Results 1-4 of 4 for interruptions speaker:Catherine Murphy

Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...and much extra debt has been accrued in specific sectors. Viability in that context is going to be determined by just how robust the recovery is. We also cannot assume that there will be no further interruptions, but let us hope not. There is a real issue in this regard, however. From March 2020 to September 2021, thousands of workers existed in a state of limbo. They had either been...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Feb 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...hearings are a most efficient method of dealing with certain practical matters ahead of the beginning of a trial. Those hearings ensure that all parties are ready and able to proceed, and minimise interruptions to a trial once it has begun. In 2019, the Director of Public Prosecutions stated that the waiting period for a criminal trial in the Dublin Circuit Court had reached one and a...

Hospital Trolley Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2018)

Catherine Murphy: ...spaces, kitchen facilities, etc. That is just not on. These are already stressed patients at their most vulnerable who are very often in places where they cannot get to sleep due to noise and interruptions. It must be acknowledged there are fantastic staff in the health services, doing their absolute best in unacceptable conditions. This is not a criticism of the staff. If funding...

Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)

Catherine Murphy: I have seen at first hand the very real problems experienced by households in north Kildare. Water interruptions and loss of pressure has become a seasonal problem. Homes with small children and babies have gone without water for up to two weeks during the winter, while in dry spells in the summer the pressure is reduced to the point where some households do not have a constant supply....