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Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Can time be provided? The Whips have said they will not permit that change. We are a third of the Opposition and this is not right. If we are to do our jobs, please permit us to have time to deal with that.

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I am sure it is a glitch, but it must be changed.

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: We have had some of this discussion on Committee Stage. I completely agree with the Minister of State's comments regarding the housing assistance scheme and the move to a single-tier administrative function for local authorities. The rent caps were changed very recently, with increases in some areas, including my own. They remain, however, below market rents throughout the country and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (12 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that funding for local Government is on a sustainable footing in view of the overall near 40% reduction in the sum allocated to the Local Government Fund in the past five years and the moving of funds out of the ring-fenced motor tax receipts; the way in which service quality will increase from the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (12 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in advance of the transfer of the administration of the rental supplement scheme to local authorities, he has consulted with the Department of Social Protection on the issue of allowing local authorities leeway in determining differential rental caps within their respective cities/counties; his plans to follow this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conveyed his position on the incidences of violence perpetrated by the police forces in Turkey, in which three persons have died and many more have been injured, to the Turkish Ambassador; if he intends to pursue the matter with his EU counterparts in relation to the forthcoming decision on the regional policy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency: Discussion with Chairman Designate (12 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Skehan is very welcome. We know each other from the preparation of the Kildare county development plan, on the environmental aspects of which he advised not so long ago. I know he is a sceptic on climate change which is an obvious place to start on the question of what is his concept of a sustainable community. Clearly, sustainability can be environmental, social and economic. I see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2013: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I will ask two very quick questions as I am supposed to be at a Whips' meeting at 5 p.m. On exemption No. 2, telecommunication service infrastructure always seems to cause problems, but this particular area might not. Does this only relate to cables? The Minister of State spoke about cables and very small devices. The exemptions provided to the Garda, for example, resulted in a...

Business of Dáil (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: On a point of order, the Dáil will be suspended for several hours. The way business is ordered will be a cost on the Exchequer, which is very regrettable.

Business of Dáil (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The way business is ordered is very regrettable and again demonstrates that the Executive is controlling the business of the Dáil rather than the Legislature and I object to it.

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann), 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Not only is political and institutional reform needed, it is expected by the citizens of the State. We need to ask ourselves what kind of institutions a modern state requires and what checks and balances are needed to ensure these institutions act in the interests of the citizens of a democratic republic. What is it about our political institutions that is broken and how we can redesign...

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann), 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: A simple issue of changing Dáil Standing Orders, to which reference has been made, to allow one member of the 16-member Technical Group to input into the Order of Business is being resisted. I have been flatly told that it will not be acceded to by the Whips. Essentially, if we cannot even get that small change, we must ask ourselves what chance is there of getting meaningful change in...

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann), 2013: An Dara Céim - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I believe in the unicameral system but I want to see meaningful Dáil reform in advance of the Seanad being abolished.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if in the event of the State ever being required to make a fiscal correction within the meaning of Section 6 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012, whether the measures to achieve such a correction, as set out in a plan under Section 6(1) of the Act, would be undertaken via primary legislation or through secondary legislation adopted under Section 9 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the processes involved in conducting the national building inventory as laid out in the Energy Efficiency Action Plan published by his Department in February last; when it is expected that the inventory will get underway; the staffing and financial commitment involved; the expected completion date; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Conservation (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the initial categories of projects being considered for loans under the energy efficiency fund; the approximate interest rate that will be charged on loans advanced from the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28509/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency Funding (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the sums invested in the Housing Finance Agency by each local authority for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28506/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the processes which took place to appoint the 14 commissioners designate of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission; if the selection panel set up for the specific purpose of independently identifying candidates has had a full role in the appointment of the Chief Commissioner role in the new body; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights Issues (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will assure Dáil Éireann that the appointments process of commissioners designate to the new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been fully consistent with existing equality legislation; if trade unions and employer authorities have had the opportunity to make nominations consistent with legislation; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Haddington Road Agreement Review (13 Jun 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the adjustment measures proposed in the Haddington Road Agreement for members of An Garda Síochána will not adversely impact upon the quality of policing provided at present in view of the closure of Garda stations and the overall reduction in funding provided to the Force in the past number of years; if he...