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European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: Other issues raised at the Council related to future energy policy and jobs and growth. How can these possibly develop in the economic environment that now pertains throughout the EU and with the level of debt in so many countries, even larger countries like France which has a debt to GDP ratio of approximately 93%? How can we have the kind of fiscal expansion required into areas that will...

European Council: Statements (24 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to focus on two aspects of the matters discussed by the European Council, namely, energy union and jobs and growth. I am trying to square the circle in respect of those issues and the fiscal policy being pursued by the European Union. Rigid adherence to debt-to-GDP ratios in the context of dealing with the debt issue is actually undermining any prospect of delivering a different type...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vehicle Registration (24 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 518. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles that have been detected while using cloned or false vehicle registration plates in each of the past five years, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12138/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vehicle Registration (24 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 519. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are in place to inhibit the manufacture and use of cloned or false vehicle registration plates which can be used to avoid detection related to a range of offences, such as car toll payments, illegal dumping and car theft; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12139/15]

Multi-Unit Developments (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I move:That leave be granted to introduced a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 in order to better provide for the clear definition of multi-unit development thereby facilitating expedient application of the law in relation to the taking in charge of unfinished estates.The Bill is a very simple one. Its intention is to rectify a defect in the Multi-Unit...

Multi-Unit Developments (Amendment) Bill 2015: First Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (12 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance when the European Commission advised his Department on the necessity to have in place a relationship framework, and operational protocol, to govern interactions between him, as Minister, and the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; if that advice indicated that a set figure would be advisable to trigger consultation, where a transaction would have an adverse...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (12 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 98. To ask the Minister for Finance relating to the sale of a company by the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (details supplied), if his attention was drawn, in advance of the sale, that a portion of the agreed sale price was to be diverted to shareholders of the entity being sold, which resulted in significant sums being accrued to several persons on the board of the entity; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (11 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a risk assessment has been conducted to determine the risks to the integrity, and security of the national collection in the National Library of Ireland; if she is satisfied that the national collection, in the conditions it is currently stored, is adequately protected from damage by fire, water, degradation, oxidation,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Library (11 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 30. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has investigated the net cost of availing of the storage arrangement offered by Trinity College Dublin and National University of Ireland Dublin for materials from the National Library of Ireland's collection; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that moving items from the national collection to these...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Operations (11 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to potential conflicts of interest, which existed at the time of the sale, by the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation of an entity (details supplied); specifically if his attention has been drawn to the fact that agents contracted by the corporation to execute the sale also held significant interests in the entity being...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Authority Investigations (11 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Competition Authority failed to make a decision on the propriety of an acquisition (details supplied) within the statutory timeframe to commence a phase two investigation; the reason provided to his predecessor for this failure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10734/15]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the Bill and I will support it. I will vote "Yes" on 22 May. Most people who will vote in the forthcoming referendum will not be personally impacted by the vote. However, it is well understood by most people that it collectively has an impact on us in that it is an act of social solidarity that will change the laws in order for us to become more equal and inclusive. Since the...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I know the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has the co-ordinating function, and part of the reason we may well have understated our problem is the downturn in the economy and the reduction in traffic movements. We must heed what the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has indicated: if the modelling scenarios are realised, the scale of investment,...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I was not suggesting it was miscalibrated. It is self-evident that if there is less transport because of the downturn, there may have been understatement of the normal position in a functioning economy. It is welcome that there will be a publication in the next few weeks, as we have lost much time on this issue. This leads to another question on the kind of fiscal expansion required into...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency has conceded that Ireland will fail to achieve its binding European Union 2020 greenhouse gas reduction target by as much as 15%, and a briefing from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, details supplied, notes that a shortfall, in the range of 1% to 4% on the...

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: This question relates to the EPA raising the fact that we will miss some of the targets on greenhouse gas emissions and the relationship between that and the delivery of the mechanisms to meet those targets. If we do not meet the targets, we could end up paying hard cash for not delivering on the targets we have signed up to on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (10 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: I am very supportive of the establishment of an electoral commission. I take the point as to whether we should be seeking evolution or revolution. It is true that one may achieve revolution by doing things by degrees and producing a revolutionary change over time. That is possibly the way it will go in practical terms. An electoral commission will be an important part of political and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (10 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact, that when broken down on a per capita basis, sports capital grants are very unevenly spread, throughout the country; if his Department has produced an analysis over the past number of years to determine the best way of allocating these resources to ensure the places with the greatest need...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (10 Mar 2015)

Catherine Murphy: 149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 23 February 2015, the reason her Department does not collect detailed information regarding pay related social insurance receipts, by income bracket; if it is possible to execute prudent fiscal management and make budgetary projections in the absence of this data; and if she will make a statement on the...