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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (14 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had recent contact with the National Transport Authority in the context of car pooling; his plans to rollout an initiative to encourage car pooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47761/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (14 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1218 of 7 November 2017, the steps in relation to text messages that are generated on her Department's internal systems that are relayed through a company's (details supplied) network via a direct link for onward transmission; if during that process information is transmitted to a phone...

Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The immediate reaction to the Minister of State's decision to overturn decisions made by Kildare County Council on the Celbridge local area plan is, predictably, negative. People wonder what the point is in the public process that they are encouraged to engage in when it is a forgone conclusion. The decision is pretty much made in the Custom House. Utterly disheartened people have...

Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I am just finishing. The board overturned the proposals on the principle of building on this historically important site and said that it was unfortunate it was zoned in the first place.

Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I acknowledge that I have spoken to the Minister of State on several occasions about this matter. Celbridge has some 6,500 houses at the moment. There are an additional 3,500 houses proposed over the next six years. This is a nearly 70% increase. The site we are discussing today is a very small site at the centre that is historical and critical to the heritage of the town. It is the...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: This Bill should not be needed. I refuse to believe we cannot house those who are homeless and cannot deal with this housing crisis. It has been in the making for five or six years at its most extreme. I have concerns about the Bill, yet I can see it is not right for families to be separated. Local authorities sometimes take the view that the relevant section in the 1988 Act was for a...

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: The children's fairy tale about the emperor not having any clothes very much comes to mind because this needs to be called out at this stage. There is no viable solution under way. The numbers we are talking about are so tiny that they are not making an impact-----

Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: -----and the situation is getting worse.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland Remit (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of silt clearing projects along the Royal Canal; the way in which water depths are managed and maintained; if seasonal cutting of trees and bushes is undertaken along the route; if there is an ongoing project regarding the maintenance and repair of lock gates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48263/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a company (details supplied) withdrew from the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48332/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card Data (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: 225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1218 of 7 November 2017, her views on whether a person's phone number is personal information in the context of verifying a MyGov account; if she will clarify point A of her original reply; if it is the phone handset or the device that is being verified or the phone number; and if she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I felt it was very useful. Obviously, we are trying to focus on the recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly and come to a conclusion in the writing of our report. I would like the issue of bias to be dealt with at some point, perhaps next week. This concerns the names of the organisations that have come in here. A large number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Moreover, it is not true and it is continually being put out there. Mr. Behan said that his clients are increasingly women who experience multiple forms of disadvantage, which in turn restricts access to abortion. It was very useful to see the profile of women who seek abortions in Dr. Abigail Aiken's presentation. A view is sometimes put forward that there is a frivolous aspect to women...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Dr. Henchion. In respect of people accessing medication online, she has said that abortion is a relatively safe procedure, but it is obviously not safe in every set of circumstances and needs to be carried out in a health care context. What kind of risks are we talking about? With specific regard to pills ordered online, is there a health risk or a risk to life? Will Dr. Henchion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Following on from that, if the medication is not what it is supposed to be, does it pose the prospect of later travel and an abortion being procured later as a consequence of that delay? Is that scenario likely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Dr. Henchion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the witnesses for attending. I presume Ms Donlon would describe the presentation today as "neutral". It is the service the HSE runs and it is not an advocate for any side.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: I just want to establish that because there are all sorts of people coming in front of us and being put into categories they would be astonished to find themselves in. Ms Donlon said in her presentation many women experiencing a crisis pregnancy resolve that crisis for themselves. They must resolve that crisis for themselves because we are not in a situation where there is a legal abortion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: Ms Donlon said the numbers presenting to the programme were falling. Does that suggest that many women in the past would have come for information rather than counselling? Once they can get if for themselves, they do not require counselling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE (15 Nov 2017)

Catherine Murphy: In relation to the abortion pill, Ms Donlon is saying approximately one in ten women, or 9.3%, reported to an online provider that she was experiencing a symptom and was advised to seek medical advice. One of the things that has cropped up as having the potential to prevent women seeking medical advice was referred to by our last contributor. It is the potential to be reported due to...