Parliamentary questions

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

93. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the total number of gardaí in the roads policing unit for each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, to include a breakdown by rank and division for each of those years, in tabular form. [16830/24]

Active Travel

Catherine Murphy

206. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide local authorities capital active travel budgets in order to provide certainty in the context of planning and delivering active travel projects; and if he will develop an active travel maintenance budget for implemented active travel infrastructures. [16313/24]

Wildlife Conservation

Catherine Murphy

249. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW is in a position to engage with volunteer-led organisations to provide use of some of their landholdings in the context of rehoming rescued native species where appropriate to do so. [16560/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

510. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of trainee and newly attested Garda officers that were deployed and or stationed at Bray Garda station in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [16325/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

511. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of whole-time-equivalent gardaí and civilians, by rank and grade, which are attached to Bray Garda station as of 9 April 2024. [16326/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

512. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a breakdown of the Garda vehicle fleet allocated on a full-time basis at Bray Garda station. [16327/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

513. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of dedicated community Garda officers stationed at Bray Garda station. [16328/24]

Departmental Schemes

Catherine Murphy

532. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a grant scheme that volunteer lead animal rescue organisations can utilise. [16561/24]

Rural Schemes

Catherine Murphy

776. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is an education and or advice scheme that focuses on good corporate governance that volunteer organisations can avail of. [16562/24]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

95. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will consider a public information campaign to advise passport applicants that consent forms downloaded and completed on mobile phone devices will not be accepted, as security features may not be present on the form; if advice as to how best to download, complete, submit and manage consent forms can be provided as part of this campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15792/24]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

46. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has met formally with the Malaysian Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2024. [15565/24]

Road Tolls

Catherine Murphy

52. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the plans, if any, that TII has in respect of an advertisement campaign on both social media and national radio reminding drivers to ensure that they pay their tolls before 8 p.m. the following day in order to avoid other fines and penalties that may issue. [15546/24]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

53. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the progression made by NTA regarding the installation of a bus shelter at a location (details supplied); and when these works will commence at this location. [15547/24]

Public Transport

Catherine Murphy

54. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of Revenue protection officers within Iarnród Eireann; and the amount collected in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 in respect of fares recovered and fines. [15548/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

58. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the names of external security/steward companies currently on the Office of Government Procurement Muti-Supplier Framework for the provision of Security/Steward Services for Public Bodies. [15564/24]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

60. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits hosted by the IDA in County Kildare in 2023 and for the first two months of 2024. [15560/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Catherine Murphy

93. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending parental leave and benefit by four weeks for mothers and by six weeks for fathers. [15566/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

100. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE civilian Garda staff working in the Garda national cyber crime unit as of 3 April 2024. [15549/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

101. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE civilian Garda staff working in the Garda national drugs and organised crime unit as of 3 April 2024. [15550/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

102. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of unmarked Garda cars and unmarked Garda vans attached to the Garda national immigration bureau as of 3 April 2024. [15551/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

103. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of the Garda roads policing unit fleet that are aged between 0-2 years old, between 3-6 years old, between 7-10 years old and over 10 years old, in tabular form. [15552/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

104. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of knives seized by gardaí in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [15553/24]

Trade Missions

Catherine Murphy

116. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a food-related trade mission to Vietnam will occur in Quarter 2 of 2024. [15558/24]

EU Funding

Catherine Murphy

117. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding his Department received under the EU Adjustment Reserve in 2023; and how that funding was spent, in tabular form. [15559/24]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

130. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of high-support disability residential placements available in County Wicklow in 2022 and 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [15561/24]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

131. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding streams and training options available to assist parents in caring for children with disabilities who require tube feeding. [15562/24]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Murphy

132. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the WTE vacancies, by job title, currently within the community neuro-rehabilitation team within CHO7; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [15563/24]

Hospital Services

Catherine Murphy

137. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount generated through sales at the public restaurants at the Mater Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [15554/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

138. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if funding will be approved for the recruitment of two additional WTE clinical nurse specialists for children with Down's syndrome to be based at CHI Tallaght. [15555/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

139. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of day and night shift leaders in the ICU departments of St. James's Hospital and Tallaght Hospital. [15556/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

140. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant otolaryngologists attached to Naas General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [15557/24]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

187. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of the Higher Education Authority. [15545/24]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

32. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to reinstate the secure email verification system trialled following a proposal in June 2022 in respect of that proposal for Passport Office officials to verify Garda log entries by a designated email process (details supplied) before rolling out the procedure nationwide. [14741/24]

Air Corps

Catherine Murphy

149. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 20 March 2024, if he will provide the contact details on file with the Air Corps for a club (details supplied) that hosted a civilian aircraft at Casement Aerodrome in September 2004 to include the officers of the club and the registered address of the club. [14290/24]

Cycling Facilities

Catherine Murphy

178. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will initiate via TII a more frequent sweeping of a cycle lane (details supplied). [13703/24]

Illicit Trade

Catherine Murphy

287. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of times each of the customs cutter boats of the Revenue Commissioners have been deployed since the start of 2022 to date in 2024, in tabular form; the plans the Revenue Commissioners have to expand the fleet of interceptor craft; if the Revenue Commissioners have experienced difficulty in recruiting officers for marine operations; and if he will provide a schedule of the items seized at sea in 2023 and to date in 2024. [13978/24]

Financial Irregularities

Catherine Murphy

310. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 1 February 2024, if he will provide an update in respect of the commitment made by him in his initial response (details supplied). [15011/24]

Regeneration Projects

Catherine Murphy

603. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide this Deputy with a note on the outcome of his Department's consideration of a project (details supplied); and if he has communicated same to the local authority. [13721/24]

Electric Vehicles

Catherine Murphy

623. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any provision for a requirement for retrospective installations of electric vehicle or EV charging points in developments that have been granted planning permission; and if regulations are only applicable to new planning applications (details supplied). [13979/24]

Land Issues

Catherine Murphy

1040. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make the Land Commission records public; the progress made to date in digitising these records; and his rationale for the delay in providing the public with access to these records. [15155/24]

Land Issues

Catherine Murphy

1041. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of requests made to view Land Commission records by academics in 2022 to date in 2024; and the number of requests that were declined and rationale for same. [15156/24]

Youth Services

Catherine Murphy

1067. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the National Quality Standards Framework for Youth Work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13743/24]

Youth Work Supports

Catherine Murphy

1068. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has plans to develop a Youth Work workforce development strategy. [13744/24]

Youth Work Supports

Catherine Murphy

1069. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of youth workers in employment via the UBU scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13745/24]

National Children's Hospital

Catherine Murphy

1450. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number issues identified in the non-conforming report close out plan for the new national children’s hospital; the costs associated in full, with each issue identified; the status of same as of 26 March 2024; and if any issues have been disputed by the contractor (details supplied). [14602/24]

Health Services

Catherine Murphy

1543. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to add amyloidosis as a condition to the schedule of long-term illnesses in the context of being eligible for public healthcare supports. [15003/24]

Medicinal Products

Catherine Murphy

1544. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he plans to add a medicine (details supplied) to the schedule of items covered by the long-term illness card. [15015/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

1577. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will make provision for the payment of PSRP payment to persons that acted as healthcare assistants in view of their working title of programme assistant during the various chapters of the Covid pandemic response by the State; and the rationale for not making payment to this cohort to date in 2024. [15154/24]

Aviation Industry

Catherine Murphy

163. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount collected in fee in respect of overflight permits in the years 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13369/24]

School Enrolments

Catherine Murphy

202. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide the capacity for intake of first year students at second level schools in Maynooth, Celbridge, Leixlip, Clane, Naas and Prosperous for the year 2023/2024, in tabular form; and the number on each respective waiting list of same, in tabular form. [13368/24]