Parliamentary questions

Home Schooling

Catherine Murphy

257. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and second level aged students that avail of home tuition in lieu of being offered a school place on a county-by-county basis. [7452/24]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

310. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and secondary school build and extension projects that are paused; and if she will provide the locations of same. [7957/24]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

381. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the 2023 and 2024 current budget funding allocated towards the humanitarian support scheme, in tabular form. [7844/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

407. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the date on which, and by whom, she was first advised that the holster issued to a detective Garda (details supplied) was reported to be unfit for purpose by members of the Garda armoury technical staff, well before an incident in June 2020. [7555/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

408. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the steps she took following receipt of reports in respect of an incident and relating matters; and if she directed that An Garda Síochána take the steps to immediately rectify issues raised in the same reports. [7556/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

423. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of drivers summoned to court for failure to pay a fixed charge notice within the statutory payment timeframe for the offence of holding a mobile phone while driving by District Court in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of drivers convicted per year per District Court and the penalties imposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7651/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

431. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent by An Garda Síochána on purchasing the most modern evidential breath testing machines in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [7847/24]

Legislative Measures

Catherine Murphy

432. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her Department plans to update the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990. [7848/24]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

502. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children's disability services regional assessment hubs that have been established as of 13 February 2024 in both the CHO 7 and 9 areas. [7837/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

508. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will permit an additional ECCE year to be sanctioned where a school (details supplied) is oversubscribed and cannot enrol a pupil in the coming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7961/24]

Mental Health Services

Catherine Murphy

591. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing ten extra memory technology resource rooms. [7840/24]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

592. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of dedicated WTE consultant endocrinologists, dietitians, advanced nurse practitioners, podiatrists, clinical nurse specialists and staff nurses currently dedicated to the outpatient adult diabetics clinic at St. Vincent's University Hospital. [7841/24]

Ministerial Staff

Catherine Murphy

641. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of hours driven by each of the civilian drivers assigned to the Minister and Ministers of State in the Department in 2023. [7489/24]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Murphy

400. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the date on which the recruitment of the neurorehabilitation teams in CHO2, 4, 6 and 7 will commence. [7322/24]

Electric Vehicles

Catherine Murphy

193. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport when the EV SPSV scheme for 2024 will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6064/24]

Driver Licences

Catherine Murphy

205. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permit holders disqualified in 2023 and to date in 2024, by county; the number that surrendered their learner permit to the Road Safety Authority, by county in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6308/24]

Housing Schemes

Catherine Murphy

224. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to review the help-to-buy scheme from a socioeconomic impact perspective; and his plans to review the scheme in the context of economic impact. [6128/24]

Housing Schemes

Catherine Murphy

225. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the total expenditure on a review of the help-to-buy scheme that was delivered in 2022; if he will provide a schedule of actions and progress of same in relation to the conclusions that were drawn from the review; and if he accepts them in part, in full or if he rejects them. [6129/24]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

244. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if consideration has been given to the M4 access to Castletown House under the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 which provides for access to ensure the integrity of a heritage site; if so, the reason it has not been pursued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6091/24]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

245. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW has made efforts to secure the right to use the M4 entrance to access Castletown House in the context of utilising the provisions of the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023; and if not, the reason. [6116/24]