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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is not. I was surprised given the context of what is happening that the network did not feature in the national development plan. I think the Minister is right to say that there could be an opportunity but we have to help that opportunity. Is there any scope or discussion at European level for funding to assist in this particular area? Has the Minister been party to such a discussion?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: It is the ports themselves that have to do it as opposed to the Government.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I am okay with allowing the Minister to reply first if that is-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to focus in particular on swimming pools, to which the Minister referred in his statement. I use every opportunity to raise the matter. The Minister said in his statement, "The capital envelope for sport also provides €4 million to meet all existing commitments under the local authority swimming pool programme." The original local authority swimming pool programme opened in...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I want a swimming pool - yesterday please.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: We have, on several occasions.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Let me put it this way, if one looked at it in the national context simply based on the numbers, it would jump out as a requirement in its own right. I accept the point the Chairman made. He is talking about the same dynamic as in my area, and so it is a wider problem.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: Since the swimming pool programme opened in 2000 there have been four censuses of population. A total of 58,000 extra people have come to live in Kildare. The problem is that there is resentment against development when it is just a case of one dimension, namely, housing. What is really needed is for people to see an advantage in an area growing, but it must grow holistically. Sport plays...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 20 January 2018, the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15580/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16277/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the likely impact on a construction project (details supplied) following the appointment of an examiner to a group; if the completion date will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16418/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 13 February 2018, the status of the progression on the project to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16718/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 780. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure new medicines are available to persons with MS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15604/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 753. To ask the Minister for Health further to a deferred reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 444 and 452 of 27 February 2018 by the HSE (details supplied), if a further breakdown of the table contained therein that identifies the number of office staff and the number of trained medical staff who have availed of the shorter working hours scheme can be provided; if the breakdown can also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 912. To ask the Minister for Health if medical cards will be issued to all persons with haemochromatosis based on their needs and requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16058/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 913. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre blood glucose monitor will be made available based on clinical need for all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16059/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Service Level Agreements (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 954. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service level agreements that exist between the HSE and religious orders to deliver services; the nature of services delivered by order and duration of the agreements, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16330/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Paediatric Services (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 988. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Primary Care Steering Group (details supplied); the status of the abolition of the loco parentis clause in paediatrics homecare packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16587/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1004. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in the intra-hospital transfer of a person (details supplied) requiring urgent treatment in the hospital they are referred to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Murphy: 1007. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric rheumatologists and associated staff teams by hospital and location; his plans to increase the number in this regard; if his attention has been drawn to the WHO recommended number of paediatric rheumatologists per head of population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16643/18]