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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 738: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the non-governmental agencies or organisations his Department has provided funding to in 2004, 2005, and 2006; the amount of funding provided to each in each year; the number of applications for funding submitted to his Department in total; the number of these applications which were refused; the reason for...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 746: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage of development the expansion of the Leixlip waste water plant is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27470/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 753: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the stage the Lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme is at; if construction has commenced; when he anticipates the relevant works will be completed and the problem of persistent sewage odour in Leixlip will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27477/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 745: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the proposed increase in abstraction levels at Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare will take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27469/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 747: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications for works which have been made to his Department in the context of the water services investment programme; the number of these which were granted, refused, commenced and completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27471/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 748: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of counties which have applied for the construction or expansion of water and waste water treatment plants each year since 2000; the number of these applications which have been granted; the extent of funding allocated for such works; the number of these projects which have been completed; if there...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 749: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to any county experiencing water shortages due to increased demand for service; the way in which such shortages are to be resolved; the measures he has taken to ensure that such shortages are prevented from occurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27473/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 750: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households approximately which derive their water supplies from each local authority's water supply network at present; the water services infrastructural upgrades which have been made in each county since 1996; the increases in the volume of water abstracted from sources which have occurred in...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 751: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, regarding the water services investment programme, census figures pertaining to population increases will be taken into account when planning for development of the water services system; if the national level of housing construction has been taken into account when devising the investment programme; if...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 752: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an established minimum level of service pertaining to water provision that must be provided to households who source their water via local government mains supply; if so, the way in which this level of service is guaranteed; if he has satisfied himself that it is maintained; if not, his views on...

Written Answers — Women's Refuges: Women's Refuges (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 754: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of women's refuges which have received funding from his Department; if he will provide funding for the establishment of a refuge in County Kildare; if such funding has been allocated, when same occurred; the extent of the funding; the stage of development of the refuge; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Women's Refuges: Women's Refuges (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 755: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding for the establishment of a women's refuge in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27479/06]

Written Answers — Women's Refuges: Women's Refuges (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 794: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of women's refuges which have received funding from his Department; if he will provide funding for the establishment of a refuge in County Kildare; if such funding has been allocated, when same occurred; the extent of the funding; the stage of development of the refuge; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Noise Regulations: Noise Regulations (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 756: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce regulations which incorporate environmental noise resulting from movements into and out of small airfields and aerodromes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27481/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 765: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring forward amending legislation to change the provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 in order that developers may be required to construct purpose built childcare facilities within large-scale housing developments and sell them to the local authorities at cost price thus...

Sports Capital Programme. (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way in which the population criteria was used to arrive at the decisions in view of the recent sports capital grants allocation and the fact that Kildare received the lowest [i]per capita [/i]allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27236/06]

Sports Capital Programme. (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I have looked at our applications for the past four years. Is the Minister saying it is all down to expertise which is particularly good in certain countries? For example, County Kerry has done extraordinarily well over a number of years. If we compare that county with Meath, a county with almost exactly the same population, in 2002 County Kerry got almost four times the amount. The same...

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputies Boyle and Morgan.

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: The Irish Independent headline this morning read: "Aer Lingus for sale: public can buy stake". If we rowed back to 1999 and substituted "Eircom" for "Aer Lingus", that headline would not look out of place. Less than a year after Eircom was floated, the headline read: "Eircom stock price dives on share dump". Not only were small investors stung badly, there was a failure to invest in broadband...

Government Record: Motion (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I would have masochistic tendencies if I sought a general election since I was only elected to the Dáil in March last year. However, I must admit to being less interested in who fills particular portfolios and more interested in the functioning and direction of government. The progress of this Government will be measured by the electorate in terms of solid delivery on the grounds of key...