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Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I commend the Regional Group on using its Private Members' time to reintroduce this Bill to the House and for giving us the opportunity to debate it. When it previously passed through the Seanad, it was seen as a positive sign that the Government of the day was giving proper consideration to Opposition legislation. In the previous Dáil, the legal services section of the Houses of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports and or financial assistance business owners (details supplied) that have been forced to cease trading as a result of Covid-19 can avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19340/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (29 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which, and-or the method that will be used, to calculate earnings in order to apply the pandemic unemployment payment to persons in view of the change in rates and tiers to the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19338/20]

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: In the midst of the pandemic we all have to change our behaviour with public health in mind. The relaxation of rules within the Companies Act is necessary and appropriate. The provisions of the Bill appear to be in line with what the Secretary General of the Department, Dr. Orlaigh Quinn, suggested would be needed in her statement to the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response. The term she...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is the way the sound carries in the Chamber. This is undoubtedly a challenging thing to accept but as lawmakers our primary focus should not be to slavishly attempt to keep things as close as possible to how they functioned before the pandemic. Instead, we need to look at how things can best be structured in our laws and legal system to respond to our new reality. This would require a...

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation which is certainly a miscellaneous provisions Bill. There is variety in it if nothing else. I do not mean to minimise it. We do not have concerns about many elements of the Bill and it is understandable that they should be addressed. However, I have some concerns in line with some of the issues raised by previous speakers. I will...

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Will the Minister address the point about admissibility?

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I support this amendment. The last day of a session is always one in which things can be pushed through. I do not think any of us expected to be sitting here very late tonight dealing with a very contentious section in this legislation and the very least that could be expected is that there would be a sunset clause in it. The Government has a majority and the question it must ask is: does...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I have a proposal from the Business Committee. I move: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or the Order of Business of Tuesday, 28 July that: (a) on the conclusion of proceedings on the Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020, the following motions be taken without debate today: - motion re establishment of select committees; - motion to...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I reiterate the point that there was no objection to this at the Business Committee. We are going to go into the autumn session and we will have a whole lot of different arrangements on which we will have to have good agreement between the parties. Essentially, Members will start in September with an outrageous proposal that changes-----

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: -----the way the rota is taken, which has not been changed since the 1920s.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: This is absolutely outrageous. The Tánaiste said today that they were reintroducing democracy. The first proposal to reintroduce democracy is to deny a debate on something that is about the nature of our democracy. This is not about stopping speaking time; this is about how the speaking time is organised. That is what it is about.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants currently working in his Department appointed and-or recruited and-or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for the role in tabular form. [20612/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants currently working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for the role in tabular form. [20614/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Football Association of Ireland (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been loaned to an organisation (details supplied) through Sport Ireland; the interest rate on this loan; the securities on the loan; his plans to make further funds available for financing the organisation through Sport Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19625/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Football Association of Ireland (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline of events from 1 July 2019 to 31 January 2020 in the context of the GRC recommendations regarding the split of the board of an organisation (details supplied); the details of the consultations with his predecessor regarding the change; if he is satisfied with the outcomes to date of the change; his plans...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make the Leap card available as a contactless payment application for smartphones; his further plans to cease using physical cards to reduce contact points in the context of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19691/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount available in adaptation grants from Fáilte Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to a delay in administering the grants to applicants; the date on which this service will be rolled out fully for applications; the number of staff working full-time on the project of adaptation grants at Fáilte Ireland; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the stakeholders forum will be established for public transport; the intended make-up and remit of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20329/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the final plan of bus schedules proposed as part of the BusConnects programme have been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20513/20]