Results 15,921-15,940 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I refer to the point Deputy Doherty made about the drawdown on the liquidity scheme. What is the reporting mechanism to the Department on that? What has been drawn down so far?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I just want to focus on the drawdown.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: What has it been it up to now?
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: It is regarding the liquidity from the banks. It is the point Deputy Doherty was making.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: The very obvious one at the beginning would have been the online trading scheme. We heard from people who were making applications up to last week. Yesterday's announcement is very welcome. Would that not have been the most obvious requirement given that retailers could not open their doors? People have been shopping online which was an opportunity. It may well be an opportunity in the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I know it was very popular because I was getting phone calls to my office, as others were also. The problem is that there was a lag. It strikes me that this would have been the really obvious one to ensure that there was sufficient funding.
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: There is another area-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: If the money is exhausted presumably there will be further opportunities. With the limited amount of time still available to me, I will move on to the response on the Safe Pass, which is another issue which is coming up strongly. While the extension of the time periods is welcome, new applicants and many people who came back from other countries cannot work because they do not have a...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: We all know how difficult-----
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Reopening the Economy: Supports for Business (9 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: ----- and costly it is to create new employment. The connection between employment and the wage subsidy scheme is very important. It is a good scheme. The time lag in a matter like this has to be minimised. We will lose opportunities. I can envisage a situation in a year’s time where we will be looking back and asking why we did not do this more quickly. This is a very important...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I will share two minutes with Deputy Cairns. According to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, transport is the sector with the largest energy demand and it is the most sensitive to the economy. It tends to grow or reduce sharply in response to economic growth or contraction. It could not be more evident with the economy now in hibernation with Covid-19 that such is the...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I would appreciate it if the Minister could get the information on the amount allocated and the amount drawn down.
- Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (11 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: As we proceed through the accelerated roadmap and people begin to look forward to normal life, or as normal as it can be, summer holidays and travel become a big focus. In the sea of what has been confusing messaging on a host of measures, not least face coverings although the Taoiseach has addressed that to some degree today, it is fair to say that people are also confused about the...
- Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (11 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: The advice that we heard last week from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport was that social distancing on flights would occur where possible. Are there limits on the number of people allowed to board a flight? If not, is it really possible to socially distance if the flight is full? A number of weeks ago, we saw photographs of an Aer Lingus flight from Belfast at the height of...
- Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I am very pleased that we have sport on the agenda tonight. The loss of active sport and the coverage of sport across the various media has left a large gap. We are all very glad to see sport returning, albeit very gradually. It will be a long time before we see stadia full. That has its own consequences. We should acknowledge the work the volunteers in sport did throughout all of our...
- Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: The other questions are also really important.
- Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: What about the committees not meeting? The Minister did not reply to me on that matter.
- Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I also inquired about the financial information. Will the Minister talk about the meeting he held yesterday with the FAI?
- Covid-19 (Sport): Statements (11 Jun 2020)
Catherine Murphy: I know. We all feel that.