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Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (1 Apr 2014)

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

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (1 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electoral Act of 1992 to enable candidates for election who are not members of a political party to identify themselves as independent on a ballot paper and to provide for related matters. This is a very short Bill. Essentially, it seeks to allow people who are contesting elections as independents, to declare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: May I object to this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: Several of us mentioned wind. The mention of turbines in Hull is about wind. The Aarhus Convention is about how we plan energy projects; it is not about biomass. Can we please have a little bit of respect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: There is a doubt about the memorandum of understanding signed last year with the Minister's counterpart in the United Kingdom and I am interested to hear what is happening in that regard. It would be relevant to any wind farm development proposed, or, at the very least, the big ones. Is there a cost issue at stake? We hear from some people that the cost has been calculated at the point of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (1 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 118. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he stated in Dáil Éireann on 27 February 2014 that the Health Service Executive guaranteed to him that persons who have been selected for review of their medical card will be approached at least three months in advance of a review when in fact this is not the case in practice (details supplied); if he is satisfied that he is supplied...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (1 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Health if he will describe the precise, detailed process by which discretionary medical cards are selected for review; if the process is entirely randomised or if it is systematic; if the latter, if he will fully describe the way this system is followed and the way medical card holders are protected from undue audit and examination that may exacerbate an existing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (1 Apr 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 531. To ask the Minister for Health if, in cases of persons who have a medical condition that is chronic and extremely unlikely to change for an extended period of time, it is intended to make changes to the rules governing the granting of medical cards to allow medical professionals to indicate such a prognosis to the Health Service Executive and to require the HSE to take such an indication...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Proceedings (27 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the findings of the Child Care Law Reporting Project that the rate of child care orders being sought varies considerably in different parts of the country; if her attention has been drawn to the large discrepancy in the figures between towns of comparable populations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14197/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (27 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the present obstacles that exist to allow persons access to adoption records which have recently been transferred to the custody of the Health Service Executive from a range of institutions; when these records will be catalogued and made available; if she has had any dialogue with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: A data protection code of practice was worked out between the Data Protection Commissioner and the Garda in 2007. It appears there was intensive work done to get the code in place. For it to have legal force, rather than it just being guidance , it must be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas under section 13(3) of the Data Protection Act 1988 which states:Any such code that is so...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister can get back to me if the information is not readily available. It would be extraordinary if no risk analysis was carried out.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (26 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 126. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to include mortgages provided by local authorities in the CCMA process; when that will take place; if not the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14288/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (26 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 139. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funds are being dedicated to the prevention of homelessness; if his Department is aware of the increased incidence of homelessness among families and in non-city locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14292/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (26 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: 140. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the establishment of Irish Water has become an impediment to the taking estates in charge process; the arrangements he has put in place to overcome same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14315/14]

Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Deputy Halligan for tabling this Bill. I will focus my remarks on the crime of burglary, which is particularly difficult for people. As gardaí who have responded to burglaries point out, the repercussions extend beyond the property that is stolen to emotional impacts that can last a very long time. Sometimes people never again feel safe in their homes. It is a civil right to...

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Taoiseach knows.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: The Taoiseach has done it before.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: I must object because we notified all Departments and have been briefed in the past by the Department of the Taoiseach. They know that one telephone call needs to be made to my office which will co-ordinate the rest of the Technical Group.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)

Catherine Murphy: We deliberately made it that easy.