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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: Amendment No. 68 is more closely related to the definition.

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: Much the same argument applies in the case of both amendments Nos. 5 and 68. The key issue is the need to protect the principle that these are public records. The purpose of the amendments is to ensure they are excluded from the terms of the section. My proposal would forbid the freedom of information heads from invoking the legislation to refuse access to genealogical records. It would...

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: Is it the case that these General Register Office records are regarded as public information? Will no restrictions apply to such records where a person seeks to obtain them? Such an assurance would address my concerns.

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 amendment proposes to extend FOI legislation to certain elements of the activities of the Garda. It deals with the deployment of Garda personnel which is very unequal. One can understand why it happens in the way it does in some locations, but it is almost impossible to figure it out elsewhere. Around this time of the year, the Garda Commissioner is required to compile a service plan...

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: All I was seeking to achieve was that it would be covered. I am satisfied with that.

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: A statutory instrument gave effect to the Aarhus Convention in 2011 and there could be two different interpretations of that statutory instrument. This amendment proposes a way to bring them into line and relates to access to environmental information. The statutory instrument gave effect to that but it seems that two different things will be stated in two different locations. The aim here...

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: I am curious about how this European directive is handled elsewhere. One of the commitments in the programme for Government was that these directives would be expressed in primary legislation. It is sometimes quite difficult to wade one's way through statutory instruments. It seems that we comply with the European directives but when one tries to apply them - for instance in the case of...

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: I may come back to it on Report Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Expenditure (13 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 17. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the sentiments of 45 general practitioners (details supplied) who publicly stated that cuts in primary care spending is leading directly to a reduction in doctors and nurses; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that several GPs are stating that they have invested large sums in their practices with the expectation that primary care...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (14 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I discussed this issue earlier with the Minister for Social Protection as I was aware she would not be here this evening. This issue falls between two Departments, namely, the Departments of Social Protection and the Environment, Community and Local Government in terms of the provision of social housing. It is appropriate that this matter is being responded to by a Minister from the...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (14 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: This is by a long way the number one issue about which people come to me at the moment. It has really become a crisis. I probably could have written that response myself. It has been talked about as a short-term support. I know people who are seven and eight years on that support. There are 7,000 people on the waiting list, so one would want to be a 2003 to 2004 applicant to have a...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (19 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I offer my sincere sympathy to the Power family. I know some of the family members well because I served with Paddy Power and his sons Seán and J. J. on Kildare County Council at various times since 1991. Paddy was elected in 1969 and served as a Deputy and a Minister. He had a lifetime of political experience behind him before I was elected to the council in 1991. Essentially, he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding provided for youth programmes through Irish Aid in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49464/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Foreign Direct Investment (19 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance if, given the levels of capital which foreign multinationals retain here and do not repatriate, he has proposed a Government-secured investment facility to direct much-needed capital from this stockpile towards projects with the potential to create jobs, or towards training and development in areas where Ireland has a skills gap; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (19 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way persons working in a particular sector, who are not members of a trade union, may still be bound by the terms of collective bargaining agreements such as the Haddington Road Agreement entered into by large trades unions representing that sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49306/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (19 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to instances where payment in lieu is being offered to minimum wage earners, particularly in the hospitality sector, where boarding in hotel rooms and meals are offered instead of regular minimum wage; the measures he proposes to take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (19 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 346. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects to review the caps for rent supplement in view of the increase in market rental prices which has become evident in the State, particularly in the Dublin area and surrounding commuter belt counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49308/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (19 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding provided for youth programmes in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49463/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Archives (19 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 378. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the full extent of the backlog of uncatalogued records of all types at the National Archives; the way it is proposed to properly catalogue and itemise these records; when this will occur; the funding required; if he has considered utilising the JobBridge scheme to aid in this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how the lottery funding for social housing will be distributed around the country; the specific factors that will be taken into consideration in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49300/13]