Parliamentary questions

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

233. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of fleet owners/managers and motor traders that failed to upload their vehicle details to the National Fleet Database, by county, as required under the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023, by the deadline of 30 November 2023; the number that face legal sanctions including prosecution in the District Court; the number subjected to fines of up to €500 per vehicle to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1071/24]

Coast Guard Service

Catherine Murphy

234. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the date on which the Irish Coast Guard updated their vehicle details in 2021, 2022 and 2023 on the National Fleet Database. [1074/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

269. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of cross-Border driving bans that the RSA has sought to enforce through the courts since 1 January 2020 to date in 2024; the number of such bans that have actually been enforced; the status of each case to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1299/24]

Site Acquisitions

Catherine Murphy

332. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in respect of the purchase of a school site in a project that involves the NTMA (details supplied); and the date on which the acquisition of lands is due to be finalised. [57140/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

333. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if he will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57210/23]

Revenue Commissioners

Catherine Murphy

344. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full cost in 2024 if the number of dogs in the Revenue Commissioners dog unit increased to 55. [1093/24]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

358. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he met the CEO of a company (details supplied) during his recent visit to the west coast of the United States. [1355/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

389. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if he will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57216/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

396. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the date on which the OPW updated their vehicle details in 2021, 2022 and 2023 on the National Fleet Database.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1072/24]

Heritage Sites

Catherine Murphy

397. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if each heritage site under the OPW and has at least one floor for public viewings within that site has a lift for public use to get to each floor of that site. [1079/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

425. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if he will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57208/23]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

432. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost to recruit one additional WTE overseas manager and one extra WTE senior market adviser for Enterprise Ireland; and the Civil Service grades these posts are normally filled by. [1085/24]

European Council

Catherine Murphy

440. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the next EU Council of Trade Ministers meeting is scheduled to take place. [1358/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

539. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of the personal and-or person-specific datasets her Department holds that have been provided and-or shared with other Departments and-or Ministers and-or State bodies and-or agencies and-or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if she will clarify if the transfer of data and-or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and-or records were provided. [57207/23]

School Enrolments

Catherine Murphy

594. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools in Ireland that have an enrolment figure of 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 students or more, in tabular form. [1091/24]

National Council for Special Education

Catherine Murphy

623. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2024 to recruit three extra WTE Behaviour Practitioners for National Council for Special Education. [1352/24]

School Patronage

Catherine Murphy

650. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the steps she has and or will take to ensure that young pupils at a school in Naas, County Kildare, can continue their primary education at a location; if her attention has been drawn to a petition on the matter (details supplied); and if she will engage with stakeholders and patrons on this matter [1504/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

707. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a schedule of the personal and/or person-specific data sets her Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if she will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57220/23]

Departmental Functions

Catherine Murphy

709. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if each of the night time economy advisors are fully accountable to her Department. [1078/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

777. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if he will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57214/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

881. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of the data sets she provides to the forward planning unit of the Department of Education on an annual basis; and if she will clarify if the data she provides is aggregated or whether it is individual records. [56730/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

912. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets her Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if she will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57218/23]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

943. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she spoke formally with her United States counterpart in 2023. [1092/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

953. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount expended on hearing aid grants under the treatment benefit scheme in 2023. [1357/24]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

1003. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if quality assurance and or compliance audits in respect of performance review ratings in the Irish Prison Service have been undertaken in the past ten years to date; and if same has been carried out in respect of data entered into the performance management system. [56457/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

1004. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in the past ten years to date in respect of the Irish Prison Service; the status of same; if external consultants have been engaged to review and or investigate protected disclosures; and if she will provide a schedule of protected disclosures that have been rejected and those that have been accepted over that time. [56458/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

1005. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the status of a staff member (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to their situation and her plans to provide assistance to them. [56459/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

1063. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets her Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if she will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57215/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

1070. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles seized by gardaí for having no valid NCT certificate within DMR region, Kildare and Wicklow in 2023, in tabular form. [1086/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

1071. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to Garda mounted unit as of 3 January 2024. [1087/24]

Alcohol Sales

Catherine Murphy

1072. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of alcohol test purchase inspections by gardaí within the R district of DMR carried out in supermarkets, bars and clubs in 2023 to ensure they are in full compliance with Alcohol Licensing Regulations; and the number of premises that were found in breach of such legislation, in tabular form. [1088/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

1073. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been provided in 2024 to purchase additional vehicles for Garda armed support units. [1089/24]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

1091. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of senior psychologist and staff grade psychologist that were recruited into Irish Prison Service in 2023; and the number of those post holders left the Irish Prison Service during 2023, in tabular form. [1356/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

1236. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if he will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57204/23]

Food Industry

Catherine Murphy

1243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on recent progress with the Food Vision Strategy. [1080/24]

Bord Bia

Catherine Murphy

1258. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which he and or his officials are next due to meet the CEO of Bord Bia. [1359/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

1342. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of the data sets he provides to the Department of Education on an annual basis; and if he will clarify if the data he provides is aggregated or whether it is individual records. [56731/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

1388. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if he will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57205/23]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

1406. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current and capital funding required to provide 40 extra planned residential places. [1094/24]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

1407. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of providing 650 extra adult day service places. [1095/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

1542. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the data sets he and the HSE provides to the Department of Education on an annual basis; and if he will clarify if the data he provides is aggregated or whether it is individual records. [56732/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

1611. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if he will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57213/23]

Hospital Procedures

Catherine Murphy

1641. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of neck fusion surgeries performed at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, in tabular form. [1081/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Murphy

1642. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant paediatric neurosurgeon at CHI Temple Street. [1082/24]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Murphy

1643. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the new Children's Hospital will have the capabilities and necessary staffing to perform heart transplants and pancreas transplants. [1083/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

1644. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if consultant cardiologists or cardiologist registrars are on call in Beaumont Hospital on a 24/7 basis. [1084/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

1683. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric otolaryngologist at CHI Crumlin in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [1353/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

1684. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant physicians in stroke medicine at Naas General Hospital in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [1354/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

1832. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if he will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57212/23]

Third Level Education

Catherine Murphy

1859. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will engage with an institute on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if he will clarify whether he and or his Department have authority in respect of persons that provide tuition in a private capacity in delivering courses and or tuition in this State on behalf of an institute that is registered in another jurisdiction. [1479/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

1870. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets her Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if she will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57217/23]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

287. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of all active new school construction projects and expansion projects in Kildare and Wicklow; the stage each project is at; and the target delivery date of each. [56122/23]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of temporary school accommodation requests, that is, new rented space and prefab classrooms, she has received from schools in Wicklow and Kildare in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; if she will provide a schedule of schools that have made these requests; the number approved and delivered; and the number refused. [56123/23]

School Curriculum

Catherine Murphy

289. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the remedy she has for second level schools that can offer only a limited subject choice due to a shortage in the teacher numbers and lack of appropriate learning environments. [56131/23]

Public Sector Pensions

Catherine Murphy

75. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the way in which he intends to proceed in respect of his plans to discontinue the long-standing and well-established pay-pension parity link which retired gardaí share with serving officers in An Garda Síochána. [55538/23]

School Enrolments

Catherine Murphy

90. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of the number of pupils in each of the 314 school planning areas that did not secure a place in their first preference second level school in 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 school year, in tabular form. [55478/23]

School Enrolments

Catherine Murphy

91. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she and her officials have utilised the most recent census of population data in the context of the provision of school capacity; her plans to analyse the most recent census of population data in order to and compare it to information collated in respect of the 314 school planning areas. [55480/23]

School Admissions

Catherine Murphy

97. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of application numbers; the criteria as per admissions policy; and the number of places available and waiting list numbers in respect of all primary- and second-level schools in north Kildare and north Wicklow for the school year 2024/2025. [55740/23]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

99. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of WTE vacancies currently within her Department that are normally filled by staff at the grade of administrative officer and above, as of 7 December 2023, in tabular form. [55606/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

146. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of transfers and or access requests received by her Department from the Department of Education; and the headings under which the data was requested. [55479/23]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

151. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE vacancies currently within her Department and that are normally filled by staff at the grade of administrative officer and above, as of 7 December 2023, in tabular form. [55605/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she expects the recently announced additional 40 unmarked Garda cars and 38 additional marked Garda cars to be in the Garda fleet before end of 2023. [55599/23]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

187. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE vacancies currently within his Department and that are normally filled by staff at the grade of administrative officer and above, as of 7 December 2023, in tabular form. [55603/23]

Pharmacy Services

Catherine Murphy

228. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of senior pharmacists working in CHI Temple Street in 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if a senior pharmacist at this hospital is on a call within this hospital on a 24-7 basis. [55600/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Catherine Murphy

229. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there is a grant for a HSE supplied powered mobility equipment; the maximum grant amount for PME; and the amount of funding that was available for these in the years of 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [55601/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Catherine Murphy

230. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the capital works projects that will commence in 2024 at Naas General Hospital; and the nature of each of these work projects, in tabular form. [55602/23]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

258. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of WTE vacancies within his Department and are normally filled by staff at the grade of administrative officer and above, as of 7 December 2023, in tabular form. [55604/23]

Visa Applications

Catherine Murphy

87. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide assistance to persons (details supplied). [54593/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

114. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated cost of doubling the funding available for heating control grants. [54464/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Catherine Murphy

183. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the procurement process for a muti-beam sonar system for the P60 class of vessels has been completed. [54478/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Catherine Murphy

184. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the contract for the provision of a new Army Ranger Wing HQ at the Defence Forces training centre has been signed; and, if so, the number of companies that applied for this contract but were unsuccessful. [54479/23]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

199. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent by the NTA on the installation of bus shelters for public transport operators and location of same in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023; and the budget allocation for same in 2024, in tabular form. [54477/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

241. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for motor insurers to be granted access to information on his Department’s driver file database on disqualified drivers and verify the driver number of a driver on the entry, under the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023; if motor insurance brokers will also be granted access to this information under the Act; if the information will be provided in real time to motor insurers directly from his Department; if so, if there will be a cost to access this information incurred by the insurer concerned; the reason for the delay in commencing this piece of legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55382/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

267. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the names of taxi companies currently on the Office of Government Procurement multi-supplier framework to provide taxi services to public bodies. [54480/23]

Social Welfare Code

Catherine Murphy

270. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has engaged with the Minister for Social Protection in respect of the way in which post-1995 retired gardaí are processed in the context payments issued to them; and if he will clarify the determination applied retired gardaí that they are considered to be a jobseeker for their entitlement. [54716/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

277. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 5 December 2023, if he has engaged with the local authority in respect of the future use of the building and or the transfer of same to the local authority in the past five years to date (details supplied); the date on which OPW last made a site visit to the building and or conducted a review of the structural integrity of the building; and if he will clarify if the building has a protected and or preservation status attached to it. [54957/23]

Workplace Relations Commission

Catherine Murphy

286. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the posts of director general and adjudication officer (at assistant principal officer-level) have been filled in the Workplace Relations Commission; and if not, when he expects both posts to be filled. [54474/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

299. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost in 2024 to recruit 30 additional WTE educational welfare officers. [54481/23]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

334. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an assurance to all families that every child currently on a waiting list for secondary school in Prosperous and Clane will be offered a full-time place in September 2024. [55172/23]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

335. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of the future planning undertaken by her Department to ensure the capacity of school places in Kildare are in line with current population and projected population growth in Kildare for the next three, five and ten years. [55173/23]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

336. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide the projected year for the delivery of a new post-primary school in Prosperous. [55174/23]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

337. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the projected school capacity for the new school in Prosperous. [55175/23]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

338. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the projected school capacity for the new boys' primary school in Clane. [55176/23]

School Admissions

Catherine Murphy

339. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education her plans to engage with a school (details supplied) to request that several public spaces are made available to children currently on waiting lists in Clane and Prosperous. [55177/23]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

340. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the delivery of previously sanctioned expansions in a school (details supplied). [55178/23]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

341. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the date on which and/or if she will provide additional Portakabin arrangements to be installed in schools in Prosperous and Clane where necessary to ensure that all children currently on a waiting list will receive a school place in 2024 and 2025. [55179/23]

School Admissions

Catherine Murphy

348. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her Department can assist to bridge the cost of placing a child in a boarding school in instances in which home schooling is not available and the appeals process in respect of a school place has been exhausted to the point where the child has no school to enrol in. [55248/23]

Home Schooling

Catherine Murphy

350. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and second level pupils that are being home schooled, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55268/23]

School Admissions

Catherine Murphy

351. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of section 29 appeals that have been filed with her in 2022 and to date in 2023, by county; the number of those that were successful; and the number that were not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55269/23]

School Admissions

Catherine Murphy

352. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of children that were not offered a school place in north Wicklow and north Kildare in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [55270/23]

Special Educational Needs

Catherine Murphy

353. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of children that have special educational needs that were not offered a school place in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [55271/23]

School Funding

Catherine Murphy

359. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of school days in both primary and secondary level that were paid at the unqualified rate between 1 September to 6 December 2023; and the total amount of same. [55353/23]

School Staff

Catherine Murphy

360. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the amount of teacher absences that went uncovered between 1 September and 6 December 2023; and the unspent allocation of funds in respect of same. [55354/23]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

386. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional senior archaeologists and seven additional WTE archaeologists for his Department. [54484/23]

Urban Development

Catherine Murphy

414. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount provided to Wicklow County Council in Urban Regeneration Development Funding in 2022 and 2023 in respect of the Bray Harbour improvement project; the amount of this funding that has been drawn down to date; the amount unspent; and the amount allocated for 2024 and 2025. [54918/23]

Urban Development

Catherine Murphy

415. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has engaged with his Ministerial colleague and or officials in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of the Bray Harbour improvement project; the amount of funding he has committed to providing for the project; and if he has released funds to the local authority to date for the project. [54919/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Catherine Murphy

447. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the role local authorities have in respect of persons presenting as homeless who have an income above the housing list threshold. [55250/23]

Social Welfare Code

Catherine Murphy

473. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out the basis for the requirement of post-1995 gardaí that have retired to sign a declaration that they are available for work in order to draw down a social protection payment. [54717/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

515. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been secured to purchase additional drones for use by An Garda Síochána in 2024. [54471/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

516. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the additional funding that has been provided for overtime to gardaí within the DMR over the Christmas-New Year period. [54472/23]