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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I know it is stated the Minister will attempt to ensure much more happens at municipal level. However, I have read through some of the sections of the Bill and have thought about how this will happen in practice. We will come to this later and I will draw attention to it then in terms of what I mean by this. I am trying to visualise how it will work in practice. For example, the local...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: If one reads the section side by side with the abolition of the town council, it is clear many of the locations mentioned would have had town councils where there would have been a focus and a dedication. People will become aware of a significant difference very quickly. The point that has been made about people putting themselves forward is a valid one. There is a world of difference...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The town council got rid of 36.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The only reason for this amendment is to include the definition in order to dissolve the bodies later on in the Bill.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Members will revert to this, because I oppose the abolition of the town councils and the manner in which it has been proposed.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: On the insertion of "Reform" into the title, while I accept this is reform, it is not the reform I believe we need. This is a huge missed opportunity. I will avail of every opportunity to make that point. The Minister would be surprised if I did not. I do not propose to labour many points because I spoke in detail on this matter on Second Stage. I presume we will deal with the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The point is that the local government fund has been decreasing since 2009 and continues to decrease. This is being backfilled by household charge and property tax receipts. The Minister is splitting hairs in terms of saying funding for Irish Water will not be met from the local government fund because the property tax receipts are being used to shore up that fund, or will be in the future.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: That is people's taxes.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: Tax receipts.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 148. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the introduction of the Intreo service is intended to dispense with the role the community welfare officer currently plays; the number of offices that have been closed since the scheme was introduced; the number she plans to close and the time frame she is working to; where the staff have been deployed to; the way emergencies are to be handled...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Expenditure (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 370. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 18 July 2013, which of the 41 funding bodies listed are designated as funding administering bodies which administer funding on behalf of the her Department; if she will clarify the reason 41 bodies were listed in the reply when only 31 are authorised to administer funds in this way; which...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 371. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 19 November 2013 if she will account for €5.566 million of the €53.498 million stated to be provided for youth funding schemes considering the amount laid out for the youth funding schemes in the answer to said question only adds up to €47.932 million; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (3 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 372. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 19 November 2013, the way the €1.75 million in capital funding has been distributed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51305/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (28 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he took the decision to treat teachers who are not members of a trade union as if they were; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the practical result of this decision is that teachers who work in union-designated schools and who are not members of unions have their pay altered as if they were members of the predominant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Funding (28 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide full details of the service level agreements which have been undertaken between Irish Water and individual local authorities; the way these agreements will determine the funding to be provided to local authorities for the provision of water services in 2014 in each case; the amount expected to be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (28 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make changes to the law in respect of information seized as a by-product of the seizure of a computer; if data protection responsibility continues to be positioned with the data collector but the computer has been seized and, therefore, not under their control; the way they can give effect to that responsibility; in the event of...

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the advancement of the Bill, which most speakers did. It is time the legislation was updated and modernised. We are very conscious that the work started under the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes's predecessor, the late Shane McEntee, who, along with his family, we all think about at this time. Recently, a decision was made not to proceed with the sale of Coillte's harvesting...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Copyright Legislation Review (27 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: 11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline in which he expects the Government to respond to the report and draft Bill of the copyright review committee; if he will indicate at this stage the further consultations he plans with members of the public and interested parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50526/13]

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: What?

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the group from Ballyhea in the Gallery. I also welcome the many people who sent e-mails in support of this motion. Collectively, I estimate that approximately 100,000 e-mails have been received by Deputies during the past week. This is not just a small number of people who are expressing concerns. I congratulate our colleague, Deputy Joan Collins, on having the courage to take...