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Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: There are at least three elements to redress, the first of which is acknowledging what happened to those to whom it happened as it is their truth. The second is holding those responsible to account. The third is financial compensation; not that financial compensation can redress some of the things that happened to people and how it traumatised their lives. Survivors were asked to put...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the Bill, which is largely technical and which makes overdue and important changes to how certain crimes are treated under Irish law. It is particularly welcome to see stalking as a standalone offence. A generation of Irish women are familiar with the realities of stalking and harassment. For too long, these cases and the perpetrators have been protected. The threat has been...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Immigration is a net positive for this country. People who come here from abroad improve our culture and the country is richer for it. The State has a responsibility to those workers to ensure they are treated equally and fairly and to protect their rights as workers and also as individuals. This is not a responsibility the State has upheld very well to date. With that responsibility...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I asked the Minister if he is aware of the number of planning permission decisions that are likely to be quashed, whether the board will face further legal action or actions from people who have had planning permissions revoked, and if the Government has confidence in the chairman of the board. On conflicts of interest, there are other people who have had conflicts of interest, including in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The fallout from the controversy engulfing An Bord Pleanála continues to wreak havoc in the planning system. Yesterday, planning permission for 1,400 housing units was quashed in the High Court after An Bord Pleanála conceded three cases that were linked to its former deputy chairman, Paul Hyde. Those challenging the developments raised the issue of objective bias in the board's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It was indeed a very substantial document. On reading it, enormous detail is evident. What does the Taoiseach expect from the various entities to which he refers? Does he expect Revenue, the Corporate Enforcement Authority or the special liquidator of IBRC to come back to him? Is there a response? It would be obscene if those who got bonuses and who so tainted the process were permitted...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the actions that he will take following the publication of the report of the IBRC Commission of Investigation. [49725/22]

Creeslough Community: Expressions of Sympathy (11 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The tragic loss of so many lives in Creeslough has cast a long dark shadow across the country. The entire nation was impacted with a sense of shock and grief. On Friday, 7 October, an explosion tore through the heart of this little town. For a small and close knit community like Creeslough, the deaths of ten people in such a devastating and inexplicable incident is a terrible burden to...

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It is fair to say that the PIAB can be broadly viewed as a law reform success story. If we recall the situation that pertained prior to this reform being introduced, it is easy to measure the contrast. It is not perfect, however, and reforms are needed but it has gone a long way in reducing costs and waiting times for people seeking compensation for personal injuries. It has created an...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: What we need in a public transport system is that it is reliable, efficient, accessible and cost-effective. The reliability issue is the one I want to deal with first and I want to pick up on the point in regard to Go-Ahead Ireland. Kildare was the first area where the buses transferred across from Bus Éireann and we were told at the time it would be a seamless service. Last week, the...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Yesterday, we heard the details of the Government’s €11 billion budget, the largest package of budgetary measures in the history of the State. The question is, with a cost of €11 billion, whether people soon will begin to feel short-changed and whether the Government will be obliged to intervene again early in the new year. A large intervention was no doubt needed. We...

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: We will also not oppose this. I am all in favour of education and supports for people trying to give up. They are essential. The Irish Heart Foundation says that this is the single most important healthcare initiative. I wonder how many people have watched somebody die of lung cancer. It is the most grotesque type of death. We need to get people to realise just what damage they are...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister should consider the amendment. The Social Democrats support it. The bigger energy bills become, the bigger the tax take and the bigger the VAT take. One cannot project the costs involved because we do not know the extent of the coming increases but we know they will be substantial. I addressed standing charges with the Minister at Leaders' Questions last week. It is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I deliberately focused on one issue the Minister could do something about now, namely, extending the powers of the Commission for Regulations of Utilities in regard to standing charges so that where gouging is happening, the CRU could set an upper threshold that reflects the actual cost of providing the infrastructure. It does not relate to the unit cost of energy. Why is it increasing to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: -----and how it has to be dealt with at European level. Please deal with this one issue. It would make an immediate difference and it could be done quickly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I spoke about standing charges.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: For months now, the Minister has been telling people to reduce their energy use. In fact, he previously told people to be clever with their energy use. He said that people should use their smarts to cut down on energy use and save money. People have been doing that. All over the country, people are desperately trying to dramatically reduce the energy they use. They are doing so because...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I do not want to hear him devote his response to the geopolitical problem. What is the Government going to do and when it is going to do it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I too would like to be associated with the Tánaiste's remarks about the awful tragedies we have seen in relation to children in the past month or so. Energy prices are now out of control. They are obliterating the incomes of workers and families and threatening the survival of so many businesses. In June, the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, reported that a record 29%...