Results 2,781-2,800 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: Hardly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: Does that mean the end of the week is the Minister's deadline?
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: Not agreed.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: I am not agreeing to this proposal because the general scheme will be referred to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. It is legislation-----
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: The Committee on Procedure and Privileges meets in private session. It is inappropriate for legislation to be referred to a committee which meets in private session.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: The proposal lacks the transparency required.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: The proposal lacks the required transparency.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: I am objecting to the proposal on the grounds of transparency and openness.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: The rules are a joke.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: The Committee on Procedure and Privileges does not meet in public.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: Can the Committee on Procedure and Privileges not meet in public session when it is examining the heads of a Bill?
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: We objected to the use of the guillotine.
- Topical Issue Debate: Death of Ms Savita Halappanavar (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: It is appalling even to consider that a tragedy like this was allowed to happen. There can be no argument with the assertion by the late Ms Halappanavar's husband, Praveen, that what happened to her cannot be allowed to happen in this country again. Earlier this year, I supported the Bill introduced by Deputy Clare Daly that might have prevented this tragedy from occurring, but...
- Topical Issue Debate: Death of Ms Savita Halappanavar (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: The nightmare for this family is not in the past. The nightmare is only beginning. The have their loss and now they are facing into things like inquests and inquiries. The reality is that she was not even given a chance. This problem arises because we have no mechanism for vindicating the equal right to life of the mother. When will this legislation be brought forward in order that the...
- Education Funding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: I would like to share time with Deputies Seamus Healy, Mick Wallace and Maureen O'Sullivan.
- Education Funding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: The medical cards fiasco earlier in the year should have served as an advance warning with regard to the operation of SUSI. Many of us linked the two of them together at the time. The reality is that we are poor at putting good institutional architecture together when we need to reform things. The main reason is that a raft of reforms tends to be needed as a consequence of the continual...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Recruitment (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown of the new staff recruited to work in his Department and associated agencies in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 by grade, location, contracted hours, full time or part time, and status permanent or temporary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50057/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to require all schools in receipt of capitation funding to implement targeted energy efficiency programmes to cut wasteful usage of lighting, heating and electronic equipment, considering that existing voluntary and piecemeal projects show the potential to save 15 – 40% of schools’ energy costs within two years at most,...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Usage (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether in view of the budgetary pressures, urgent savings should be made across the board in the public sector's estimated energy bill of €500 million per year, rather than continuing with voluntary and piecemeal projects; if so, if his Department will implement energy efficiency targets of 20% for the...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Usage (14 Nov 2012)
Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of huge budgetary pressures, urgent savings should be made across the board in the public sector’s estimated energy bill of €500 million a year, rather than continuing with voluntary and piecemeal projects; if so, if his Department will implement energy efficiency targets of 20% for the public sector...