Parliamentary questions

Financial Services

Catherine Murphy

50. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title, in the Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman as of 8 November 2023; the estimated full-year cost of filling these vacancies; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [50069/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

62. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the OPW heritage sites that currently have a restaurant/cafe service onsite; the number of these restaurants/cafés that are staffed by OPW; and the number of these restaurants/cafés that are staffed, by external agency, in tabular form. [50078/23]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

66. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant full-time staff, by grade, currently in the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of these vacancies; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [50077/23]

School Transport

Catherine Murphy

81. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the average number of buses in the Bus Éireann school transport fleet for Kildare specifically for 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [50086/23]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

94. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount paid by his Department to date in 2023 on outside or third party reports of a technical nature or qualitative nature, in tabular form. [50085/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Catherine Murphy

101. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to increase carer's allowance by €6.50 per week. [50083/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Catherine Murphy

102. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance that were refused by her Department in the first ten months of 2023. [50084/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

106. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of intoxilyzer machines allocated to each Garda division, in tabular form. [50081/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

107. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the additional accommodation capacity currently undergoing construction in each of the prisons in Ireland; when each of these construction projects will be completed; and the additional accommodation capacity that will be provided upon completion. [50082/23]

Care Services

Catherine Murphy

124. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost to increase the number of State residential care units for children in care by 33%. [50079/23]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

125. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite beds available for people with a disability in CHO7 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [50080/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Murphy

141. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see each of the consultant paediatric neurologists at CHI, Temple Street. [50074/23]

Health Service Executive

Catherine Murphy

142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE staff, by grade, working in the HSE national medical card unit. [50075/23]

Home Care Packages

Catherine Murphy

143. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2024 to provide an additional 20,000 intensive homecare packages. [50076/23]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

459. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a petition (details supplied) in respect of funding; his plans to provide assistance to the named group; and if he can outline the rationale for not providing funding. [49783/23]

Local Government Reform

Catherine Murphy

66. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has reviewed the most recent report from the Council of Europe on the state of local democracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48959/23]

Local Government Reform

Catherine Murphy

67. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the principles contained in the European Charter of Local Self Government which came into force with respect to Ireland in 2002 played any part in the Baseline Funding Allocation Review announced in recent months; if so, if he will outline how it complies with Article 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48960/23]

Local Government Reform

Catherine Murphy

68. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans, if any, he has to address the local autonomy index (LAI) where Ireland recently recorded a score of 42 and has one of the lowest score rankings, just above Hungary, the Russian Federation and Moldova, when compared against 57 against all investigated countries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48961/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47655/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

104. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47647/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

146. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of statements of interests for the purposes of Section 19 that have been filed by his special advisors in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47645/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

185. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47642/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

224. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of statements of interests for the purposes of Section 19 that have been filed by his special advisors in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47657/23]

Driver Test

Catherine Murphy

248. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with the RSA in respect of the official driving test routes at a test centre in the context of their fairness (details supplied); if the RSA will review the routes and work with the local authority to remark the road and consider alternative locations to test drivers. [48079/23]

Driver Test

Catherine Murphy

249. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule by driving test centre, indicating the number of category B tests taken in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a further breakdown of the number of failed tests as part of that schedule, in tabular form. [48080/23]

Road Safety

Catherine Murphy

285. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount that TII spent in 2022, and to date in 2023, on installation of crash barriers separating both directions of traffic on both national roads and motorways; the locations where crash barriers were installed; and the locations in 2024 where crash barriers will be installed separating both directions of traffic on both national roads and motorways. [48756/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

306. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47646/23]

State Properties

Catherine Murphy

347. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW conducted a traffic audit report at the Celbridge entrance to Castletown House following the loss of the M4 entrance; if so, he will publish this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47504/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

352. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47652/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

391. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021 and 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47644/23]

Corporate Governance

Catherine Murphy

411. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of complaints he has filed to the Corporate Enforcement Agency, CEA, since the establishment of the CEA and-or An Garda Síochána in the past ten years to date in respect of grants and-or funds his Department provided that in his view were misappropriated. [48073/23]

Job Losses

Catherine Murphy

414. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he and-or the IDA has engaged with a company (details supplied) in respect of reports that the company will file for bankruptcy in the United States and the impact of that in Ireland in respect of its operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48541/23]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

422. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he met with the CEO of a company (details supplied) during his recent visit to South Korea. [48759/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

473. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by her special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will provide a schedule of same. [47643/23]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

502. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update in respect of new school buildings for a school (details supplied); the stage that the project is at; and the expected delivery date. [48045/23]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

512. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 26 October 2023, if a school (details supplied) is included in the NDFA campus plans; if the school's management have been engaged with; and if she can provide a timeline for delivery of new buildings for the school. [48116/23]

School Staff

Catherine Murphy

538. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on her views of the work conducted by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of teacher transfers and standardised incremental credit; and if this committee and or her officials has provided her with interim and or final conclusions in respect of its work. [48524/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Catherine Murphy

563. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the percentage of her 2023 capital budget allocation that was actually spent in the first nine months of the year. [48749/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

570. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date on which she was notified by her special advisor (details supplied) that she had applied for a position at the Media Commission; and her views on whether the role change represents a conflict of interest, or a perceived conflict of interest. [47625/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

571. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will clarify whether a declaration of interest and or a statement of interests for the purposes of Section 19 was filed by a special advisor (details supplied) during their recruitment to her Department and their new role in the Media Commission [47639/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

572. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of statements of interests for the purposes of Section 19 that have been filed by her special advisors in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will provide a schedule of same. [47656/23]

Corporate Governance

Catherine Murphy

581. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of complaints she has filed to the Corporate Enforcement Agency (CEA) since the establishment of the CEA and/or An Garda Síochána in the past ten years to date in respect of grants and or funds her Department provided that in her view were misappropriated. [48075/23]

Tourism Promotion

Catherine Murphy

590. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps being taken by Tourism Ireland to promote tourism here during winter months. [48762/23]

Waterways Issues

Catherine Murphy

591. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount allocated in Budget 2024 to assist with the restoration of the Ulster Canal; and if the route has been an item of discussion in the context of the Shared Island initiative. [47097/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

628. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 that have been filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47650/23]

Corporate Governance

Catherine Murphy

655. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of complaints he has filed to the Corporate Enforcement Agency (CEA) since the establishment of the CEA and/or An Garda Síochána in the past ten years to date in respect of grants and or funds his Department provided that in his view were misappropriated. [48076/23]

Meteorological Services

Catherine Murphy

686. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE hydrometeorologists working in Met Éireann in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [48761/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

724. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by her special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will provide a schedule of same. [47654/23]

Corporate Governance

Catherine Murphy

740. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of complaints she has filed to the Corporate Enforcement Agency, CEA, since the establishment of the CEA and-or An Garda Síochána in the past ten years to date in respect of grants and-or funds her Department provided that in her view were misappropriated. [48078/23]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

806. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by her special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will provide a schedule of same. [47651/23]