Parliamentary questions

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]