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Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: It would need a crystal ball to say the Minister will argue this. It is dangerous. The Minister should delete this section of the Bill until child care provisions are in place. I listened the other night to Mr. Jim Power, the expert and chief economist who told us we were going to be in for a soft landing and who haggled with Professor Morgan Kelly about this four or five years ago....

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The area of domiciliary care payments is probably an administrative matter as well. It appears a review is carried out somewhat frequently, perhaps every few years, in the case of those who qualified under the Department of Social Protection rather than under the old system administered by the health boards. It is costing people a good deal to get the required evidence for the review. One...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (19 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the new and proposed State supports for access to third and fourth level education in view of the recent reduction in tax relief for qualifying programmes and the proposed reduction in direct financial supports in the next academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19723/12]

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I have made it clear that I will not be supporting the treaty. I have tabled an amendment to the wording. I have some concerns about the wording. Although I am opposed to the treaty, this does not mean I should not seek to lessen the damage in terms of the wording. I examined the wording of other European Union treaties. The wording proposed for this treaty is similar to three previous...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The Tánaiste has stated Ireland has a tradition of including wording to ensure it meets its European or international obligations. However, Members also have domestic obligations to citizens and the lack of a democratic component to this intergovernmental entity conflicts with such obligations. I consider this democratic element to be extremely important. I am fairly sure it was the...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The one thing which became clear during the entire process of negotiations which led to the drafting of this treaty is that Heads of State and Government are not equal. Deputy White stated that we can work through the political families. It must be recognised that Ireland is a minnow in respect of this matter and it is not in a position of equality with other states. The European Union was...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Will I not have an opportunity to press the amendment?

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I should have been given time to press it. If I am not allowed to do so, there is something flawed in the Order of Business. If I table an amendment, I am entitled to have it disposed of. It cannot be presumed that the House will accept or reject an amendment.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: In that case, I must ask how democratic is the House. If an amendment is tabled and the order is made in such a way that we talk ourselves out of time and are prevented from pressing the amendment, what is the point of having a Committee Stage debate?

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I have never experienced a debate where only one amendment was tabled and the House did not have time to dispose of it.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Committee Stage and Remaining Stages (20 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: This is outrageous.

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (24 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide full details of the total approved public service staffing intake and projected public service staffing intake for 2012, across all Government Departments and State agencies in respect of new hires outside the usual terms of the current public service recruitment embargo; if he will provide details of all...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (24 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm the status of 19 cent support price mechanism that was introduced by ESB networks in 2009; the results of the study undertaken by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland of the 42 microgeneration units that tested as a sample to show the performance of a range of different...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (24 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 793: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis the National Transport Authority has carried out to model traffic projection over the next ten years in the greater Dublin area; and if in the absence of the introduction of the Dublin metro system and the east wall rail interconnector, the way he expects to avoid major traffic congestion on the M50 and other...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (24 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 794: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been further communication between the National Transport Authority and An Bord Pleanála in the issues raised by the planning authority with regard to the construction of the Luas BXD line; if he will confirm the budget he expects to be spent on the project this year; when he expects pre-construction on the...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (24 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Question 796: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been spent by the State to date in acquiring land, rights to land and purchase options for land, in respect of road projects which are not scheduled to commence construction before 2014; if he will itemise this expenditure project by project, stating the proposed length of road involved in each case and...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Deputy Ó Snodaigh spoke about the criteria. Clearly the mortgage interest supplement is a very restrictive supplement given that a person must be working for less than 30 hours a week, and I know there are proposals to go slightly further than that. For people working up to 30 hours a week for 11 months, those in most trouble will be those whose mortgagers have a big interest element -...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: No Member disagrees with the principle of the banks engaging but the manner in which it is occurring is the cause of concern. One of the major criticisms during the debate on the Keane report came from FLAC, New Beginnings and others who had recommendations to make but were not part of the report. Most of us pay attention to what they say because they are at the coalface. They reflect the...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Catherine Murphy: It is my phone, I am sorry.