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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I raise the issue of services being rationed by the HSE. The executive will only provide one therapy at a time. Let us take, for example, a child who is neurodivergent and requires several therapies, such as occupational and speech and language therapies. That child will not get parallel services even if they are vital to his or her needs. If a child goes onto a children's disability...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I want to raise the issue of summer provision for children with special educational needs. It is not an added extra but in some cases that is exactly how it is being treated. A variety of people from my own constituency have contacted me with regard to this, and I expect it mirrors other areas, where sanction was sought from the Department of Education but that sanction was not given.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Sanction was sought from the from the Department of Education for summer provision for special educational needs. This goes back to court cases where parents took the State to court for appropriate education. Where there is July provision for some weeks each year, some people are getting it for their children and some people are not. There has to be a consistency in this but there...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Some people are being told they will not get it at all.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It is the Minister who wrote-----

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: That is right.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the fact that the Minister of State listened to the arguments we made. I take at face value his statement that the changes will be made and I appreciate that there have to be safeguards. There is no doubt that we have to allow for and expect bad actors. The intent of the Bill is primarily good. It is to address harmful gambling, which we know destroys lives. It is good that the...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I too express solidarity with the Minister and her family. There has been discussion in this House over the past few years about the coarsening of debate. We are seeing that going to another level now where we are seeing things falling into the criminal code. There is a real need for leadership right across the House on that. We need a well-managed asylum system, irrespective of the...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I am speaking to amendment No. 83, which relates to advertising directly related to charity fundraising activities for not-for-profit organisations. I would like to pick up on Deputy Doherty's point. Palliative care should be paid for out of direct taxation. It should not be down to communities to have to do fundraising for such an essential service. Unfortunately, so many of our...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There are a large number of charities and many of them are performing functions that really are public services. Many if not all of them rely on the ability to fundraise. Very essential services are being provided. It is important to get a balance in all of this. I would be generally supportive of the Bill but we must know exactly, but we cannot have unintended consequences such as ending...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities completed a review into local government last October. I raised this issue in November and have raised it in parliamentary questions subsequently. The report was scathing. It found, not surprisingly, that Ireland has the most centralised system of local decision making and referred to the balance of power between the...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. We know how devastating road deaths are. It is not for now; it is for a lifetime for families, as are the catastrophic injuries, which are life-changing for so many people. Of the 63 road deaths this year, the breakdown is 26 drivers, 19 passengers, 12 pedestrians, two cyclists and four motorcyclists, so it is not just drivers, and...

EU Police Co-operation: Motion (10 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I will speak directly to this motion and will not stray into the issue of the EU migration pact, which is not on the agenda today. Migrants make up a significant share of people who have been detected as trafficked into forced labour, which can be more properly described as modern day slavery. It is a lucrative area for criminal networks that engage in this activity, as the Minister has...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It is a case of “Start as you mean to go on”. We hope this is not going to be the way we continue with the business. The last time I looked, the Constitution provided that the Dáil decides on the business of this Parliament. The Government is telling us what the business is today without consultation. We have a Business Committee that has become a facade. This is all...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: In the past week, when the IP applicants who were camped out on Mount Street - some still are - were bussed to Crooksling, the optics were that they were being hidden from international eyes for the St. Patrick’s Day festival. It is an appalling way to treat human beings. The direct provision system, which was to be phased out, is overwhelmed and cannot cope with the new intake of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The length of time it takes for facilities to be started and completed can seem like an eternity and that is when things go well. In the case of the Mercy Convent primary school project in Naas, planning permission was obtained in 2012. The work commenced in 2017 and there is still no sign of the building being available. It was necessary to deploy the dispute mechanism but that is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Catherine Murphy: On the same issue, I too am looking for time. Indeed, I wrote to the Ceann Comhairle and the Business Committee to ask for time to be allocated this week in the Dáil, including time for questions and answers. This is an extraordinary press release by the former chair of the board. A new chair was just appointed today. Leaving this with unresolved questions is not the way to resolve...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Castletown House and its demesne receive about 1 million visitors per year. Most visit the demesne. As the Tánaiste knows, the State was not successful in purchasing the land adjoining the house, where the only viable vehicle access is located. The historic village access is not viable, according to the OPW, and there appears to be an unwilling seller. I understand a CPO involves a...

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There is no doubt that Kevin Bakhurst and Siún Ní Raghallaigh faced significant issues that predated their appointments. The hope was that major reforms would happen to address the issues that initially arose about the earnings of Ryan Tubridy but which revealed many other issues since last April. Two of the reports initiated by RTÉ have revealed additional information on...

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I, too, thank Deputy Collins for tabling this straightforward but worthwhile legislation. The Bill will: impose an obligation on employers, when requested in writing by an employee, to make deductions from the wages of such employee, and, not later than 21 days, remit the amount deducted, along with the written notice of the information required under section 6, to the relevant trade union...