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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Ibec (7 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: For example, the Tesco store in Naas, one of the biggest Tesco stores in Ireland, is built on the periphery of the town. One can see that it had a major impact on the main street. In fact, it did not create new jobs but relocated them, and the profits are repatriated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Ibec (7 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: We will question that, but it is neither here nor there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Ibec (7 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: My point is that if one puts a cap on its rates, one gives Tesco or a big company such as that the advantage as against the myriad smaller retail stores that produce not only rates but a vibrant town centre.

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I wonder what it is about Fridays and the abuse to which those of us on this side are subjected during these sittings. When the House sits on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, it is all about the Government taking abuse. Fridays, however, present it with an opportunity to turn the tables on us. The abuse that occurs on each Friday that the House sits is that nothing ever happens. I have...

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: -----his promotion to the position of Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. In response to Mr. Gormley's document, the current Tánaiste stated:There isn't a great deal of confidence, I'm afraid, in committees of departmental experts. We've had departmental experts telling us that blood was safe, that various areas of food were safe, that some aspects of the...

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: We all hear that concern expressed by our constituents. It is not always expressed by very organised or vocal groups. One hears it from people in the course of routine conversations. I am of the view that one of the things that is going to change matters quite dramatically is that fact that people are going to be asked to pay to have something in their water which many of them are of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homelessness Strategy (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has identified specific measures to tackle the main causes of homelessness among young persons; the rates of youth homelessness for each county, including temporary homelessness; the programmes in place in each county to combat this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47845/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons on social welfare and in families that receive social welfare on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47924/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Data (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of youth that are unemployed on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47926/13]

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

Catherine Murphy: 261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of any funding allocated to climate finance in 2013; if he will specify the amount allocated to supporting adaptation and the amount supporting mitigation in developing countries; the amount been paid or will be paid into which multilateral funds; and the amount that has been or will be paid...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: UN Missions (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 267. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the occasions, since the start of 2002, on which his Department has facilitated the attendance of civil society organisations at UN and other intergovernmental conferences through the courtesy of accrediting them as part of the Government delegation; and if he will provide a list of names of the individuals in question,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile offenders in each county; the programmes under his Department's remit in place in each county to combat juvenile offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47925/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 304. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the recruitment of new gardaí will begin; if he will encourage the Garda Commissioner to distribute more recruits to counties such as Kildare with poor ratios of population to Garda resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47747/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the difficulties in redistributing gardaí between stations; the difficulties in redistributing gardaí between counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47748/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Unemployment Measures (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 394. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the programmes that are in place in each county to aid youth on social welfare who come under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47924/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Unemployment Measures (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 395. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the programmes in place under her Department remit in each county to combat youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47926/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Funding (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 396. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the increase and decline of youth populations in counties is taken into account when resources are distributed; if she has undertaken a review of the agencies in charge of distributing resources in respect of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47927/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Funding (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 397. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in respect of youth funding, the way the amount and rate of funding per funding body is determined; the factors that go into determining the amount of funding each body receives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47929/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding illegal drug use by youth for each county; the programmes that are in place in each county to combat this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47928/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The records held by the General Register Office are public records and we must maintain that important principle. In the absence of any other good substitute for census data, these records are extremely important. Many professional genealogists are concerned that freedom of information provisions may be used to obstruct access to genealogical records. Such records should be excluded from...