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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: As Deputy Micheál Martin prepares to leave the office of Taoiseach, it is an appropriate time to reflect on his tenure in office. He has repeatedly said he considers housing the most important social issue in the country but his record tells a different story. It is not a record of problem solving; it is a record of problems multiplying. The crisis has now morphed into a disaster....

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The revelations in recent weeks about the extent of the gross sexual abuse inflicted on children in Blackrock College over decades are horrifying but we have come to the stage now that they are no longer surprising. How many times must be go through this process, order by order and diocese by diocese? We discovered the extent of the absolute destruction that paedophiles in the Catholic...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I did not hear what the approach will be. The Tánaiste needs to tell us what that approach will be and what difference it will make. Is he aware that commencements are down by 30% in the past three months? Only yesterday there was a report about a reduction in the number of mortgage approvals, which is not a metric I want to see. What does the Tánaiste mean when he talks about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It depends on the individual’s lived experience.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Many young people will not share that lived experience.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It is correct.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The Tánaiste gave an interview at the weekend that caused a lot of anger. He said young people considering emigrating because of the extortionate housing costs could find the grass is always greener. He said if they go to a successful busy city, they will find the same high rents as here but the rents could be lower if they went to "a very rural area or a third or fourth tier city". ...

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: We are here less than a week after the end of the COP27 summit, which was held in the midst of a climate crisis that is growing worse by the minute. It was held to address the extinction-level threat to our planet. The summit will ultimately be marked by the absolute failure of ambition. There was no ramping up of climate mitigation measures, no progress on ending fossil fuel use and no...

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the fact that the provisions of this Act are going be put on a permanent footing and that this will hopefully be done before the sunset clause lapses. There are still many issues that will have to be thrashed out in the practical application of the forthcoming legislation. It is much broader than the issue we are dealing with today, namely, the sunset clause today. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I would appreciate that consultation. It is going to be necessary in order to find the best way to move forward. This is about isolation and people feeling they are the only one. It would not be possible for this to have gone on as long as it did without that feeling of isolation. On last night's "Prime Time" programme, Mark Ryan said, "You think you're the only one who has been abused....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The revelations about the systemic, sustained and grotesque sexual abuse that took place in Blackrock College over many years are shocking and harrowing. We now know that at least 233 men have made allegations of abuse against 77 Irish priests from the Spiritans order. Of that number, 57 have alleged they were abused on the campus of Blackrock College. Some of the abusers were serial...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It will only be good news if that is passed on. That was the key point in the questions I asked the Taoiseach. The market looks more like a cartel arrangement. There is now only a minuscule benefit to switching provider. Will the Taoiseach address the issue of standing charges? Has the regulator the power to deal with that? The Taoiseach might also address the following point. It...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: There is finally some good news on energy prices. Gas prices have dropped by more than two thirds since the summer. Yesterday's benchmark futures dropped to €92 per MWh, down from an astronomical €340 per MWh in August. A number of factors are feeding into this. The EU set a target for having its gas stockpiles at 80% by 1 November. This figure has been exceeded, with...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. It is not possible to separate land use from transport planning and we must look over a long horizon to see what the trends are. In the mid-1990s, there was scenario testing for how the greater Dublin area was going to develop. It was intended that there would be a greater concentration of development in the city centre and, further...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Today's from the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, about the wastewater treatment plants is very concerning. Millions of litres of raw sewage continue to be discharged into our rivers and our seas every day. Only half of our sewage was treated to EU environmental standards in 2021. That is way below the EU average of 90%. In Ringsend, which is in the Minister's constituency, sewage is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The water framework directive dates to 2005. We are still not meeting the target. We are only at 50% at this stage. There have been two reports this week from the EPA, one of which the Minister has cited. If this is not about a shortage of money, it is very concerning that plans have not been provided to the EPA with targets for those other 27 projects. I also have concerns about the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that the recruitment of new gardaí and civilian staff following the budget 2023 allocation to her Department will meet the announced target; if she has engaged with Garda management in respect of the new recruitment campaign; and the date on which it will commence. [52296/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: This question relates to Garda recruitment and the announced targets, for which funding has been provided. What is the Minister's role in ensuring those targets are met? Does she engage with the Garda Commissioner about recruitment campaigns? Is she satisfied with a situation where targets are not met? What engagement is there to ensure targets are met?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It is important that we increase the strength of the force but deployment once that happens is another matter. We are always told that is exclusively the responsibility of the Garda Commissioner. Fairness is required in that regard. Population is not the only metric that should be used but the Minister's constituency and my constituency, for example, are counties. Meath and Kildare are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It must be a huge embarrassment that the Minister's own county of Meath has slightly less than half the national average of the ratio of gardaí to population. That has an impact on the type of policing and the level of detection. The result is a reactive type of policing, as opposed to proactive policing that includes an adequate number of community gardaí. There is a need for...