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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Remuneration (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the system of tax free allowances paid to Irish officials at embassies outside this State; the way in which they are calculated; the annual cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45203/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which an employer's pay related social insurance contribution is calculated in the context of when a paid internship employee is engaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45191/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Live Register Data (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person taking up an unpaid internship forms part of the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45193/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the witness for her paper and her attendance. It has been very interesting. Not a day goes by without committee members learning something. On page 4 of Professor O'Keane's paper it is stated that pregnancy is associated with increases in anxiety and depressive symptoms and is the highest risk period in a woman's life for depression. That claim is referenced and it is a published...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I wanted to ensure that is understood. I was interested by the point the witness made in respect of the US study conducted where abortion was available. She said no comparative study has been done in an area where abortion is not available. Along with several other Deputies and Senators, I attended a symposium called by the Ceann Comhairle at the beginning of the Dáil session and one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: There is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: No, that is fine. It was regarding suicide rates.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: If Deputy Mattie McGrath chooses to accuse the Chair of being biased, I do not believe in silence as consensus. I do not subscribe to the Chair being biased. I do not see any bias.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their time and their papers. In terms of people who present to the Rape Crisis Centre, report rape and are being counselled, the issue of power in the assault will influence what steps are taken afterwards. I mean in terms of self-preservation. People may not want to go through a criminal prosecution because they fear they will not be believed. I ask the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: As Mr. O'Malley has outlined, there is a variety of grounds. He talked about stranger rape where there is a lot of evidence such as injuries and things like that. Who would gather all of that information? How quickly can it practically used? It does not seem practical to collect all of that to start with, as it is a very traumatised environment. Let us say a case is difficult to prove,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I want to ask a question about a criminal trial for someone who is accused of rape and where a termination was permitted by the panel. How is that scenario presented in evidence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the witnesses for sharing their experiences. Unfortunately people often need to hear real people talking about real experiences to get a full understanding of what exactly is involved. I have a question for Ms Cullen-Delsol. I know she did not travel. What would it have meant to her to have had different care pathways available to her here? What difference would that have made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Ms Cullen-Delsol for sharing that with us. The written submission from Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland included two testimonies, by Aoife and Sarah. Sometimes other medical issues arise, such as sepsis, which was a very big risk to Aoife, or, for Sarah, issues relating to continuing care that had to happen in a psychiatric hospital which, she says, was not to do with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I will try to be brief. I will start with Bus Éireann. Mr. Murphy in his opening statement said the customer is central. I am sorry to say that does not bear out my recent experience with Bus Éireann. The only way I can test its commitment to putting the customer at the centre is with the complaints I get from people. I have ongoing, daily complaints from people left behind...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I can give you the dates because we have been keeping a note of them, so it is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Having said that, I would rather if people ringing themselves were able to get information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Does Mr. Murphy envisage a resolution to this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Murphy: How quickly?