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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: One of the issues outlined this morning was the number of meters that would be installed, but it was mentioned that there would be a cohort that would not be.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: One of the consumer associations was forthright with the committee when it contributed to the hearings, stating that the proposed system basically punishes consumers and certainly does not reward good behaviour. The free allowance, as has been stated often enough, really should be sufficient to meet basic needs, and if it does not do that it will run into a serious opposition.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I propose we take all the other ones together.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: This would have been an issue ten years ago when local authorities were directly involved in the collection of waste, but things have changed quite dramatically in that time. I want to go on to the local government area and deal specifically with two issues. One is the model. There was a reference in the statement by the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to the household charge as...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Does that account for all legal fees or do some remain to be determined in light of whether people co-operated, etc.?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I hope I am not straying into other areas but I wanted to pick up on that very point. I am a member of that commemorative committee. We are getting the most fantastic submissions and we meet relatively regularly. It is an incredibly important ten years ahead. I would have thought that, in terms of lifting the population and engaging people both at local and national level, we should be...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised)
Vote 34 - National Gallery of Ireland (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Given the absence, for a variety of reasons, of census data from the 19th century, a reliable census substitute becomes very important. The key resource in this regard is the register of births, marriages and deaths which, although not comprehensive, provides a great deal of information from 1864 onwards. The last Social Welfare Bill provided for the transfer of the indexes, and I...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I support many of these amendments. They should be supported. Amendment No. 18 is the one that I have in this grouping and there is much with which I do not disagree in what has been stated already. It is wrong to make the distinction between the right to health and the right to life and there is 50% of the population for whom that distinction is made, but I recognise that to provide for...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: We start out in life looking at things in a very black and white way and as we go through life we discover that things are not quite as we saw them at earlier times in our lives. Most of our life is lived in a grey zone. We would not be legislating for something like this if every pregnancy was guaranteed a safe delivery or if every pregnancy produced a live and healthy baby. We need...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Innovation Union Scoreboard (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, in view of Ireland's ranking as an innovation follower by the EU Innovation Union Scoreboard, he has identified the State's weaknesses in this area and the measures he proposes to achieve a higher ranking; if he specifically has identified Ireland's copyright and intellectual property regime as a major barrier to innovation; and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Innovation Union Scoreboard (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: That is the bit I have been waiting for. Clearly we have many advantages, but the reason I raised this issue is because I believe we can exploit those advantages to a greater extent. When the Minister of State talks about young people and this particular area, he is getting it right. We now call young people digital natives, because they are so in tune with technology. The innovations...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Innovation Union Scoreboard (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: It seems that because our legislation is now 13 years old, we are probably restricting our potential. Does the Minister of State agree?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Innovation Union Scoreboard (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I am glad the Minister of State is open to the idea of Ireland becoming a first mover, given companies like Twitter and Facebook did not exist when our legislation was framed. Highly successful enterprises are at present partially based on consumption of pre-existing material. I reiterate that people need to be compensated for their intellectual capital but, at the same time, there are real...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 6:In page 5, lines 15 to 17, to delete all words from and including “on” in line 15 down to and including “provisions” in line 17 and substitute “not later than 30 days following enactment”.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I will be supporting this Bill although with some regret because I believe it could have gone further. Some of those calling for the deletion of the section on suicide do not refer to the 1992 or 2002 referenda. In 1992, there were three separate ballots. The first sought to limit the right based on suicide and the citizens decided they did not want to limit that right. The second was the...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 9:In page 6, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “ “consent” means consent obtained freely without threats or inducements, where the medical practitioner--(a) is satisfied that the woman is capable of understanding the nature, purpose and likely effects of the proposed treatment, and (b) has given the woman adequate information, in a...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 10:In page 6, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: ““fatal foetal abnormality” means a medical condition suffered by a foetus such that it is incompatible with life outside the womb;”.Some of us felt there should be a space to stretch this legislation to deal with the issue of incompatibility with life, and to deal in a more...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: A number of us met a group of people who were brave enough to put themselves out there. It seems that one must do that in this country. One must become visible for people to understand the issue. We met men and women in the AV room a few weeks ago and they told us of these harrowing situations. If it is not possible to deal with this in a constitutional way in this legislation, the least...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 11:In page 6, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“ “inevitable miscarriage” means the inevitable failure of pregnancy and death of a foetus, up to that stage of pregnancy at which, if born, it would be capable of life outside the womb;”.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (10 Jul 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the key commitment to develop an international content services centre; if he expects funding for such a project or similar project to come from the recently announced strategic investment fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33469/13]