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Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 4:In page 16, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(a) the climate;".This amendment ensures that by adding the word "climate", the definition of damage to the environment includes damage to climate. Again, this was covered on Committee Stage when I was given an assurance that the definition would cover all aspects. I would be satisfied if the Minister of...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Including climate?

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 5:In page 19, lines 26 to 40, to delete all words from and including "(a) The Minister" down to and including line 40 and in page 20, to delete lines 1 to 4.This amendment removes the ministerial veto on the awarding of a nuclear material licence. I do not believe there are checks and balances in the wording proposed in the legislation and the EPA should be empowered to...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 6:In page 20, line 18, to delete "from time to time" and substitute "at least once in every two years".I hope the Minister of State will accept this amendment because, on Committee Stage, it appeared that it may be accepted. The amendment requires a contingency plan to be prepared every two years as opposed to the current wording which states "from time to time". A...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 2:In page 12, to delete lines 25 and 26 and substitute the following:" 'radiological protection" means the prevention, limitation, risk-reduction, elimination, abatement or reduction of the harmful effects of ionising radiation;".".This amendment seeks to add "risk-reduction" to the definition of "radiological protection" that is inserted by the Bill into the...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: As I have said previously, we have been really bad at building institutions in this country. We inherited many of our institutions. If we are merging the cultures of two organisations, it is quite important to give them distinctive roles so that they can maintain some level of independence. I am pressing this amendment because it is the key amendment from my point of view in relation to...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: We are losing the independence of an organisation that has built up confidence. The EPA will have some unsavoury things to enforce when it comes to sectoral plans, climate change and making sure we stay within the parameters as set out in the Bill. I very much hope, and have a vested interest in hoping, that the words the Minister of State used about the most efficient and cost-effective...

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, after line 41, to insert the following: “Establishment and functions of the Office of Radiological Protection 15. (1) The Agency shall establish within its organisational structure an office to be called the Office of Radiological Protection. (2) Management and direction of the Office of Radiological Protection, within the organisational structure...

Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: When will it be published?

Order of Business (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: It is almost a year since the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht held hearings during the pre-legislative stage of the climate change legislation. We are still waiting for the legislation. When will it be published? When is it likely to be enacted? Will the sectoral plans be published at the same time as the legislation and, if not, when will they be published?

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Taoiseach keeps repeating the same mantra about the investment required. Mr. John Tierney outlined to us that in the region of €10 billion will be required over the next 20 years. We heard from the Minister, Deputy Hogan, that the level of investment is to increase after 2016 from €300 million to €600 million per annum. That frightens the daylights out of people...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: To add insult to injury, Irish Water hired a public relations firm to brainwash people into acceptance. This reminds me of a book by Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman entitled Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. The advice given to Irish Water was to start off by describing water as free and then say it costs money, and that by charging for water people will be...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: There is no money for investment.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Today, representatives of the Commission for Energy Regulation were due to attend the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht to outline the water charges plan. I have just come from that meeting. The representatives were not able to enlighten the committee because Irish Water did not submit its plan to the commission in time. It was reported in Saturday's Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the way disputes over who a primary care giver and which parent is awarded the single parent child carer tax credit are determined; if policy is being refined in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28283/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if she has undertaken any impact analysis of the change from one-parent family tax credit with a single parent child carer tax credit; if she will commit to examining the possibility of a joint parenting agreement to allow both parents to adequately support their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28284/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: One-Parent Family Payment Expenditure (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that was paid out under the one-parent family tax credit in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; the amount that has been paid out to date under the single parent child carer tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28282/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Recruitment (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the appointment of a new Secretary General in his Department; if he will list the outlets where the position has been advertised; whether it is essential that reforms within his Department would be best executed and overseen by the recruitment of a person from outside his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland; the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Leader's Allowance Issues (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual amount paid to each qualifying party leader and each Independent TD and Senator under section 1 of the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act, 2001 for the period of 1 January 2011 to date; the frequency and number of payments made to each qualifying party leader and each Independent TD and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Political Funding (1 Jul 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual amount paid to each qualifying party under the Electoral Acts, excluding section 1 of the Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Act 2001 for the period 1 January 2011 to date; the frequency and number of such payments made to each qualifying party; the formula by which such annual payment amounts...