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Finance Bill 2006: Report Stage. (7 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I support the amendment. Nobody speaks of the Kyoto Protocol without using the words "we" or "our". There is talk of our obligations and what we must do. We should find a more inclusive definition of we, which includes more than just environmentalists and policymakers. The public should take the obligation on board. The public must see the obligation in financial terms. That is the reason...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: When will the property services regulatory authority Bill be published? Will it cover the area of management agents and management companies? The Law Reform Commission is considering the issue of management companies.

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the additional funding provided in 2004 and 2005 to programmes aimed at satisfying the mental health elements of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 and the Disability Act 2005; what these programmes are; the allocation of funds for such programmes planned for the future; and if she will make...

Written Answers — National Health Strategy: National Health Strategy (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the elements of the home care package for the elderly which will be in place in 2006; the body that will deliver the services; the way in which it is intended to ensure equality of service nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8592/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will comment on the inconsistency of his statements with regard to US use of Irish air space and ground-based facilities as against its operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility; the reason he is content to accept one form of diplomatic assurance while unwilling to accept another emanating from the US Administration on a...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the extensive development currently under way at the new town site of Adamstown and the proposed opening of a new railway station on the Dublin to Kildare line in March 2007, which is intended to service the new inhabitants of the town as well as the current users of this train line, an expansion of train services to include...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport if bus services to cater for the new residents of Adamstown will come on stream; the funding which has been made available to Dublin Bus in order to cater for the new inhabitants of this town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8394/06]

Further and Higher Education: Statements. (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: When a major study such as the McIver report is commissioned by the Government and published, one expects its implementation. The Government has obviously been taken by surprise by its findings. Otherwise, it would have anticipated the cost of implementing it. We are constantly being told that we must move up the value chain in our economy. Those who will drive that move will not necessarily...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (1 Mar 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local and national importance, namely, the need to reassess the demographics in the west Dublin-north Kildare area for health care provision. Figures illustrating the increasing number of patients awaiting treatment on hospital trolleys demonstrate that the main hospitals serving this catchment, namely, James...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in the process of considering an application from Dublin Bus to expand its fleet and in examining the prospects of increasing competition in this sector, he has considered the implications of delays in expanding services for users in view of the increasing demand for services; his views on the effect that opening competition in this sector...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (28 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 482: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, due to the difficulties with primary school provision in a town (details supplied) in County Kildare whereby the three primary schools currently in place cater for either single sex only or co-educational only up until a certain age which is causing some parents to have several children placed in several primary schools at once,...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: This time last year, the public in Kildare North and Meath put child care firmly on the national agenda by raising the matter over and again with representatives on the doorsteps. I was reminded of this today when I saw the snow because the weather was similar then and it is well we remember it. Child care is now accepted as an issue of national importance and the Bill is the first attempt by...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Hear, hear.

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputies Harkin and Cowley.

Commemorative Events. (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: I agree that the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Rising should be marked. The Minister's party probably discovered how many people watched its Ard-Fheis through the number of people who immediately afterwards picked up on the announcement. When I heard it I was concerned that it would be just a military parade. That would have reflected only an element. The fundamental reason it should be...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence if he continues to hold the view that allowing larger aircraft which could land and, more particularly, take off from Weston is undesirable, as their requisite flight path would compromise the safety of the flight paths currently used by the Air Corps into Baldonnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7149/06]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department has conducted, is currently conducting, or plans to conduct discussions with the management of Weston Aerodrome and the Irish Aviation Authority regarding a proposed change to the terms of its licence in view of the fact that alterations to flight patterns may impact on operations at Casement Aerodrome; if so, his views on changes...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards and doctor-only medical cards issued in Kildare in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7597/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the evaluation of the provision of front line therapy services by the Health Service Executive as it relates to demand for same; the way in which it is intended to ensure equality of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7598/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 Feb 2006)

Catherine Murphy: Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for orthodontic services as provided by the Health Service Executive; the average waiting time for such services as provided by the former health boards in the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 across the categories of need; what those categories are; the plans that exist to address the waiting...