Results 9,061-9,080 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that the Comptroller and Auditor General is completing a report on the Kildare and Wicklow ETB.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Right.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Certainly we should try to have the meeting before the end of the year because it is a very big-ticket item in terms of money.

Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: This morning the Taoiseach gave assurances that nobody will face hikes in property tax as a result of a review of increased house prices. Will he tell us the basis for giving that assurance? Is there a review of the local property tax in the context of the baselines used and the equalisation fund? The fact that the census of population is not considered at all and that some of the figures...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the payment of bench fees to third level education institutions; if a person that wishes to pay their own bench fee may do so in conjunction with their regular fees payable at the non-European Union student rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40672/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he plans to enforce the Road Traffic Act 2016 that gives effect to an agreement with the UK on mutual recognition of driver disqualifications which was signed in October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40283/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for North-South harmonisation in relation to penalty points in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40284/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of subvention to Irish Water in 2017; the estimated subvention for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40311/17]

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I am sharing with Deputies Catherine Martin and Healy. First, I want to challenge some of the spin I am hearing around housing. With all the missed targets and with reports that delivered so much less than was promised, the approach should have been to say it as it is rather than to adopt a new line of spin. I heard the Taoiseach repeatedly say that 80 individuals and families will be...

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (27 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I echo the previous speaker's points about food standards. It is something that is very much in our interests - certainly the European standards - and it does give rise to concern. While the actual level of progress that has been made between the European Council and the United Kingdom so far in the negotiations remains unclear, the fact remains that it is imperative that the Union...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: We are told the people are sovereign. If a constitutional referendum it was passed on a straightforward question of repeal, how would that be interpreted? Would that change how the Judiciary would look at the issue with respect to prior case law? Would the Judiciary look at the discussions and debate that led up to the decision that people made? Does that have an impact? How do they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Does the fact we have had a process with the Citizens' Assembly and in this committee following from which we would then ask people to amend the Constitution together form part of that discussion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Yes, thanks.

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The context of the request for the report was a discussion at the meeting. I asked the acting Commissioner about the sale of some Garda stations and whether there was proper evaluation because we may need some of the accommodation at some point in the future. I looked for the reason some stations over others found their way onto the Office of Public Works, OPW, list. There is a long list...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Some stations did not find their way onto the OPW list.

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Including Stepaside?

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Can I come in on that because it is part of the criteria? I got a reply to a parliamentary question in July and there was 42 stations sold. There are 159 closed, and none of them are in Dublin.

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I have a number of very quick questions. The first concerns a reply I received in November of last year to a parliamentary question and follows on from the point that has been made. The reply states, "As the Deputy will appreciate, the Garda Commissioner is primarily responsible for the distribution of Garda resources in the State and, as Minister, I have no direct role in the matter." It...

Public Accounts Committee: Report on Reopening of Garda Stations: Acting Garda Commissioner (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Anywhere in the country?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Information and Quality Authority: Financial Statement 2016 (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I want to pick up on the point Deputy Connolly made in response to an email from a consultant at Tallaght hospital. HIQA conducted an inquiry. How much does an inquiry of that nature cost?