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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Motor tax.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Farm Household Incomes (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for targeted measures that will take account of the impact of sterling currency fluctuations on farm incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41939/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Farm Household Incomes (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister answered a very similar question a few minutes ago concerning sterling fluctuations. He said that he wants long-term viability. Long-term viability cannot be assured if there is no short-term security. I want to know what initiatives can be taken to establish different markets and what interventions can be made in the short term.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Farm Household Incomes (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Who takes the hit on the sterling differential? The might appears to be very much with the retailers which will be selling on the produce rather than the individual supplier. Obviously proximity in terms of fresh produce is a critical issue, and it is not easy in many cases to find alternative markets. It is quite interesting that Britain is not the only market being discussed. We heard...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Farm Household Incomes (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister is saying it is not a done deal at this stage. What intervention is he undertaking in respect of that?

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: There are a number of issues dealt with in the Bill that could easily merit a long contribution, not least the fact that the Bill falls very far short of the framework that was launched earlier in the year which promised significant pension reform. My colleague, Deputy Róisín Shortall, spoke to the Bill and raised many of the issues surrounding the management of pensions and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Affordable Childcare Scheme Eligibility (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the levels of entitlement stated in the affordable childcare scheme; the entitlements for persons who do not work regular hours or shift work and who cannot place their children in crèche care during normal business hours; her views on whether there is a level of inconsistency regarding the number of persons who can avail of...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Yesterday, while speaking on the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill, I raised serious concerns regarding the so-called activation programme, JobPath. The company which has the contract to run JobPath is Seetec. In the United Kingdom, the same company, Seetec, has been the subject of a fraud investigation following its actions while contracted to the UK Department of Work...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Since I raised the issue, a range of people have come forward with similar scenarios and the same complaint has been made to the Committee of Public Accounts by way of letter, as I discovered this morning. It will be included in the correspondence to be dealt with. I hear from people that no referrals are happening. It appears that it is just about keeping people on the books for Turas...

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputy Seamus Healy.

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: While I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak again on the housing issue, we have to ask ourselves how many more times we have to do this before the Government accepts that for all its fancy words and promises there has simply not been enough action. The problems are well known at this stage. We have a problem with affordability, land hoarding, vacant units and security of tenure....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the valuations on the remaining distressed assets at IBRC; when valuations were last done; the timeframe that has been set for disposing of these distressed assets; the estimated costs associated with this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42117/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tax Yield (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the income received by each Garda station that has a telecoms mast on site that sublets space on that mast to other companies to use and or take a fixing on for each of the past five years, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41999/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the closed Garda stations that have been repurposed for another use by location and by the nature of their use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42001/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has put a hold on its plans to sell the remaining Garda stations that have been closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42004/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry Regulations (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has issued an instruction to the Commission for Aviation Regulation to liaise with the civil aviation authority in the UK in respect of a Europe wide issue with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42176/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will be briefer than that, because Deputy Clare Daly has asked the question I intended to ask about decriminalisation. Last week we had Mary O'Toole, SC, before the committee and she reminded us that the Supreme Court had set the bar in relation to the balance of rights and there was an equal right to life and that was only called into question in the case of a real and substantial risk to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will divide my time between the two witnesses and I will try to keep to questions. Ms Zampas said abortion laws framed in terms of the four minimum grounds required by international human rights law did not provide effective access. Are there any countries in Europe that list these grounds in their laws and how effective, or not, are they?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Does Professor Binchy regard health as a human right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The Supreme Court has set the bar in relation to the eighth amendment as the right to life. It is only where there is a real and substantive risk to the life of the woman that an intervention can happen. It does not protect her health in pregnancy. How does Professor Binchy square that circle in relation to her human right to health when it is not protected in Irish law?