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Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
781. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE opticians working in Naas General Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25090/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Catherine Murphy
782. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the facilities that are in place for diabetes patients for the safe disposal of used needles. [25091/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
783. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric ophthalmologist registrars at CHI Temple Street in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25092/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Catherine Murphy
862. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25477/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Catherine Murphy
874. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO7 that provide baby nursing clinics; and the hours and days of the week each clinic is available, in tabular form. [25532/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
875. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses that were offered permanent full-time jobs within a hospital (details supplied) in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024; and of the number of jobs offered, the number that were accepted, per year, in tabular form. [25533/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Third Level Costs
Catherine Murphy
888. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost of increasing the student maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24609/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Third Level Costs
Catherine Murphy
889. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24610/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Third Level Costs
Catherine Murphy
890. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending a non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24611/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Third Level Costs
Catherine Murphy
891. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24612/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Third Level Costs
Catherine Murphy
892. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending an adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 to part-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24613/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Catherine Murphy
905. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with a company (details supplied). [25094/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Consultations
Catherine Murphy
906. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has visited Maynooth University since his appointment as Minister; and if so, the purpose of the visit. [25095/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Catherine Murphy
907. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentice plasters, bricklayers and plumbers recorded within the State in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25096/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Expenditure
Catherine Murphy
916. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25476/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Appointments
Catherine Murphy
917. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on appointments (details supplied). [25529/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Communications
Catherine Murphy
925. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she last met formally with the Charities Regulator; and when they are next scheduled to meet. [25108/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Catherine Murphy
930. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25481/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Catherine Murphy
166. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide specific updates in respect of each in the bundle Project Boyne; and the funding allocation made in respect of each project. [24473/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Theft of Animals
Catherine Murphy
142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of thefts of domestic dogs and/or pets reported to An Garda Síochána in the past three years to date. [24231/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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International Protection
Catherine Murphy
158. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 16 May 2024, if, in view of the fact that compliance with planning law is a standard requirement for all such tenders, he will clarify his statement purporting to demonstrate such compliance could be regarded as being 'of a commercially sensitive nature'. [24232/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Murphy
222. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if the national list of SNAs can be released in a more efficient and transparent manner in view of the fact that persons are left wondering if they will have a job for the new school term; and if she will engage with the NCSE on this matter urgently. [23845/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
327. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of e-bikes and e-scooters seized by gardaí within the Wicklow division in 2022 and 2023 and to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23578/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Murphy
193. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the contents of same. [23438/24]
Wed, 22 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
118. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice 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 to Gardaí; the reason for the delay to include information on fleet and motor trader vehicles to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23048/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Passport Services
Catherine Murphy
140. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applicants that had to resubmit photographs in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22898/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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European Council
Catherine Murphy
141. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the current situation in Georgia was discussed at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [22899/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Departmental Meetings
Catherine Murphy
142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the First Minister of Wales since his appointment. [22900/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Recycling Policy
Catherine Murphy
164. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of take-back exemptions, by category type, that have been granted in the context of the deposit return scheme. [22715/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Departmental Budgets
Catherine Murphy
168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the 2023 and 2024 budget allocation for his Department's anti-litter and anti-graffiti awareness grant scheme; and the percentage of the 2023 funding that was actually spent. [22890/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Military Aircraft
Catherine Murphy
172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if Casement Aerodrome has the necessary capability to secure-park a Hercules C-17 military aircraft; and, if not, the funding required in order to be able to secure-park a military aircraft of that size. [22364/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Naval Service
Catherine Murphy
173. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence If Haulbowline Naval Base has the capability to dock a military naval ship of 609 m in length; and, if not, the funding required in order to be able to securely dock a military naval ship of that size. [22365/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Defence Forces
Catherine Murphy
174. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the breakdown of personnel, by rank, for the Naval Service and Air Corps in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22895/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Rail Accidents
Catherine Murphy
176. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the frequency with which Iarnród Éireann carries out a mass evacuation training plan among its staff from trains and stations in the event of a major accident happening either within stations and-or onboard trains; and the number of these mass evacuation training plans carried out in 2023 and to date in 2024 in tabular form. [22370/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Catherine Murphy
177. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport for a breakdown of the amount of his Department's pre-committed capital expenditure under the national development plan that will be dedicated to purchase buses for the PSO fleet in each of the years 2024 to 2026, in tabular form. [22371/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Road Projects
Catherine Murphy
194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the funding provided by his Department on a local authority basis in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 in respect of national secondary roads and local primary and secondary roads, by amount and road type, in tabular form. [22607/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Rail Network
Catherine Murphy
203. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann plans to increase the number of carriages on the 8.35 a.m. DART between Bray and Dublin Connolly. [22891/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Legislative Process
Catherine Murphy
204. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport when each remaining section of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 will be signed into law. [22892/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Departmental Meetings
Catherine Murphy
208. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance when he last spoke formally to the CEO of the European Investment Bank. [22374/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Data Centres
Catherine Murphy
241. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount the OPW has spent to date on the construction of a new public sector data centre; and when this centre will open. [22379/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Employment Rights
Catherine Murphy
265. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which the ERO for the security industry will commence. [22742/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Teaching Qualifications
Catherine Murphy
277. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of post-primary teachers qualified per subject in each of the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22377/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Education Welfare Service
Catherine Murphy
278. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in County Wicklow in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22378/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Sport and Recreational Development
Catherine Murphy
331. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will seek details on any strategic plans to increase tennis participation in Kildare. [22376/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Departmental Websites
Catherine Murphy
358. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to develop a website that offers the same benefits as a website (details supplied) for persons to report issues in the public realm. [22813/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Catherine Murphy
417. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of mobile phones reported stolen to Gardaí within DMR Region to-date in 2024; and the number and percentage of those reported stolen phones that have been returned to its original owner. [22366/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Private Security Authority
Catherine Murphy
418. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she has met formally with the CEO of the Private Security Authority to date in 2024. [22367/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Catherine Murphy
419. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of the amount of her Department's pre-committed capital expenditure under the National Development Plan that will be dedicated to An Garda Síochána capital building programme in each of the years 2024 to 2026, in tabular form. [22368/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
420. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the ages currently of each of the Garda prisoner transport carriers currently in the Garda fleet. [22369/24]
Tue, 21 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
438. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 30 April 2024, the number of Gardaí on sick leave who are included in the figure of 627 assigned to roads policing on 29 February 2024; the number of Gardaí suspended who are included in the 627 figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22630/24]