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Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this debate and thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. We are in the middle of the worst housing crisis we have ever experienced. As Fr. Peter McVerry said, the social welfare system is one of the major causes of homelessness. I have seen working families forced into homelessness and I have also seen homelessness masked when family members take...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (24 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on concerns that there may be a serious gap in the extent of records available for persons going through the Magdalen redress scheme whereby those former residents who were not the legal responsibility of the institutions concerned; that is they did not come through the courts and under legislation they remained the legal...

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to raise the circumstances surrounding the Y case and the subsequent report. The last time I addressed this issue was on the day the Dáil went into recess. That was in the week when the United Nations criticised the Irish abortion regime, particularly in cases of rape, incest, fatal foetal abnormality and where the woman’s health is at risk. Since then there has been the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: A draft report was published in the newspapers this week.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The report was highly critical of the disjointed nature of the process and the impossibility of co-ordinating a response. I have to say that is really setting alarm bells ringing with regard to the protection of women in situations in which their lives are at risk. I acknowledge the role the Labour Party played in 1983. It was brave. It was against public opinion. It took courage. The...

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Tánaiste is going off on a tangent.

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: What about the guidelines?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (25 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation in the area of sex trafficking and/or prostitution is planned to be brought forward with a view to better protecting women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36376/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (25 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the intention by Irish Water to reduce pressure or supply to a home where there is a dispute over payment of charges will impact upon the ability of the emergency services, in particular the fire brigade; if a health and safety audit has been undertaken with regard to this issue and if he will publish the findings;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (25 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, considering the large volumes of water that are typically used during construction and which are sourced on-site, he will indicate what the likeliest scenario is where construction work is required on a home following an accident such as a fire or a flood and the insurance company involved must now pay for the water...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply (25 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 267. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will release the final details of the first fix free policy; if this policy will not commence until 1 January 2015 as reported; the way it is planned to deal with leaks which have already been identified; if Irish Water expects leaks to go unfixed until the policy is in place or if the citizen will be...

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: This week, people have been outraged by the most recent display of stroke politics. While that particular fiasco plays out, however, the Taoiseach has managed to pull off another fairly big stroke. That is, as of tomorrow, he has shifted the burden of taxation from the Exchequer balance-sheet on to individual households by way of the introduction of water charges. The Government tried to...

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: My question is whether it is fair to penalise citizens for exercising their right to privacy regarding PPS numbers. What assurances can the Taoiseach give people, both now and in the future, about the security of their personal information? How can he describe the system as a system of water conservation when everybody does not get a basic free allowance? Does he admit that the purpose of...

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: First and foremost, I am most certainly in favour of conserving water. It is expensive to produce and we should not be allowing 40% of it to leak into the ground.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I am absolutely in favour of conserving water. What is happening here is not about conservation but about the transfer of a tax burden from the Exchequer to the individual householder. I refer to people who would not be in a position to pay the tax if it were levied under an income tax regime. The Taoiseach stated that Irish Water would not be sold. The State will not be selling it soon....

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Thomas Pringle for framing and introducing the motion. The Technical Group has a rota for Private Members' business and there is always a long list of issues Deputies would like to discuss. Deputy Pringle was particularly determined that the House would debate the issue of direct provision. All Deputies will remember the night we had survivors of the Magdalen laundries in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive dentists and dental services that have been withdrawn from local health centres, by town, by county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant rooms left by the cessation of Health Service Executive provided local services within local health centres; his proposals for these empty spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant rooms left by the cessation of Department of Social Protection provided community welfare officer services within local health centres; his proposals for the use of these empty spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36966/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Sep 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of chiropody services that have been withdrawn from local health centres, by town, by county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36967/14]