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Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Could I make the point? I was subsequently informed by someone from your office, a Cheann Comhairle, that there would be no responses to the statement.

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: How are we to function if we are getting mixed messages from the Ceann Comhairle's office?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements in place to cut mortgage rates for persons who purchased their homes with local authority loans; the time frame in which the rate cuts are passed on to the local authorities; the guidance that is given to local authorities regarding the timing for passing on such rate cuts;his plans to change the policy in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide full details of the income of each county and city council, broken down by source for the years 2005 to 2011 inclusive; if he will provide full details of the amounts raised through the online payment of motor tax in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41117/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to secure sufficient funds to open the purpose built facilities at Teach Tearmainn, County Kildare, which is the only dedicated women's refuge in the county; the estimated cost of operating the service in order to meet the Health Information and Quality Authority standards; what the costings provide for; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health if meeting the minimum Health Information and Quality Authority standards is taken into consideration when the budget is allocated to assist the running of domestic violence refuges; if any refuges have expressed concern regarding insufficient funds to meet those standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41149/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health if child related needs are factored into the cost of domestic violence refuges; if so, the provision that is made; if all the refuges supported by the Health Service Executive have such services available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41150/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a decision has not yet been made in relation to a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41207/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (27 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a decision has not yet been made in relation to a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41207/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Minister for her reply. I am trying to work out the wider departmental position and do not want to engage in a debate about the budget itself. Every time I wish to pose a question I must ask myself whether it should be directed to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the Minister for Health, the Minister for Education and Skills or some other Minister. Children are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with the Minister's point about how services are delivered, but I ask that when talking about children we refer to them as citizens rather than customers. It is more reflective of the fact that children have an entitlement to services. Will the Child and Family Support Agency be responsible to the Minister in the same way that the HSE is responsible to the Minister for Health? It...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the input she has had in the preparation of the annual budget specifically in relation to proposed cutbacks in State funded services to children and young persons; the extent of consultation other Departments seek from her Department in the preparation of the budget; if she will provide a full list of State funded services to children and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the input she has had in the preparation of the annual budget specifically in relation to proposed cutbacks in State funded services to children and young persons; the extent of consultation other Departments seek from her Department in the preparation of the budget; if she will provide a full list of State funded services to children and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Minister for her reply. I am trying to work out the wider departmental position and do not want to engage in a debate about the budget itself. Every time I wish to pose a question I must ask myself whether it should be directed to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, the Minister for Health, the Minister for Education and Skills or some other Minister. Children are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (26 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with the Minister's point about how services are delivered, but I ask that when talking about children we refer to them as citizens rather than customers. It is more reflective of the fact that children have an entitlement to services. Will the Child and Family Support Agency be responsible to the Minister in the same way that the HSE is responsible to the Minister for Health? It...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: Abuse takes many forms and poverty is one of the forms that rarely gets the kind of attention it deserves. Poverty takes power away from people. It was the children of poor families who often ended up in industrial schools or orphanages. Many of them suffered horrific abuse and were scarred for life. That was at a time when little children were supposed to be seen but not heard....

Magdalene Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I want to begin by adding to the comments of other Deputies in expressing my personal revulsion and horror at the record of church and State when it comes to the unimaginable cruelty delivered onto thousands of women and girls by these institutions, and I thank Deputy MacDonald and Sinn Féin for bringing forward the motion. The stories of the barbaric, sadistic abuse handed out to...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: I propose to share time with Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan.

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: We are very fortunate in this country to have a written Constitution. That is not to say I am satisfied with every provision therein or that I do not wish to see it modernised. However, it does serve to frame the higher principles from which laws are enacted and society is organised. The inclusion of a section in the Constitution dedicated to the rights of children is essential,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Difficulties in Obtaining Home Insurance: Discussion with Irish Insurance Federation (25 Sep 2012)

Catherine Murphy: We are all focused on one issue. I have made a point regarding a certification process. We heard a letter read out detailing a reputable certification process as it related to a case on the Dodder. There does not seem to be any process between the OPW and the industry. It is well and good for the industry representatives to ask to be told about the projects around the country, including...