Results 561-580 of 1,046,329 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Catherine Murphy OR speaker:Seán Crowe OR speaker:Brian Leddin)
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: When a business case is made for something, there needs to be viability about the length of time involved. A property should not be acquired if it is not used.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I suspect that the meeting will be dominated by the issue we addressed when Horse Racing Ireland was in. It will not be the only matter for discussion, but animal welfare issues and inspections and the Department's role in that will be to the forefront.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I would be very surprised, but whatever time we are working to, we are working to.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Absolutely, yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: No, the Workers' Party.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: It was called the Workers' Party when I joined it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I joined in 1983.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: No, I was elected in 1988 to a town council.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Leixlip Town Council. It was established in 1988. There were only four of them established in the history of the State, and that was the last one.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: They all predated-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: No. None that were established since the foundation of the State were rating authorities. All the ones that were rating authorities predated that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Yes, somewhere around that. I got a sabbatical from the Dáil at one point between 2005 and 2011, but I was back on the council in 2009.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: In 1991.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: No.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I actually think the time it was easiest to make changes was when we had a minority Government. In actual fact, an awful lot of very good things happened during that minority Government.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: We have big governments and there is this notion that we require a big government to achieve things. In actual fact, even the culture of the Dáil changed during the minority Government.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Sláintecare.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: However, it is going in the right direction.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I thank the Cathaoirleach.