Results 27,541-27,560 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the anticipated date for the commencement of work on building a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14202/06]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Retirement Scheme: Defence Forces Retirement Scheme (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will change the circumstances in which retired military personnel can claim the military service allowance to incorporate those who retired prior to 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14088/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Files: Departmental Files (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the military service pensions files and the 1916-1923 medals files, both of which are up to 90 years old, continue to be withheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14090/06]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to raise the limit of €165,000 for annuity loans given that this is significantly short of the cost of affordable houses in many parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14159/06]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidance his Department has given to local authorities on the limits they should set on the shared ownership loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14160/06]

Written Answers — Financial Services: Financial Services (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 438: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outcome of discussions and progress made with lending institutions on mortgage provision where a clawback applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14161/06]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses he has been advised will become available in 2006 by local authorities where those houses are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14162/06]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of sites that have been made available and the amount handed over to local authorities in lieu of Part V obligations in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14163/06]

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

Catherine Murphy: Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the current water supply demand in the greater Dublin area; the sources that currently supply that demand; the projected need to 2010; the sources that will satisfy that demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14164/06]

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

Catherine Murphy: Question 442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the leak detection project for water supplies in the greater Dublin area since its commencement; the further work planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14165/06]

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

Catherine Murphy: Question 443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he intends to introduce in relation to water conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14166/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to introduce, fully or partially, the Indecon report on local government funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14167/06]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to respond to the recommendation in the Indecon report on the disabled person's grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14168/06]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consideration he has given to the regulation of management companies in mixed developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14169/06]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the relevant sections of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to exclude the use of management companies, except for multi-occupancy dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14170/06]

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: This Bill attempts to do several things, many of which are requirements under EU directives. It is reactive in that sense. Much of the Bill is about the extension of functions. I welcome the mechanism for an all-Ireland approach to energy which is sensible and meaningful. However, I wonder whether it is an academic exercise given the looming energy crisis. We may have great institutional...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: We have been told that bigger, wider roads will give us more cars, as has happened everywhere else, and we need to counterbalance that with public transport, but we ignore that saying it will not happen here. When it happens, we try to resolve it. That approach seems to be almost a national pastime. We need to plan for a crisis but I see no evidence of that happening. An article in The...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures that she has taken to ensure the delivery of the extension of the school year through the month of July in the case of all special facilities catering for children with autism as indicated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13392/06]

Written Answers — Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education (5 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average age at which infants enter primary school for the first time in each county; the number of schools which operate age restrictive enrolment policies at present preventing children under five from being enrolled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13467/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the school year will be extended through July 2006 for a special class, details supplied, and the reason for this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13580/06]