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Tue, 21 May 2024
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International Protection
Catherine Murphy
527. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Private Security Authority and-or the Minister for Justice in respect of the enforcement guard sector in the context of IPAS accommodation contractors engaged by his Department and the requirement for employees in those accommodations to hold an enforcement guard licence. [22775/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Catherine Murphy
550. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Tallaght University Hospital. [22357/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
551. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE secretaries, who are part of the ophthalmology department responsible for making appointments for patients for eye injections, within the outpatients' eye clinic in the Mater hospital in each of the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the hours and days of week each secretary is based at the hospital, in tabular form. [22358/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Catherine Murphy
552. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres currently in use at St. James's Hospital; and the hours and days of the week each theatre is available for procedures, in tabular form. [22359/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Catherine Murphy
553. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs needed to increase the number of neonatal high-dependency unit beds from six to 14 in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin. [22360/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Health Strategies
Catherine Murphy
554. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the last national ophthalmology strategy was delivered; If the recommendations of the strategy were achieved; and when a new strategy will be produced. [22361/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
555. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health If the post of chief cardiac physiologist and senior cardiac physiologist within cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Beaumont Hospital have been filled on a full-time basis. [22362/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
556. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general and hepato-pancreato-biliary and liver transplant surgeons at St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form. [22363/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
632. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons and WTE ENT registrars at the Mater hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22896/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Hospital Procedures
Catherine Murphy
633. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric ophthalmology procedures, by type, ]carried out in either CHI Temple Street or CHI Crumlin in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22897/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Education and Training Boards
Catherine Murphy
661. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount provided to each education and training board, ETB, for Youthreach programmes in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [22615/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Air Services
Catherine Murphy
130. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to instances of flights being impacted by GPS spoofing and-or jamming in Irish-controlled airspace in 2022, 2023 or to date in 2024; and if he and or his officials have engaged with the Irish Aviation Authority, the Department Of Defence and-or An Garda Síochána in respect of same over that time period. [22269/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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International Protection
Catherine Murphy
243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide this Deputy with a soft copy of an opinion paper (details supplied) in respect of a property in Leixlip, County Kildare. [22272/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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School Meals Programme
Catherine Murphy
68. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the provisions she has put in place to reduce food waste in the context of the school hot meals initiative; if she engaged with specialists in the area of nutritional value ahead of rolling out the initiative; and her views on whether the initiative is targeted appropriately. [22002/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Road Traffic Offences
Catherine Murphy
183. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he and/or the RSA have undertaken a data impact assessment in respect of plans to use speed cameras and or other types of camera to detect motorists who are using their phones while in control of a vehicle on a public roads. [21511/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Road Traffic Offences
Catherine Murphy
184. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will point to the legislative provision that permits the use of fixed cameras to detect and penalise motoring offences that are not defined as exceeding existing speed limits. [21513/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
228. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for the Irish motor insurance database application to be rolled out to all Garda members on their mobility devices to include access to information on fleet and motor trader vehicles, with real time information on the vehicles; the reason for the delay in including information on fleet and motor trader vehicles to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21892/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Insurance Industry
Catherine Murphy
229. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 241 of 12 December 2023 and 112 of 22 February 2024, if data sharing agreements and the relevant contracts have been agreed yet to enable his Department to provide motor insurers access to information on his driver file database on disqualified drivers and verify the driver number of a driver on the entry, under the Road Traffic Act 2023; the current timeframe for the industry to be ready for driver number capture and verification; the work his Department need to undertake to enable additional access to NVDF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21895/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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School Transport
Catherine Murphy
280. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the changes she has made to the school transport scheme this year for the Straffan bus for pupils attending schools in Maynooth in the 2024-2025 academic year; and the way in which more concessionary passengers will be accommodated on this service. [21286/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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School Transport
Catherine Murphy
281. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will outline, for those who are struggling to find a school place and do not get one until after the date for school transport has closed, the way in which they will be accommodated on the school transport scheme, including concessionary passengers who cannot apply because they do not know where they will be offered a place. [21287/24]