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Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: If we were to see a change in that substitution arrangement, given that talks are ongoing, that would change the system.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: It will reduce complication in the payroll system.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: In terms of a primary school's autonomy when it needs to substitute, if a teacher is sick in a given week or for a week, what is the budgetary arrangement? Where a primary school teacher pays for a sub to come in, does the pay come from a particular fund?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: The budget is not devolved but the decision by the principal in a primary school to take on a substitute teacher rests with him or her.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Who provides the substitute cover for the first day?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Does the school have a budget to call somebody down the road who is on the list to cover for the first day?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: On the second and third day, the school is allowed bring in a substitute teacher.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Does the principal make a telephone call to somebody he or she knows? How does the system work?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: I know that, because young teachers have come to me about this. They will stay around in the morning waiting for a telephone call. If it does not come by a certain time they do not get work that day, and if it does then they are off, perhaps to one of the schools they have had to lobby in their area, which they can get to on time. That, essentially, is how the system works. It is very...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 18 - Salary Overpayments to Teachers
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (28 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: What about choosing somebody who has retired? Does he or she have a free hand in that as well?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the meaning of guidelines regarding waivers in relation to change of use requests in planning applications (details supplied). [10665/13]

Other Questions: Broadband Services Provision (26 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Our digital inclusion strategy, to which the broadband strategy is central, is incredibly important. The Government has a good strategy. However, in the light of recent EU budget cuts for broadband strategy from €8.2 billion to €1 billion, a dramatic reduction, have we examined how this will change the Government's strategy launched last August?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (26 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 18 December 2012, if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding public sector pensions. [9588/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: RAPID Programme (26 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of those streets in Dublin that are in RAPID areas. [10241/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (26 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow Polio survivors to qualify for a medical card automatically and if he is considering categorising Polio as an illness under the long term illness scheme. [10243/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (26 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health if a graduate programme for speech and language therapists will be introduced in 2013. [10242/13]

Other Questions: Road Safety Statistics (19 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: Of fatal collisions in 2012, seven drivers were on learner permits. In total, 3,237 drivers with learner permits were involved in one form of collision or another in 2012. This is an important element to be addressed and I would appreciate the Minister's opinions on it.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Smarter Transport (19 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide information on the status of the Smarter Transport Bill 2011 and any forthcoming legislation from his Department that might include elements of it. [8386/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Smarter Transport (19 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to further encourage the use of more sustainable transport solutions by allowing local authorities to create bye-laws to regulate the use of electric vehicles, car clubs and so on. [8497/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Proliferation (19 Feb 2013)

Eoghan Murphy: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be represented at the forthcoming International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, to be held on 4-5 March in Oslo. [8233/13]