Results 9,121-9,140 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy
- 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: We have a very short period of time. In essence, Professor Binchy does not accept the right to health of a woman in a situation where she is pregnant and there is a risk to her health.
- 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 witness cannot square that circle.
- 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 do not see how the witness can say, "Let us stay real", when he accepts that health is a human right but, at the same time, he cannot square that with the right to health in the context of an abortion where a woman's health is at risk.
- 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: That just confirms that the witness does not actually agree that the right to health is there as a human right for a woman in a specific set of circumstances.
- 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: He is not squaring that circle. Does Professor Binchy accept that abortion is justified where there is a fatal abnormality which is inconsistent with life?
- 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 leave that because, as the witness knows, I have a very short period.
- 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: Where there is a fatal abnormality that is inconsistent with life, does Professor Binchy agree that abortions should be available in this country?
- 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 ask the witness to be very concise.
- 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 witness talked about the half statement of the right to choose. I believe the right to choose means one would have bodily autonomy. It is not a half term; it is a very descriptive one. It is the right to have a baby and it is the right to control fertility. It is quite a wide-ranging term and it is very cheap to refer to it as a half statement. It is about women having bodily...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: The section 38 and section 39 organisations are very significant. I am very happy for the matter to be discussed on 26 October, but we need to leave enough time on that day for a discussion.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: I raised the issue of the Kildare and Wicklow ETB last week. The Comptroller and Auditor General was considering whether to hold an investigation. I know there was an investigation into Kildare VEC some years ago. It was not that long ago. Maybe it was five or six years ago.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Presumably, the Comptroller and Auditor General will consider the matters in conjunction. I presume there is an inquiry at this stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Will the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General play a role?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: Having talked to somebody who is on the board, there is a sense of frustration among some of the members-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: -----that their role and remit has not been made clear. If that is the case then that may well be an issue for other boards.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: How can one provide oversight if one does not have information? That may well be something that we need to consider in the context of bringing people in. Chairman:Coincidently, last Thursday afternoon I chaired a session of the ETBI's annual conference that was held in Kilkenny and this issue was very paramount. The organisation talked about training that had been provided to various board...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: They are not being apprised. I can say that because I know there is a great degree of frustration.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: When I read this, it seemed similar to something that I had raised in the Dáil this week and on which I have had others contact me with the same profile of complaints. We should get a response from the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)
Catherine Murphy: It looks like something that we will most definitely need to examine.