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Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this Bill. We all speak to the gardaí in our areas. Something that they tell us is that burglary is a difficult crime to detect and becoming even more so. That may be because of television programmes that alert people to the possible detection methods. While I do not oppose strengthening the sentences, I am not sure that it will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry Funding (25 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 32. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to parliamentary question No. 116 of 12 November 2015, whether he recognises that the thoroughbred foal levy is regressive in nature; consequent on this recognition, and taking into account his assertion in the former parliamentary question that it would be impractical to calculate the levy on the value of the foal or on the...

Planning and Development (Urgent Social Housing Supply) Policy Directive 2015: Motion (26 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I was at the committee meeting some days ago when this directive was debated. What new powers were being afforded to the local authorities that they did not have already? I cannot see where there are new powers. I cannot see what this directive achieves that could not have been achieved through a telephone call. Essentially, this is about blaming the local authorities for not building the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (26 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the development of new copyright legislation; if he is taking on board the key recommendations or legislative suggestions published by the Copyright Review Committee in 2013 in the development of new legislation; when the draft legislation will be ready; if he is conscious of continuing rapid developments in European...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (26 Nov 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 19 November 2015, why he has come to the conclusion that the Bara judgment case concerned the sharing between two State entities in Romania of data without legislative authority, when in fact, such legislation had been passed by the Parliament of Romania authorising the transfer of data which was subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Terrorism (1 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an assessment of Ireland's exposure to terrorist activities; the extent to which the national security agencies co-operate with each other in this area; if a new risk analysis will be carried out in view of the atrocities in Paris last week; the additional funding that will be made available going forward to enhance the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (1 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 239. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding situation at Enterprise Ireland; its cash reserves; the commitments that have been entered into in terms of its routine support of business ventures to the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42867/15]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: This Bill is about equality. If we cannot remedy something as blatant as the inequality of discriminating against four and five year olds, I do not know what we are doing here, to be perfectly honest. I will take the same line as Deputy O'Brien and will not go into detail. A lot has been said already. This Government came in with a great promise. It could have done anything because of...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: The 96% of them.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: From the Seanad (3 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Presumably, we can speak to the name of the Bill.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: From the Seanad (3 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I wonder what it is that the Seanad will oversee because I have had great difficulty in overseeing these matters from an Opposition perspective, even though one of my roles in this House is to hold the Government to account. We have been told that our national ambition is stated in the sectoral plans in areas like agriculture, transport and construction. Will the Seanad get sight of those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (3 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that at some respite care facilities for children, parents now have to pay for any respite care time over 30 days per year where nursing care is required and that this is not means tested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 233. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath, who has been given a waiting period of 12 months after diagnosis for treatment to begin; if this case will be reviewed, given its urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Oversight (3 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will retain the prescribed failure rates for honours mathematics in the 2015-16 leaving certificate cycle at 5%; why it was raised to this percentage level in the 2014-15 academic year; if this was as a result of the media coverage following the examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43236/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Exemptions (3 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend the exemption for students who fail an examination by a slim margin and who are entitled to a spelling and grammatical exemption to honours mathematics students, given the potential limitations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43237/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the six local authority planning inquiries are proceeding; the stage each is at; if interim reports have been delivered to him; if he will share the findings; the expected completion date of each investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43336/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (3 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 278. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why she has not advertised the vacant position on the board of the Irish Film Board; when she intends to do it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43333/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (3 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 279. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if women producers are adequately represented in the Irish film industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43334/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Archives (8 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposals in the capital plan for the National Archives; the proposals that will be funded in the first phase; how this funding is intended to address the deficiencies in storage capacity, digital archiving and public accessibility at the National Archives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43689/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Archives (8 Dec 2015)

Catherine Murphy: This question relates to the capital allocation and the capital plan for the National Archives. What is likely to be contained in the first phase of the plan? Will it address some of the key deficiencies which are putting at risk some of the records in some of the institutions?