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Europe Week: Statements (8 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: If we look back at the last two big recessions in the 1980s and the 1950s, they displayed the same characteristics as the current one, with large-scale emigration, widespread unemployment, higher levels of taxation and cutbacks in services. Both recessions passed, as this one will. On this occasion we know that our recovery is highly dependent on the European Union and what form that Union...

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I believed that a week or a week and a half might have been enough time for the Minister of State to reflect on this matter.

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical goods) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (9 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister of State said consistency of formulation is crucial. That is the point we are all trying to make; it is not that there is a problem with generic drugs. There will be competition in respect of generic drugs because, once a patent expires, it opens up that possibility. We are all trying to achieve consistency. Since we last debated this issue, constituents have contacted me...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (9 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the local authorities if any that have part five incomes on deposit which were taken in lieu of houses; the amount by authority; if those sums are set against the general Government debt; if not, the way they may be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21944/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Bullying in Schools (9 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 204. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline her progress within her Ministerial remit on combatting incidences of bullying amongst young persons; in particular, if she has consulted with the Department of Education and Skills on a multi-Departmental approach to combatting homophobic bullying in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22100/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (9 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 205. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she outline the funding being currently provided to all Youth Work projects in County Kildare for each of the past three years; if she will itemise the funding by specific organisation funded; if she will provide the total spend in each year in County Kildare in the context of the total spend nationally on such youth services; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the manner in which the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics decides on the merits of making new drugs available for public patients in the State; if there are specific guidelines in place to ensure that public health concerns are taken fully into account and the decision is not purely an economic one; if he has any direct input into any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 640. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the decision taken by the national Centre for Pharmaeconomics not to fund Pirfenidone for patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis based on economic grounds, he will consider overturning that decision in view of the fact that the drug has significant benefits and its absence results in significant suffering for patients with the condition;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 655. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline precisely the way the commitment in the Programme for Government to introduce free primary health care for persons with long term illnesses will be achieved in view of the current failure to implement such a policy; if, in view of these difficulties, he expects similar obstacles to introducing a universal healthcare system as stated in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider requesting the Health Information and Quality Authority to immediately conduct an assessment of staffing levels at all acute hospitals in the State to determine if there are sub-optimal levels of care being provided and significant risk to patient outcomes; if he has determined a basic staffing-patient ratio below which patient care...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any proposal to partly fund the Poolbeg Incinerator project through loans from the National Pension Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22659/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all organisations here which are granted charitable tax exemption; if he will list all such organisations which had charitable tax exemption removed in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22716/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, whereby parents have been informed that tuition funding for the school may be terminated; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school provides an exceptional service which is relied upon not only by families in the Dublin area,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a specific policy decision has been taken to give absolute priority to new build primary and secondary schools over the extension of existing schools; if this is the case, when this decision was taken; if there are any exceptions to this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Copyright Legislation Review (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received a final report from the Copyright Review Committee established by him in 2011; when he intends to make the report public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22723/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Pandemic Plan (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 653. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline Ireland's current state of preparedness in the event of a large scale viral pandemic with a significant fatality rate such as rare strains of influenza and similar outbreaks; if he will detail the stocks of antiviral medication that the State has on hand to disperse in the event of such an occurrence; if he will outline the way the recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I thank all the representatives for their presentations. As there is much to take on board I think some of it will be for another day. It goes without saying that basic sanitation and a roof over one's head is a fundamental human right. I reiterate what Deputy Ellis said in that there is a major housing crisis. Unfortunately, people could be pitched against each other in that housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (14 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: For standard housing, funds cannot be drawn down under the Traveller-specific programme if people opt for traditional housing. We might be double counting in this regard.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Deputy Lawlor should get his Zimmer frame out.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputy Tom Fleming, with the agreement of the House. First, I wish to pick up on something Deputy Lawlor said about the 1977 election. I agree it was an election that was bought and also that we have paid a price for that type of behaviour. Essentially, we need to balance our budgets, but we must balance them within a social context. The introduction of this...