Results 15,061-15,080 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The value of pre-legislative scrutiny is that we can bring in outside actors and have a wider understanding of what is required. Having gone through it as a member of a previous committee I found it very valuable. It may not add considerably to this because we may not be able to amend it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Is that what the Vice Chairman proposes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Quicker is better, is it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, in actual fact it was the afternoon of the forecast for bad weather-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: -----and it did not get the attention it might have otherwise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I will do my best to try to get some information in the event of it coming back here on Committee Stage, to be helpful to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: We had an indicative date. It is a very impressive submission. We already have an indicative date.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: At previous meetings, I thought we had had an outline of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Yes. I thought it was in that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I think there has been support throughout the committee for this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: It will be a very useful meeting. We should have it as soon as we can, as it would be beneficial.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Can I just go back to the budget? I presume the Minister will come before us on the element of the budget that deals with transport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (23 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: It is one thing to send correspondence and another to deal with the approach to transport spending.
- Report of the Committee on Procedure on Dáil Divisions: Statements (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the timely production of this report. People have spent a considerable period over the past few days working on it. It is disappointing that we are giving valuable Dáil time to something like this. However, it is essential because we cannot underestimate the importance of this issue as it shows disregard for the parliamentary process. Unfortunately,...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal system in view of the fact that some aspects of questioning may have an effect of retraumatising victims (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43854/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition regarding stage 3 melanoma (details supplied); the actions he plans to take regarding the points raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44048/19]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The issue of legacy jumped out for me as well. That is the whole point. It should not be a legacy. There are one or two references to local arrangements. That does not mean there should not be a competitive process. We are seeing a wider trend which came up last week with Caranua. When an organisation is set up, there is inadequate consideration of the arrangements that will develop a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: It was chaotic and in most cases under-considered. At this point there must be some degree of pulling those organisations together and having some discussion with them about how it could have been done differently. We are an evolving country and we are going to have new organisations. We are rubbish at institution building. Part of the reason is that we do not get the foundations done...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: To add to what we might request from them, this information should be framed in the context of the European legislation, which is routinely discussed, where public organisations are spending money. We might remember the library service example. We actually lose more than our European counterparts-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: -----because of our size. We should also ask what strategies they have, in the context of what we are asking for, that will deal with, for example, bundling matters. We might also ask them for an overview of procurement challenges in the context of Brexit. It is very obvious that is going to have a bearing on some aspects of this, for example, if something is in the English language. The...