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Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...would be strong involvement of specialist units, not centrally, but locally when there is a need for that to happen. The Minister might deal with that when she wraps up because it is critical. I echo the points she made regarding people who have knowledge of who started these fires or who have been involved in them. They should be providing that information so this issue can be stopped.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2023)

Catherine Murphy: I would like to echo what the Cathaoirleach said. It has been very easy to interact and that has made all the difference. We are dealing with a different topic every week and trying to get our heads around that is quite difficult. Mr. O'Connor's help has been enormous. I wish him the very best of luck in the future, and good luck to Katherine as well.

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...of practices and policies with the needs of a traumatised population. If trauma symptoms go unrecognised or are misunderstood, behaviour may be mislabelled as challenging when in fact it is trauma. This echoes the point Deputy Ó Ríordáin made on DEIS+. Some very specific areas require particular attention because of the nature of some of the offences that are dominant in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...who ask questions are those who are gone. We want people on boards to make a nuisance of themselves sometimes to make sure the board is properly run. I have very serious concerns about the governance. I echo the call that has been made on bringing before the committee the appropriate people to deal with this. Dealing with the accounts would be the same as asking how long is a piece of...

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2020 (16 Jun 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I think I am next on the list. I echo Deputy McAuliffe's point that none of us need to be convinced of the need or value of a new children's hospital. That is not our remit. We are the Committee of Public Accounts and that is our focus. What was the original completion date in the tender documents?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to pick up on the point of certain legacy issues. I echo Deputy Carthy's concerns about the roll-out of this. We discussed this before the contract was awarded and had concerns about the ability of the particular entity to deliver the broadband plan in the intervention area. As there was only one bidder, it was not as if there was a choice. We understand that Covid has been an...

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

Catherine Murphy: ...at all stages in some crime investigations, along with several issues relating to warrants and summonses. There were limited recordings of actions taken in the execution of warrants. Many of these issues were echoed in the 2018 report from the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. Those who are charged with upholding the law and protecting the rights of Irish people should...

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Catherine Murphy: ...in human rights, having been the chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. I wish them well in their work and note that this has come through the PAS system. I echo that this gives a degree of confidence in how the process works. It is always worth remembering that policing occurs in a social and economic context. GSOC is an important part of the current...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I echo the point about what they were intending to do. It is completely understandable that it was interrupted because we have had a very difficult year. There is probably no organisation that has had a more difficult year than the HSE. The 2019 accounts, which are in the urgent category, look like those with the biggest level of non-compliance. That is likely to be a very strong feature...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...as low as possible in the coming period. I have heard a great deal in recent days about personal responsibility and the need for people to be sensible in the precautions they take. I certainly echo that. However, there is another side to this and it is the role of the State and State agencies. We have got to know a lot about the virus over the past year. We know it is airborne and...

Supporting Inclusion and Combating Racism in Ireland: Statements (17 Jun 2020)

Catherine Murphy: ...that plays out in the public arena, it sends a big signal in the context of how official Ireland treats people. We must return to that issue. I am not satisfied with how it has played out. I echo much of what has been stated regarding the Traveller community. I remember a couple of girls coming to my office and talking about their hopes for the future. One of them stated that she...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jun 2019)

Catherine Murphy: There are several things one must be able to trust. I echo the outrage expressed by the Chairman on this issue because it goes beyond being an issue of concern. All members know that there is a separation between the Comptroller and Auditor General and the interrogation of accounts by the committee. There is respect for the independence of his office. With that independence comes public...

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Murphy: ...Naughten and his family. He did not have any option but to resign given the information that we now have. I question the Peter Smyth report process and what exactly Mr. Smyth will examine. I echo the point made by Deputy Harty. I cannot make any sense of the consortium that has been in place since July. It raises obvious questions, including why the other two consortia dropped out of...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (4 Oct 2018)

Catherine Murphy: ...the amendments to be tabled. It is important that this was possible. I understand that the Attorney General's office is responsible for the drafting arrangements of the Bill. I must, however, echo the sentiments of those who expressed concern about the framing of the Bill. Following a mandate which overwhelmingly sought to remove the stigma and criminalisation of women in this country,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2018)

Catherine Murphy: There were a number of questions to which the Taoiseach did not respond. I echo his remarks about the need for the national broadband plan. I do not think anyone wants anything other than for the plan to work, but the process has to be robust. I received a reply to a parliamentary question I tabled last November about the procurement process. It stated the process was still competitive...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Sep 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I want to come in on it and reinforce the point. It is very unsatisfactory that this is still going on. I echo the points made about the person taking the case. He is trying to achieve exactly the same thing we would want to achieve by having the kind of oversight which has been suggested. It is unusual for the Department of Finance to be the supervisor in a liquidation. Notwithstanding...

Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: ...herd, for which there are opportunities in China but all of these crises should be sending us a message as well. I am sure the farming sector is paying some attention to that crisis. I echo that conservation is the priority. I urge people to conserve water because in overusing they might be denying their neighbour a supply.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I have very similar concerns and I echo what was said about the process that has been followed in the Seanad in terms of introducing some of the amendments at a very late stage. If one gets a process wrong, very often one gets a poor outcome. I do not know how many times we have talked about that here. Sometimes we have had to come back and amend things later on. We have had experience...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Jun 2018)

Catherine Murphy: I echo the point made by Deputy Cullinane. The committee should not encroach on matters which are the subject of another process. This issue is being seriously scrutinised by the commission of investigation. The letter states, "the Sole Member has formed the view that some of the information provided by Mr Miskelly may be relevant to the Commission's Terms of Reference". Do we know what...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Jun 2018)

Catherine Murphy: ...and Skills or the Higher Education Authority. The oversight is part of several of the problems that we discovered. They have not learned the lesson that separation is necessary in this regard. I echo the concerns that have been expressed about the process. If we do not get the process right then there is no point pursuing such a disclosure because it will be undermined right from the...