Results 28,041-28,060 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (29 Sep 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the impact which Weston aerodrome's moving from visual to instrument control would have on available training time at Casement aerodrome; the consultation process which is followed in the event of such a change; the notification which occurs between his Department, the IAA and Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25956/05]

Prison Building Programme: Motion (Resumed). (29 Sep 2005)

Catherine Murphy: I support the principle of building a new prison to replace Mountjoy. While I also support the relocation and construction of a modern central mental hospital, it is totally inappropriate to accommodate both on the same campus. There are few communities that would lobby for the location of such facilities on their doorstep. That these facilities were not put through the normal planning...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the arrangements being put in place to guarantee funding to local authorities which secure long leases on rental properties beyond the three-year transition programme of the RAS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22934/05]

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which the poverty trap inherent in the payment of rent assistance will be addressed when the rental accommodation scheme is fully rolled out later in 2005; if it was considered in the context of the national anti-poverty strategy; if so, the conclusions which were drawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: My experience of rent supplement is that it deters people from going to work. I do not have a problem with the concept of local authorities taking significant responsibility for what is a housing issue. However, I want to ask some questions regarding problems with the scheme or perhaps to elicit more information about it. The public service embargo will have a bearing on the ability of local...

Social Welfare Benefits. (30 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Local authorities already have problems delivering the housing programme. In the absence of extra staff, I believe this simply will not happen. No additional resources were provided in the budget and the embargo has not been lifted so I am seriously concerned that these funds will be returned without anyone being housed by this scheme.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of persons who have taken up the rural social scheme; and the number in each county. [22754/05]

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount which has been allocated from the dormant accounts fund on a county basis since its inception; and if all of the funds committed have been spent. [22753/05]

Written Answers — : (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will seek equality of service from the HSE for front line therapy services such as speech, occupational and physiotherapy; the way in which this might be achieved in view of the fact that the public service embargo is in place and sanctioned positions are in some cases not being advertised because of the embargo....

Written Answers — General Register Office: General Register Office (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the scheme to computerise the registers of births, marriages and deaths will be fully operational; and the stage the project is at. [23171/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if places in public nursing homes have been assigned for short stay care to relieve pressure on acute hospital beds; if so, their number and location. [23172/05]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason enhanced subvention for nursing home care is available in some parts of the country and not in others; and the way in which it is intended to remedy this. [23173/05]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals submitted for consideration and funding by the OPW related to flooding incidents in Kildare. [23157/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the average waiting time for issuing by the Revenue Commissioners of tax free allowance and tax rebates. [23159/05]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has considered reducing to zero the tolls on the West Link toll bridge; and if so, the outcome of such consideration and the way in which it was reached. [23192/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 448: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants assigned to schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; the number of these that will have their contracts renewed prior to the ending of the current school year; if she intends to put a more formal structure in place for SNAs given that many are investing their own funds in training and have...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy in her Department for progression to second level schools for children with autism; the provision her Department has made now that some are in their final year of primary education and require places in September of this year. [23268/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a second level school place rather than a place of care will be provided this September for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare and if so where. [23269/05]

Written Answers — School Places: School Places (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level school places her Department will have in place in the following areas (details supplied) for September 2004 and September 2005 and the number of pupils expected to seek places. [23270/05]

Written Answers — School Places: School Places (29 Jun 2005)

Catherine Murphy: Question 452: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which she intends to provide for pupils seeking places in 2005 in second level schools who were formally in the catchment area for schools in Naas, Clane, Celbridge and Maynooth and now find that the catchment area is restricted because of pressure of population growth (details supplied). [23271/05]