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Dentistry Services: Motion (22 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will read back to the Minister of State one line that he read. He stated: The HSE public dental service also provides oral examination and treatment identified as necessary for children at three intervals, at ages six to eight years, 11 to 16 years and subject to capacity, nine to 11 years. Why are we hearing from parents and on the doors that children in certain locations have never...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...recommendations made in the two reports. The Mazars report found an additional €674,000 sloshing around. An updated of the legislation relating to the Comptroller and Auditor General is being examined by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. Where is that at and is it anticipated that the existing legislation will be amended?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will re-examine an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person based on the new information provided (details supplied). [20740/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: ...we ended up with an unreliable service. People were very happy with the timetable but then there were no-shows and quite a lot of buses turning up late. If we take that as an example, did the NTA examine whether it could deliver the service? People were happy with the timetable but then it was not supported with delivery. Fines are not enough. In fact, we do not want fines; we want...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists, per CHO area nationally, as of 25 April 2024; and the number of persons under the age of 18 years waiting to be examined by a dentist in the public dentistry waiting list, by CHO region. [19686/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under the age of 13 years who have been referred from the school dental programme for children to a dentist for further examination and or procedures in 2023 and to date in 2024, by CHO region; the number in the waiting list, by CHO region; and the average time in each CHO to be seen by a dentist. [19688/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022 - Tusla-Child and Family Agency (29 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: -----when you examine the cost–benefit outcome by comparison with the high-end investment required when failure happens.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ..., one of the four told The Journalthat passersby told him that attacks happened regularly in the area and that "the doctor said that these incidents happen a few times a week". In August, the same publication examined the CSO statistics on recorded crime in the Dublin central north and south districts. The article quoted Deirdre Healy, director of the institute of criminology and criminal...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management (16 Nov 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...for a review of the organisational culture, which I presume was of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. What prompted that? Was it published, and did it examine the purpose of the Department?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...for Finance the value of counterfeit prescription drugs and narcotics seized by customs officials at privately owned and State airports and ports of entry and exit that were passed to the HPRA for examination; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [40692/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Customs and Excise (20 Sep 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...veterinary prescription drugs and animal growth hormones seized by customs officials at privately owned and State airports and ports of entry and exit that were passed to his Department for examination; and if he will provide the information in tabular form, by location, item and value, for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [40693/23]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...under the international human rights treaties. It expressed concern about the expansion of its remit and has called for its abolition. I certainly do not want to put juries or witnesses in harm's way. We have to examine how other jurisdictions that have to deal with organised crime and other very serious crimes do so without using non-jury courts. Organised crime gangs such as the...

Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...this is part of the problem with how our system is working. We have two significant gaps in information that demonstrate a prevalence of sexual violence versus the under-reporting. I will quote from an article in the Irish Examineras follows: Dr Siobhán O’Higgins, of University of Galway’s School of Psychology, said victims may not want to go through the reporting...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...we are being told. We have seen the kinds of information that could be drawn down when the database is built. In fact, some Departments availed of the data and engaged Benefacts to do that. The committee is examining something that cost €8 million or €9 million, with approximately one third of that coming from a non-governmental source, and which was heavily used. It was...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...This goes to what we see in the reports over recent years regarding the amount of money in the board's overall budget that is taken up by judicial reviews and whether that is to make sure they are properly examined so that we do not end up with judicial reviews with some of the issues that have arisen in a lot of the cases that were subject to judicial review.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Following on from what my colleague, Deputy Gannon, said yesterday, I will move to the subject of the new independent security examiner proposed in the Bill. It is very welcome to see the independent oversight mechanisms being brought into this sphere. We are all familiar with the experience of looking for important information and having the words, “national security”,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Resumed) (16 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...level of suicide among Travellers, which is horrendously high. Can they give any progress update on the Department's initiatives in this regard, even within the period to which the accounts we are examining relate? I refer to investment in key programmes and their outcomes.

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: .... Let us take drone technology as an example. These would be covered under the definition of "recording devices" in this Bill. The Article 29 working group on data protection has already examined the use of drones for law enforcement and concluded that their use for surveillance should require a higher level of approval and the data processed should be further scrutinised by a human...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2023)

Catherine Murphy: ...the courts will do, or even whether the matter will go to the courts, but in these situations, would it change the scenario in relation to an overall review if the board took the initiative and examined these decisions to ensure they are solid and do not end up in the courts? That would appear to be a far better approach than pointing people towards the courts.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (7 Dec 2022)

Catherine Murphy: ...improved benefits for staff, including reduced stress, improved family time and better sleep. If the Government wants to show any ambition in this area, now is the time to roll out a much broader pilot project to examine moving to a four-day week. It will not be possible for everyone but certainly a wider pilot is necessary. It is now nearly 100 years since we moved from a six-day...