Parliamentary questions

Substance Misuse

Paul Murphy

260. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that while the overall allocation to the drugs initiative budget in his Department has risen every year since 2017, there has been no increase in the core budgets for community drug projects since 2013; and if he will increase funding for community drug projects in budget 2023. [47477/22]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

289. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure the use of a live goat will be prohibited during the Puck Fair going forward, given public opinion was hugely in favour of prohibiting the use of a live goat in future.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47474/22]

Wildlife Protection

Paul Murphy

290. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2110 of 8 September 2022, if he agrees that by this logic, an animal is not considered wild unless it is a protected species (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47475/22]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

84. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the issues in relation to the 175-bus route; if he will change to a provider that is capable to deliver the service given that the company (details supplied) cannot perform its duties which should be contractually agreed. [46956/22]

National Car Test

Paul Murphy

85. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps that his Department is taking to reduce the NCT waiting lists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46957/22]

Revenue Commissioners

Paul Murphy

130. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the frequency of the Revenue Commissioners not following the lead role of the Department of Social Protection in relation to employment status; when this has occurred; the areas in which this has happened; and the way that a difference in employment status determination between the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection is resolved (details supplied). [47056/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Paul Murphy

186. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the qualifications that a National Parks and Wildlife Service inspector has; if a vet with experience attends the inspections at the zoo; and if it has been considered that it should be a multidisciplinary team inspecting if there is such a range of animals. [47200/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Paul Murphy

187. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service requested or attended an inspection at Dublin Zoo with an authorisation officer under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and have them issue a welfare notice at any stage since the legislation was enacted in 2014 (details supplied). [47201/22]

School Costs

Paul Murphy

253. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 865 of 8 September 2022, if she will request schoolbook companies to provide licences for eBook downloads to schools which would eliminate the need for parents to buy costly physical copies of schoolbooks which will not be used once the non-transferable code for the eBook has been retrieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46948/22]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Murphy

266. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she agrees that a new school building is required for a school (details supplied) given the multiple infrastructural problems in its current building. [47096/22]

State Pensions

Paul Murphy

318. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that all of those in receipt of the State pension receive the same increase in Budget 2023, guaranteeing that there are no penalties for those who took time out of their working life for caring responsibilities; and if she will confirm that this will be the case for a person (details supplied). [47003/22]

Departmental Communications

Paul Murphy

325. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the action that she has taken to rectify the erroneous information put to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Welfare in December 2019; and the action that she has taken in relation to the repetition of the erroneous information by the Secretary General of the Department at the Public Accounts Committee in 2021 (details supplied). [47057/22]

State Bodies

Paul Murphy

406. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to reduce the size and capacity of the Criminal Assets Bureau in its move to a new premises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47134/22]

Disability Services

Paul Murphy

534. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plan to move therapists from the children’s disability network team to special schools; if any obstacles have arisen in the transfer; and the action that is being taken to overcome them. [47080/22]

Consular Services

Paul Murphy

64. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action that will be taken to ensure that Irish citizens are provided with all possible assistance by Irish embassies after citizens’ involvement in a car crash in a foreign country (details supplied). [46169/22]

Housing Policy

Paul Murphy

11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [44841/22]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Paul Murphy

210. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the recommendations put forward by a charity (details supplied), in particular those relating to issues of pay parity, funding adjustments, and multi-annual funding agreements in relation funding for Irish charities, community, voluntary groups and social enterprises in the upcoming Budget for 2023; and if he will ensure they are implemented in the upcoming budget. [45523/22]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Paul Murphy

213. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the steps that he will take to support fundraising to recover post-Covid-19 through increasing tax and VAT measures to support charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45134/22]

Banking Sector

Paul Murphy

214. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he agrees that bank charges should be abolished; if he will instruct financial institutes here to eliminate banking fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45672/22]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

229. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 1383 of 8 September 2022; his Department’s plans, if any, to improve the security of ports to ensure that dogs that have been stolen are stopped before they are exported from Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45947/22]

School Staff

Paul Murphy

334. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she recognises that some schools require extra staff including teachers and SNAs, and more access to psychology, counselling and mental health supports (details supplied); if she will advocate for the establishment of a DEIS+ status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45679/22]

Social Welfare Code

Paul Murphy

389. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any social welfare payments that take a person's outgoings, for example a monthly mortgage payment, into account when calculating an entitlement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45924/22]

Health Services Staff

Paul Murphy

412. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that those workers in Section 56 agencies, who were subject to the same pay cuts as Section 39 agencies, who have not had their pay restored, will receive a much-needed pay increase in line with inflation and the cost of living. [45942/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

417. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the two building projects on the TU Dublin Tallaght campus announced by the Minister on the 18 August 2020.
[45484/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

418. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the basis on which TU Dublin paid two separate individuals a salary at the president’s grade in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45485/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

419. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the job title and job description for each person in receipt of a director’s grade salary in TU Dublin on 1 January 2021. [45486/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

420. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the job title and job description for each person in receipt of a director’s grade salary in TU Dublin on 1 October 2021. [45487/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

421. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the job title and job description for each person in receipt of a director’s grade salary in TU Dublin on 1 January 2022. [45488/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

422. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the job title and job description for each person in receipt of a director’s grade salary in TU Dublin on 1 April 2022. [45489/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

423. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the approval, if any, that was given to TU Dublin to make appointments at director-level since its establishment in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45490/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

424. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the job title and job description for each person in receipt of a secretary financial controller level one grade salary in TU Dublin on 1 April 2022. [45491/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

425. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the job title and job description for each person in receipt of an SLIII grade salary in TU Dublin on 1 April 2022. [45492/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

426. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of money that TU Dublin is projecting to spend on organisational design consultants for the full calendar year 2022. [45494/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

427. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of money that the TU Dublin governing body approved to spend on organisational design consultants when it approved the procurement of these services and appointment of consultants. [45495/22]

Technological Universities

Paul Murphy

428. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress, if any, that has been made in ensuring that staff in TU Dublin Tallaght have the same academic allowances as TU Dublin staff in Blanchardstown and City Campus. [45497/22]

Budget 2023

Paul Murphy

527. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pre-budget submission by an organisation (details supplied); if he will consider its requests and ensure that they are implemented in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45664/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Paul Murphy

592. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the qualifications that a National Parks and Wildlife Service inspector has; if a vet with experience attends the inspections at Dublin Zoo; and if it has been considered that there should be a multidisciplinary team inspecting if there is such a range of animals (details supplied). [45669/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Paul Murphy

593. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the National Parks and Wildlife Service attended an inspection at Dublin Zoo with an authorised officer under the Animal Welfare and Health Act 2013 and request them to issue a welfare notice at any stage since the Act was enacted in 2014 (details supplied). [45670/22]

Inflation Rate

Paul Murphy

22. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the role of profiteering in contributing to inflation, the actions that agencies under his remit will take in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45107/22]

Health and Safety

Paul Murphy

42. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the level of additional resources provided to the Health and Safety Authority to ensure clean air in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45105/22]

Employment Rights

Paul Murphy

47. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his Department’s engagement with the European Commission in relation to shortcomings identified by the Commission in Ireland’s enforcement of workers’ rights under the Directive on European Works Councils; the action that he intends to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45108/22]

Health and Safety

Paul Murphy

71. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the progress made in implementing and inspecting air quality standards in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45104/22]

Insurance Coverage

Paul Murphy

107. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that she is taking to address the cost of insurance for community organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45136/22]

Rural Schemes

Paul Murphy

129. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide community organisations with funding for the cost of compliance and streamline regulatory and funding-related compliance requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45135/22]

Rural Schemes

Paul Murphy

136. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will mainstream multi-annual funding and ensure adequate long-term funding levels are provided for community services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45133/22]

Rural Schemes

Paul Murphy

142. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the increase in funding that she will provide for services and supports for community and voluntary organisations to enable them to address the recruitment and retention crisis in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45132/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

268. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of adding an additional 1,000 level 8 places at third level. [45282/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

269. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of adding an additional 1,000 level 6 and level 7 places at third level. [45283/22]

Further and Higher Education

Paul Murphy

270. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of adding an additional 250 nursing and midwifery undergraduate places. [45290/22]

Departmental Reports

Paul Murphy

2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [36011/22]