Parliamentary questions

Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General

Catherine Murphy

209. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of his engagements with the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the context of audits, inspections or financial examinations; if he has given further consideration to include an organisation (details supplied) as a body that will be subject to scrutiny by the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5902/19]

Irish Water

Catherine Murphy

210. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position in respect of a company (details supplied); the status of the contract extension; if there are plans to retender for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5930/19]

NAMA Legal Cases

Catherine Murphy

168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of criminal cases arising from breaches of section 172 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 since its introduction; the number of investigations that have taken place regarding suspected breaches of section 172 in the same time period that did not follow through to criminal conviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5503/19]

Education and Training Boards Data

Catherine Murphy

238. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have passed the course in the context of the funds in 2016, 2017 and 2018 that ETBs received from an association (details supplied) in order to run the level 5 Quality and Qualifications Ireland training programme; the number of staff required to run the programme; the number of programmes nationally in each of the ETBs; the commencement and end points of the salary scale for the persons staffing the courses; if staff are paid by the ETB; if not, if they are directly employed by the association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5241/19]

Disability Services Data

Catherine Murphy

472. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount transferred from the HSE to an organisation (details supplied) for the provision of services since 2004; the number of times the service level agreement between the HSE and the organisation has been updated and or amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5693/19]

Disability Services Data

Catherine Murphy

473. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE has audited the services provided by an organisation (details supplied) that it funds; if the HSE has identified shortfalls and or inadequacies in services that the organisation provides; the number of complaints received by the HSE in respect of the organisation from service users, patients or persons representing service users, clients or patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5694/19]

Disability Services Data

Catherine Murphy

474. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of service providers for full and part-time care of persons funded, contracted or both by the HSE by CHO area; the number of clients in those service providers' care by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5695/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Catherine Murphy

651. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when a new round of funding will be made available to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to allow applicants that have already applied to get approved for home loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5100/19]

Heritage Council Funding

Catherine Murphy

678. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to reverse cuts in local heritage plan funding used to implement local heritage plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5201/19]

Heritage Council Funding

Catherine Murphy

680. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide the Heritage Council with additional funding in order to fulfil its role in providing a community grant scheme in 2019 and 2020; if a similar funding stream can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5239/19]

Schools Administration

Catherine Murphy

91. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a petition regarding healthier eating and the time allocation for same in primary and second level schools (details supplied); the status of initiatives underway and-or planned for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4889/19]

Military Medals

Catherine Murphy

111. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to award medals to persons who fought in the siege of Jadotville, as recommended by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4235/19]

VAT Rate Application

Catherine Murphy

171. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the rationale for applying the 23% VAT rate to food supplements; if health supplements fall under this rate; his plans to task the tax strategy group with reviewing the decision in 2019 in the context of the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4142/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Catherine Murphy

209. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be funded in order to develop an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit; the procedure the school must undergo to be eligible for a funding stream of this nature; his plans to fund ASD units nationally in 2019, 2020 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3904/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Murphy

236. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a submission by a group (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding the provision of an education campus; if a commitment will be reaffirmed to ensure that the resourcing and accommodation needs will be met for September 2019; if he will engage with the group with a view to setting up a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4293/19]

Garda Equipment

Catherine Murphy

256. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional horse boxes purchased in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 for the Garda mounted support unit; the number withdrawn from the fleet during the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3929/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Catherine Murphy

258. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts over the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4029/19]

National Broadband Plan Administration

Catherine Murphy

5. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the qualification and requalification process required for bidders and-or component parties to a bidding consortium for the national broadband plan; if component parties and-or bidding consortia were required to requalify each time the structure of the consortium changed; the process involved in such requalification; the timeline for such requalification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3605/19]

National Debt

Catherine Murphy

90. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of bilateral loans Ireland has with the UK; the amount outstanding per loan; the original principal sum per loan; the interest rate per loan; the way in which these loans with be settled in the context of Brexit; the preparedness of the State regarding Brexit in the context of outstanding bilateral financial commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3583/19]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Catherine Murphy

271. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to release funding to an organisation (details supplied) in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3649/19]