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Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 2:In page 12, to delete lines 25 and 26 and substitute the following:" 'radiological protection" means the prevention, limitation, risk-reduction, elimination, abatement or reduction of the harmful effects of ionising radiation;".".This amendment seeks to add "risk-reduction" to the definition of "radiological protection" that is inserted by the Bill into the...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 3:In page 16, to delete lines 6 to 17.I will withdraw amendment No. 3 because, essentially, it comes back to the same point.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 4:In page 16, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(a) the climate;".This amendment ensures that by adding the word "climate", the definition of damage to the environment includes damage to climate. Again, this was covered on Committee Stage when I was given an assurance that the definition would cover all aspects. I would be satisfied if the Minister of...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Including climate?

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 5:In page 19, lines 26 to 40, to delete all words from and including "(a) The Minister" down to and including line 40 and in page 20, to delete lines 1 to 4.This amendment removes the ministerial veto on the awarding of a nuclear material licence. I do not believe there are checks and balances in the wording proposed in the legislation and the EPA should be empowered to...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 6:In page 20, line 18, to delete "from time to time" and substitute "at least once in every two years".I hope the Minister of State will accept this amendment because, on Committee Stage, it appeared that it may be accepted. The amendment requires a contingency plan to be prepared every two years as opposed to the current wording which states "from time to time". A...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I accept some of the points made. The way to deal with the issue could be more often but not more than every two years. The Minister of State has more confidence in the arms of the State than I do. One can see, for example, how overstretched the Garda is and I do not expect it to be one of the headline issues for it to consider nuclear threats. In amendment No. 11, I flesh out the...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 8:In page 20, line 26, after “with” to insert “the Minister,”.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 9:In page 20, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: “(5) The Institute may, prior to the preparation, amendment or revocations of a contingency plan, consult with prescribed bodies for the purposes of consultation on heritage and environmental matters.”.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 10:In page 20, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “(7) The Institute may revoke a nuclear facility licence and a nuclear material licence for failure by a licence holder to provide such assistance or cooperation under subsection (5).”.I raised the issue on Committee Stage and I would like the Minister of State to respond to it on the record....

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 11:In page 20, to delete lines 37 to 39 and substitute the following:“34B. (1)The Institute shall, following consultation with:(a) the Minister; (b) the Minister for Defence; (c) the Minister for Justice and Equality; (d) the Minister for Health; (e) any other such Minister of the Government as deemed appropriate by the Institute; (f) all prescribed bodies for...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 12:In page 23, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:“National Radon Control Strategy 34C. (1) The Institute shall oversee and prepare an annual report on the implementation of the National Radon Control Strategy. (2) Any report prepared under subsection (1) shall be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas and before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The NRCS may be an administrative issue at the moment but the point of this amendment is to elevate it to a higher level as the Oireachtas and the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht would be involved. The public function of the NRCS goes beyond an administrative issue.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 13:In page 25, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 27 of the Act of 1991 44. Section 27 of the Act of 1991 is amended by the insertion of the following new subsection after subsection (2):“(3) In executing functions under the Protection Convention nothing the Institute or the Minister shall do shall affect other rights,...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 14:In page 25, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 52 of the Act 199244. Section 52(2) of the Act 1992 is amended by the insertion of the following new paragraph after paragraph (e):“(f) In executing functions under the Protection Convention nothing the Agency or the Minister shall do shall affect other rights, obligations...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 15:In page 25, to delete lines 12 to 18 and substitute the following:“44. Section 2 of the Act of 1991 is amended by the insertion of the following new definition:“ ‘Espoo Convention’ means the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context done at Espoo, Finland on the 25th February 1991 and deposited with the United...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Is it proposed to designate another authority as the competent authority on this convention? The Minister of State has said the amendment is not appropriate for this legislation but is the convention relevant to another piece of legislation?

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 16:In page 26, line 4, to delete “not”. It is important to have oversight. At present one requires a licence from the EPA, but this will no longer be a requirement and there will be no responsibility. I would prefer to have oversight; even if it were designated to the Minister it is important to have it. This is the main point I wish to make.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the way disputes over who a primary care giver and which parent is awarded the single parent child carer tax credit are determined; if policy is being refined in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28283/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if she has undertaken any impact analysis of the change from one-parent family tax credit with a single parent child carer tax credit; if she will commit to examining the possibility of a joint parenting agreement to allow both parents to adequately support their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28284/14]