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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the VAT liability on mobility aides (details supplied). [38552/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of those that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the duration, timings and cost per annum of all leases at Bishop's Square; the timings and duration of all fit outs; the reasons for any exceptional delays in fit-out; and when and by whom the various floors were occupied. [38754/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she, her special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of those that...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she, her special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she, her special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 394. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update in respect of the work to ensure that the supply of early learning childcare and school-aged childcare meets demand in Kildare north. [38777/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 395. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding and resources his Department has provided to Kildare County Childcare Committee in 2023 and to date in 2024. [38778/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 396. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the supply management unit in his Department, and if this unit provides resourcing and funding in respect of the delivery and fit out of premises that are used for early learning childcare and afterschool care. [38779/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of those that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of those that...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Consultations (1 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 604. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she, her special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community:

I welcome our guests. I remind people of their privileges and that they cannot participate if they are outside of Leinster House, etc. Those giving evidence have to be physically present within the grounds of Leinster House and should not criticise or make charges against any person, or identify him or her by name or in such a way that makes him or her identifiable. I think we all understand that.

I propose that we publish the opening statements from our witnesses. Is that agreed? Agreed. I suggest that we invite our witnesses to speak for five or ten minutes and that we allow members to ask questions and make comments for approximately five minutes. Members may ask more questions after everybody gets an opportunity to speak.

The committee is looking at Travellers' experience of the justice system. Today we will focus on Travellers in prison. The committee has already visited Castlerea Prison, Mountjoy Female Prison - the Dóchas Centre - and Oberstown Children Detention Campus. Travellers represent less than 1% of the population yet we make up 8% of male prisoners, 16% of female prisoners and 21% of children detained. The committee looks forward to hearing from our witnesses about this very important subject. We would like to hear about the experience of Travellers dealing with the justice system, including prison, and how we can make things better.

We are grateful to our witnesses for coming here today. They include representatives of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, the Traveller Justice Initiative, the Traveller Mediation Service and Barnardos.

Our witnesses are all very welcome here today.

It is very important for us as a committee to examine the justice system and, most importantly, why there are so many Travellers in prison in this country and what supports we need for Travellers. I am sure we all know the answers but it is important we document those answers and that this committee has a responsibility to work with the Traveller community.

We will begin with one quote a young man said to me in 2020. It was his first time to be in court and he was very nervous. I said to him he will be okay and that everything will be fine. He said, "No Eileen, I am already guilty." I said no, he would not be and that was up to the judge. He said, "I am guilty on the basis of being a member of the Traveller community." I want us all to be mindful of that before we start.

I will open it up to our witnesses. I ask Ms Saoirse Brady to begin.

(26 Sep 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will come back to the leakage rate. I will read from an article that states: "The CRU said the figures indicated that Uisce Éireann was no longer on track to achieve its target of reducing public side leakage by 161 million litres per day over a five-year period by the target date of the end of 2024." Is that still the situation?