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Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Catherine Murphy
880. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of her 2023 capital budget allocation that has been spent in the first nine months of the year. [48758/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Ministerial Staff
Catherine Murphy
897. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [47640/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Ministerial Staff
Catherine Murphy
995. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 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. [47641/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Ministerial Staff
Catherine Murphy
1162. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health 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. [47649/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Dental Services
Catherine Murphy
1304. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists to persons ratio in each CHO region. [48517/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Catherine Murphy
1305. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs to persons ratio in each CHO region. [48518/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Health Services Staff
Catherine Murphy
1351. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists and senior psychologists in each of the CAMHS teams based in CHO9 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48750/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Health Services Staff
Catherine Murphy
1352. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of additional WTE staff that were recruited into endocrinology, obstetrics and neonatology services to date in 2023. [48751/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Hospital Facilities
Catherine Murphy
1353. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the rate of theatre utilisation in St. James's Hospital for 2022; and if he will provide the rate of theatre utilisation in Tallaght and Naas General Hospitals, respectively for 2022. [48752/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Hospital Services
Catherine Murphy
1354. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that provide a clinical psychology service to heart failure patients; and the proportion of patients identified as requiring clinical psychology who received the service in each of these hospitals. [48753/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Health Services
Catherine Murphy
1355. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of podiatry services provided by the HSE in County Kildare; the status of the service going forward; and the number of persons on the waiting list for this service. [48754/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Ministerial Staff
Catherine Murphy
1388. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [47648/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Official Travel
Catherine Murphy
1442. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he visited Seoul National University during his recent visit to South Korea. [48755/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Ministerial Staff
Catherine Murphy
1452. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [47653/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Corporate Governance
Catherine Murphy
1461. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development 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. [48074/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Departmental Budgets
Catherine Murphy
1470. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of her 2023 capital budget allocation that has been spent in the first nine months of the year. [48760/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Public Transport
Catherine Murphy
131. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his plans, and those of the Dublin Airport Authority, to develop an appropriate bus and coach area for users of the airport that will include fully accessible toilets, a tourist information office and a roof covering for waiting commuters. [47094/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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EU Bodies
Catherine Murphy
145. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the bid to host the EU Anti-Money Laundering Association; if he has established a dedicated team of officials to work on delivering the bid; the number of occasions that they have met since their establishment; if he and or his officials has engaged any external consultancy to augment the work of the officials in the context of developing the bid; and if he and or his officials have engaged with the EU Council and the European Parliament in respect of the bid and the bid process. [47170/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Catherine Murphy
177. 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. [47100/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Catherine Murphy
178. 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 [47101/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Waterways Issues
Catherine Murphy
193. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update in respect of the progress made to date by Waterways Ireland regarding its work on the restoration of the Ulster Canal. [47050/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Waterways Issues
Catherine Murphy
194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to work with Waterways Ireland to bring the Newry Canal within its network of waterways; and if he has received a request from Waterways Ireland to bring the canal within its area of responsibility. [47055/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Animal Culls
Catherine Murphy
243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers caught in body restraint devices on an annual basis since the introduction of their use, on a county basis; and if he will also provide a breakdown of the number of animals that died in the device, dispatched by way of licensed firearm and by the administration of IV barbiturates by a veterinary inspector. [47165/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Overseas Development Aid
Catherine Murphy
33. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the additional allocation of €60 million to official development assistance in budget 2024 is sufficient to meet Ireland's goals in this area in 2024; how this allocation factors into meeting Ireland's commitments to spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46886/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Overseas Development Aid
Catherine Murphy
34. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the fact that money spent on resettling Ukrainian refugees is being counted towards Ireland's official development assistance spending figures in 2023 and 2024; his views on whether this is appropriate; his further views on whether this will lead to the ODA to be spent overseas being squeezed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46887/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Defence Forces
Catherine Murphy
47. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of dentists, pharmacist, nurses and doctors in the Defence Forces medical corps; the number of those posts that are vacant; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [46863/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Bus Services
Catherine Murphy
54. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of new coach parking areas, by location, that were funded by the NTA in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of new coach parking areas that will be provided in 2024, in tabular form; and if it is intended to future-proof the bays by including charging points for large-scale-coach EVs. [46864/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Rail Network
Catherine Murphy
55. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update in respect of the new Woodbrook train station (details supplied); the body that will fund this project; the expected delivery date; and if he will detail the plans to provide additional capacity on the rail network to accommodate development nearby. [46871/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Sports Funding
Catherine Murphy
102. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her officials conduct due diligence in advance of awarding a sports capital grant. [46836/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Sports Funding
Catherine Murphy
103. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will clarify whether the granting and use of a sports capital grant to a body (details supplied) has been reviewed by her Department. [46837/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
137. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of attempted murder and serious assault causing harm cases reported to gardaí within all the DMR divisions in each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023, by division, in tabular form. [46790/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Departmental Data
Catherine Murphy
140. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of attempted murder and serious assault causing harm cases reported to gardaí within all of the Cork, Galway Waterford, Kilkenny and Limerick divisions in the years of 2020 and to date in 2023, by division, in tabular form. [46807/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Protected Disclosures
Catherine Murphy
150. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if, in view of the fact that her attention has been drawn to a case within the IPS, she will engage with management and the officer (details supplied). [47058/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Ministerial Communications
Catherine Murphy
122. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken formally with the United States Secretary of State in the past five months. [46479/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Foreign Birth Registration
Catherine Murphy
123. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of foreign birth registrations currently being processed within his Department. [46480/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Local Government Reform
Catherine Murphy
137. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in full or in part, or are in the process of being devolved in full or in part; the date on which the devolutions commenced; and if he will indicate whether any function was returned to the Department subsequently. [46581/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Official Engagements
Catherine Murphy
144. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to detail his EU counterparts he has spoken with formally to date in 2023, in tabular form. [46465/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Defence Forces
Catherine Murphy
145. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies, by rank currently in the Defence Forces School of Music; and when will each of the vacancies be filled, in tabular form. [46466/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Rail Network
Catherine Murphy
171. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the funding that will be provided in 2024 and 2025 to purchase additional, larger carriages for the LUAS on both lines. [46470/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Bus Éireann
Catherine Murphy
172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the new measures that are being taken to ensure greater capacity bicycle storage facilities on new Bus Éireann coaches. [46471/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Local Government Reform
Catherine Murphy
177. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in full or in part, or are in the process of being devolved in full or in part; the date on which the devolutions commenced; and if he will indicate whether any function was returned to the Department subsequently. [46590/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Rail Network
Catherine Murphy
182. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the status of his plans, and those of Irish Rail, to install public toilets and a roof covering at Tara Street station. [46688/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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EU Funding
Catherine Murphy
199. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has made funding applications for projects under the EU anti-fraud programme 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if so, the applications that were approved, in tabular form. [46472/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Local Government Reform
Catherine Murphy
201. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in full or in part, or are in the process of being devolved in full or in part; the date on which the devolutions commenced; and if he will indicate whether any function was returned to the Department subsequently. [46582/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Local Government Reform
Catherine Murphy
212. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in full or in part, or are in the process of being devolved in full or in part; the date on which the devolutions commenced; and if he will indicate whether any function was returned to the Department subsequently. [46586/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Trade Agreements
Catherine Murphy
231. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the up-to-date position regarding the free trade agreement between the EU and Australia. [46481/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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State Bodies
Catherine Murphy
232. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland has a presence in South Korea. [46482/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Trade Agreements
Catherine Murphy
233. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the up-to-date position regarding the free trade agreement between the EU and India. [46483/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Local Government Reform
Catherine Murphy
235. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if he will provide a schedule of functions of his Department that have been devolved in full or in part, or are in the process of being devolved in full or in part; the date on which the devolutions commenced; and if he will indicate whether any function was returned to the Department subsequently. [46579/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Legislative Measures
Catherine Murphy
240. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update in respect of enacting the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 in full. [46706/23]