Parliamentary questions

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

96. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 20 September 2023, if he will provide an update in respect of the OPWs attempt to make use of the CPO process to acquire lands in the common good. [44541/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

97. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a schedule of lands and buildings his Department and bodies under his aegis acquired by using a compulsory purchase order in the past 5 years to date; and the amount expended on same. [44550/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of lands and buildings his Department and bodies under his aegis acquired by using a compulsory purchase order in the past 20 years to date; and the amount expended on same. [44548/23]

Public Inquiries

Catherine Murphy

4. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish a statutory inquiry, compliant with international human rights standards, into the arrest, detention, interrogation, prosecution and conviction of persons (details supplied). [44109/23]

Industrial Relations

Catherine Murphy

88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention or that of his officials has been drawn to the shortfall in employer to employee engagement in respect of proposed redundancies at a company (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure that employee rights are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44406/23]

Health Service Executive

Catherine Murphy

204. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, by site location and amount paid by the HSE in vacant site levy fees to respective local authorities in the past ten years to date. [44237/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Catherine Murphy

146. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW retains an ability to initiate a compulsory purchase lands and buildings; and if not, if he will point to the amending legislation. [43632/23]

School Admissions

Catherine Murphy

170. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of enquiries to Tulsa's education welfare officers in the north Kildare area on behalf of pupils refused places in local schools for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic calendars; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43686/23]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

337. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of GoSafe speed camera vehicles at present. [43458/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

413. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount expended on an annual basis for foster care service providers since the year commencing 2013 to date in 2023; if he will provide a breakdown paid to agencies and to private individuals over that time period; and the number of active and inactive foster carers and agencies as of 1 October 2023. [43514/23]

Student Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

603. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the funding of on-campus student accommodation that was announced for Maynooth University in November 2022 (details supplied). [43713/23]

Driver Licences

Catherine Murphy

189. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will expedite applications lodged with the NDLS in respect of three persons at a company (details supplied) in order for them to commence their employment. [43367/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

224. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding land ownership and access to Castletown House; if his Department have at any point in the past made efforts to secure lands around Castletown House; if he and or his officials have assisted the OPW in attempts to secure the lands by purchase and or lease; and if he will involve himself in the current discussions between the OPW and land owners. [43230/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

229. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a health and safety risk assessment was conducted in advance of the opening of Castletown House's main entrance to vehicle traffic; if a vehicle and pedestrian management plan has been developed; and if he is satisfied that the new arrangements meet the needs of persons with a disability and or that require use of mobility aides. [43380/23]

Vaccination Programme

Catherine Murphy

347. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will extend the free flu vaccination programme to include school staff, including teachers, given the current teacher shortage crisis; and if he can provide a rationale for their continued exclusion. [43364/23]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

141. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite the Governor of the State of Virginia in the US to Ireland before the end of year. [42377/23]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

195. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the estimated costs to introduce a light rail transport system in Limerick, Galway and Cork. [42385/23]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

196. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current status of a new bus shelter at a location (details supplied); and if this new shelter is likely to be estimated before the end of 2023. [42386/23]

Greenways Provision

Catherine Murphy

225. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the reasons that the Grand Canal Greenway in Clondalkin has been closed to users now for the third time to facilitate cabling works for a nearby building (details supplied), without adequate alternate routes for cyclists and pedestrians being provided. [42718/23]

Tax Code

Catherine Murphy

242. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2024 if the stamp duty on ATM-only cards and debit cards were scrapped. [42392/23]

Tax Code

Catherine Murphy

243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the level of excise applied to home heating oil from €122.83 to €69 from 16 October 2023 to 1 March 2024. [42393/23]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

244. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Spanish counterpart. [42394/23]

Civil Service

Catherine Murphy

270. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of non-established civil servants currently employed by the State, by grade. [42396/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

294. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that had solar panels installed as part of the summer works programme in 2022 and to date in 2023, by county, in tabular form. [42194/23]

School Funding

Catherine Murphy

295. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that were granted funds from the summer works programme in 2022 and to date in 2023, by county, in tabular form. [42195/23]

Tourism Promotion

Catherine Murphy

346. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Fáilte Ireland plans to re-open a tourism information office at Dublin Airport; and the estimated costs to restore such a service. [42391/23]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

365. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital and current funding that his Department has provided to Dublin Zoo in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42395/23]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

434. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider establishing a dedicated email contact for local government elected representatives in respect of INIS services. [42193/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

439. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and vans attached to each district within the DMR region as of 26 September 2023, in tabular form. [42387/23]

EU Bodies

Catherine Murphy

440. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the level of funding provided to Frontex, the European border guard agency, in the years of 2021, 2022 and 2023; and the proposed funding for 2024. [42388/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

441. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of new marked Garda vans that have come into the fleet to date in 2023; the number of vans withdrawn from the fleet to date in 2023; and if there are likely to be additional new marked Garda vans that will come into the fleet before end of 2023. [42389/23]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

514. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite places in each CHO area; the number of respite places in each CHO that are reserved for emergency care; if there are plans to expand on existing services; and if he will clarify whether the HSE uses projections and or forecasting demand on respite places. [42114/23]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Murphy

533. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications in CHO7 for assistive technology in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42390/23]

Childcare Services

Catherine Murphy

559. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding a typical preschool service receives from the State on a weekly basis, including both ECCE funding and Core funding; the number of staff required to provide the service; and the minimum rates of the staff members. [42712/23]

Hospital Equipment

Catherine Murphy

615. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation devices that are currently available in each hospital, in tabular form. [42378/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

616. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of day and night shift leaders in the ICU departments of Tallaght University Hospital, St. James's Hospital and St. Vincent's University Hospital, in tabular form. [42379/23]

Hospital Procedures

Catherine Murphy

617. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of gallbladder surgeries performed at the Mater Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42380/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

618. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in each minor injuries unit, in tabular form. [42381/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

619. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE neuropsychologists in Beaumont Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42382/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

620. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior physiotherapists in paediatric endocrinology and paediatric obesity at CHI Temple Street in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42383/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

621. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurses in Naas General Hospital in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be increased. [42384/23]

Primary Care Centres

Catherine Murphy

674. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the date on which the Boot Road primary care centre in Clondalkin will open; and if he will outline the services that it will provide. [42717/23]

Census of Population

Catherine Murphy

94. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will clarify a matter (details supplied). [40957/23]

Information and Communications Technology

Catherine Murphy

108. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the National Cyber Security Centre has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) within the NCSC; if any section of the NCSC currently makes use of A.I.; if he can outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if NCSC has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of A.I. [41116/23]

Tax Data

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of exemptions in respect of local property tax, and the number of deferrals sought and granted in respect of local property tax, in 2022 and to date in 2023; the value of LPT forgone as a consequence; and if he will provide the information in tabular form. [40956/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

207. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the date on which OPW and or a contractor engaged by them inspected the mature trees at the Kildare Street gate entrance and Merrion side of Leinster House; if it has been established whether the trees are in a stable condition and are disease-free; and if there are future plans to inspect the trees in the context of their long-term preservation. [41315/23]

Heritage Sites

Catherine Murphy

209. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will clarify whether the OPW has entered into a mediation process with landowners at Castletown House and boundary lands. [41362/23]

Courts Service

Catherine Murphy

413. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of drivers listed in court for speeding by District Court in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 which resulted in the case being struck out or dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41230/23]

Courts Service

Catherine Murphy

414. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of drivers listed in court for holding a mobile phone while driving by District Court in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 which resulted in the case being struck out or dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41231/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Catherine Murphy

416. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of fatal road traffic collisions each year in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in which the surviving driver was injured in the crash; the number of injured drivers involved, by year; the number taken to hospital; the number of these drivers that were not tested for intoxicants each year in hospital; the reason these drivers were not tested for intoxicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41246/23]