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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence (18 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline her responsibility in relation to children who require the services of domestic violence shelters; if she will confirm that all domestic violence shelters which cater for children as well as adults meet Health Information and Quality Authority standards; if she will outline the cooperation her Department has with the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Maternity Leave (18 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his statement following Budget 2013, if it is his intention to reduce entitlement of teachers and special needs assistants to maternity leave-in-lieu arrangements; if it is his intention to eliminate all entitlements to such maternity leave-in-lieu arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56449/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to make a couple of points. As regards the accreditation system, I have watched a lot of planning permissions over the years, including ones where an environmental impact assessment is required. They are required to be independent but I found it strange that in all those years I never saw one arguing against the proposal. I would have thought there would be something that would not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: When there is a planning application that requires an environmental impact assessment - and those assessments are supposed to be independent - I have never seen one argue anything other than positively in favour of the application in every respect. One would have thought that some of them would have been neutral at least on the proposal that was being made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I do not want to make another argument, but that is it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Expenditure (19 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health the interest rate that will be applied to the overdraft extended to Tallaght Hospital Dublin to cover its budget overrun; the fund that will cover the cost of the interest payments; if it is envisaged that these repayments will impact on the patient services fund of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56890/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance calls responded to by the Health Service Executive National Ambulance Service in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the average time it takes to successfully deliver a patient to hospital from the point a call is made for the same periods; the number of ambulances available during the same period listed by location; and if he...

Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: As recently as last week, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government told the Joint Committee on Environment, Community and Local Government he hoped the heads of the climate change Bill would be published before the end of this session. That, clearly, has not happened. When is it likely to happen and how will the delay impact on the road map? There is a time-line in...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (20 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The first thing that struck me about the legislation is that it amends the principal Act and is framed in such a way that this must be done every three years, the previous occasion being 2009. The very fact we are seeing this on the last day of this term suggests it has been timetabled so it will not be seen, as has been said by other speakers. This is one of the reasons the Bill should be...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: That is not the case. The Deputy does not have a clue.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: The Constitution does not recognise political parties. The Constitution recognises our mandate.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: We should call it a dictatorship.

Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (20 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome and support the legislation which provides for much greater choice for people who want different types of civil marriage ceremonies. The Bills Digest tells us there has been a significant increase in interest in civil marriage ceremonies, although we did not need the Bills Digest to tell us that. The Bill will permit a wider range of ceremonies than are currently provided. Civil...

Other Questions: Transport Policy (20 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the most recent data from the Central Statistics Office which shows continued and marked increases in numbers commuting by car for both workers and school students, the measures he intends in order to reverse this trend over the lifetime of this Government; in particular, the initiatives he intends for the Greater Dublin Area,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Funding (20 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his involvement in developing the transport element of the connecting Europe facility; if he will state the specific projects that he is likely to fund through the various financial instruments available under the facility; if it is the his preference to fund road infrastructure from the fund; if so, the proportion of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (20 Dec 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for altering the pupil:teacher ratio for further education colleges; the likely effect this will have on youth unemployment and for the long term unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57369/12]

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I have a question about two pieces of legislation. The assisted decision-making (capacity) Bill is obviously on the A list but when might we see it published and what is the expected time line for its completed passage through the Dáil? The second piece of legislation is associated with the fund on pyrite that was announced before Christmas. Clearly, a piece of legislation will...

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I regret that legislation is necessary owing to the judgment of the European Court of Justice in a case which was strongly defended by Ireland, Austria and France and in which it appears the European Union's fair market principles overrode public health concerns and interests. I question the morality of that approach and as a result, cannot support the legislation, notwithstanding that it is...

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I will finish up. The ban on smoking in the workplace was not about punishing smokers. I will return to what Deputy Finian McGrath said about this. It was about protecting workers from secondary smoke, which has been demonstrated to be significantly damaging. We all remember the fog in restaurants and pubs when one was in a horrible environment. This was obvious from the outward effects...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (16 Jan 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for altering the pupil teacher ratio for post leaving certificate colleges; the likely effect this will have on youth unemployment and for the long term unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58119/12]