This is a unique time in Irish society; it is a time of plenty, although it may not be very well spread around. While it might be obvious it is worth reminding ourselves that the national coffers are not in the ownership of any Government. The Government is merely their custodian, which is why those funds should not be squandered. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General highlights...