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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I am curious. The Government apparently said that it felt this proposal could be more ambitious. What was meant by that? Were targets discussed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I am a little confused about our approach. We are scrutinising European legislation, which we are requiring to set targets, yet it appears the Government will not set targets in its legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: What is the timeline for this? There is no point in us being kept up to date if we find out a week beforehand that something is going through Parliament.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: That has not happened previously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: We have on occasion received proposals close to deadlines.

Magdalen Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Dr. Martin McAleese for the report that critically proved the State involvement that had been denied for so long. There are flaws in the way the report was constructed in that it was not independent and the terms of reference were very confined. In my opinion it also understated abuse in the laundries, which surprised me given how cruel even primary schools could be at the time....

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputies Shortall and Nulty. During the debate on the IBRC liquidation legislation last week, I referred to section 17, which conferred significant powers on the Minister for Finance. I sought that the Oireachtas would debate any forthcoming proposal, such that power would reside with the Oireachtas and not an individual Minister. On the next day, the deal was...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the proposed move of responsibility for youth psychological services from the Health Service Executive to her Department will operate, specifically with regard to achieving a multi-agency approach to providing such services when agencies operate under the authority of other Departments; the way the new arrangement will work in...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I am concerned that the debate on Second Stage of the Bill is to be guillotined. Whether it is needed, is another matter. When we deal with substantial issues such as this and the property tax that will have a direct impact on the people, the guillotine seems to be used but not when we deal with matters of less significance. That is not the way to proceed. I do not have a principled...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Expenditure (14 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health his role with regard to the development of the annual Health Service Executive budget; his powers of review and oversight in relation to same; the methodology for allocating the HSE budget on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7443/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Correspondence (14 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the Health Service Executive is subject to the same parliamentary oversight as other State agencies are by means of parliamentary questions; his views that there are significant delays in responses to parliamentary questions submitted to the HSE; his views that the lack of public access to replies is a matter of great concern; and if he will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Swimming Pool Projects (19 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm when funding for a new round of applications under the local authority swimming pool programme with be put in place; if he will provide a list of successful applications under the programme broken down by local authority from 2005 until the suspension of the grant assistance; if he will confirm if the use it or lose it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Swimming Pool Projects (19 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The last time I asked a similar question I got a very different answer, that the Department was conducting a review, some local authorities would not be able to come up with matching funding and the Department was to talk to those local authorities with a view to closing it off so that the Department could open up the programme to local authorities which might be able to come up with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Swimming Pool Projects (19 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Is that still a commitment? Is that still an aim? I am being parochial about this. Kildare has one pool for every 105,000 of population, which is more than double the target. Is there any prospect of funding becoming available for such a location, where there is a population that is large enough to support a pool and where it would be financially viable? Will the Minister of State insist...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Swimming Pool Projects (19 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: If applications are being withdrawn and there is not a rush, why is the Minister of State not providing for a location where there is a site, where there is a demand and where the running of a pool would be viable? The people in my area ask me where is their swimming pool and I tend to tell them it is in south Dublin, Wicklow or Kerry. Certainly, it is not where they want it to be.

Other Questions: Road Safety Statistics (19 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Will the Minister liaise with the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, on the road safety strategy? It is clear there will be a reduction in Garda numbers and speed checks are carried out by the Garda in addition to those that are done privately. Will the traffic corps be maintained at its current level? I carried out an analysis on the number of speed cameras and discovered...

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

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be placing sustainable public transport at the centrepiece of any national plan which will be the successor to the National Spatial Strategy; his views on whether spending on public transport, in particular rail, should take precedence over continued expansion of the road network over the next decade; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank (19 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has input, through the voting of his representative on the board of the European Investment Bank, in influencing the policy changes which inform the investment decisions of that bank; if so, if he will provide details of the process by which his policies in relation to the EIB are achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8589/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures which will be promoted during the Irish Presidency of the European Union to encourage positive discrimination towards renewable energy as the favoured means of energy production with the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8590/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (19 Feb 2013)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures which will be promoted during the Irish Presidency of the European Union to promote policies to keep the EU towards meeting its declared carbon reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8591/13]