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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Actually, it is definitely not freedom of information. It is a different way of doing things. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, articulated it quite well about a more open style of Government, and I agree with him on that. The last thing one wants is for people to have to go through freedom of information on something where there should be an open process in...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is specifically in regard to the licensing process.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is not the point. I will make the point on Report Stage by way of an amendment.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister of State came back to me on ionising radiation and the definition. Will he state it again? There seems to be a different definition from the old one.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Is it as strong?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It seems that once the merger happens, the EPA gives itself permission in regard to the custody, processing, handling and transporting of radioactive materials. Is it the Minister who gives the EPA permission or is it the EPA which gives itself permission?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: There was some oversight but there is not going to be any now. Is that a weakening of this? Is the Minister of State satisfied that-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I know these are pernickety points but the definition of radioactive substance is different from that in the 1991 Act. Is that a change because of-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It has the same meaning but there is a different definition. Is that-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: What is it intended to mean?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It ties it back.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Bill appears to selectively ratify some changes made to the convention. Articles 1(a), 4(a) and 4(b) of the convention are no longer included. Why were they removed? This returns me to my initial point on the convention. The text of the convention has been amended to include the following statement: "Nothing in this Convention shall affect other rights, obligations and...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Does "consultation" in this context refer to consultation with the Minister?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: On the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, known as Espoo, while Ireland is not a nuclear state, our nearest neighbour is a nuclear power. Why was the Espoo convention not included in the Bill as an extra section?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: When my attention was drawn to this matter I was not certain of the position. I would appreciate a note on the issue, to which I may return on Report Stage.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (24 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: While the substance of my objections remains, I will not oppose the Bill.

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The way we structure legislation is very important. My first impression of the Bill is that while there are connected matters within it, they are only tenuously related to each other. We have Shannon and Cork airports, DAA pensions, the Cape Town Convention and tour operators all falling under one Bill. It is important to have well crafted and tidy legislation. We must consider how people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Health Insurance Card (25 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 20. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any cases where Irish citizens who require medical attention in other EU countries have had their wish to have medical expenses covered under the European health insurance card turned down in breach of their entitlements under the scheme; if he understands that there is no enforcement mechanism in place either bilaterally...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure (25 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 106. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the amounts, for each local authority from 2005 to date, that have been paid in rental accommodation scheme payments; the amount that has been paid out on long-term leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27469/14]

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I do not know why the Minister of State would be introducing regulations or a statutory instrument when she could do what we desire in primary legislation. It does not make any sense at all. The amendment on transfers is fundamentally about the policy on delivering social housing. I read the Fine Gael local election manifesto and noted that it matches completely what the Minister of State...