Parliamentary questions

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

284. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under her aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if her Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period her Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over it’s percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7901/23]

School Admissions

Catherine Murphy

288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a shortfall in primary school places in the Kilcock area, Kildare; her plans to address this; and if she will outline the steps a parent or guardian may take if a school cannot enrol a child at their school due to it being at capacity. [7983/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

299. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under her aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if her Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period her Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over it’s percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7912/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

316. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if his Department collects the funds and forwards them to the central fund or whether they go directly; if over that period his Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over its percentage shareholding; the number of occasions it waived the dividend; the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7899/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

322. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if his Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period his Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over it’s percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7906/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

341. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if his Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period his Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over its percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7909/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

387. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if his Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period his Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over it’s percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7907/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

422. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if his Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period his Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over it’s percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7898/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

428. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under her aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if her Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period her Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over it’s percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7911/23]

Inland Fisheries

Catherine Murphy

47. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of funding provided to Inland Ireland in the past three years to date; if he will clarify the status of work underway at a state asset in Galway (details supplied); if sanction was granted to expend funds on the works; and if IFI obtained planning permission for the works and the felling of trees on the site. [7585/23]

Sports Funding

Catherine Murphy

79. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding and the heading under which it was granted to organisations (details supplied) in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [7541/23]

Sports Funding

Catherine Murphy

80. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding and the heading under which it was granted to organisations (details supplied) by Sport Ireland in 2021, 2022 and to date 2023, in tabular form. [7542/23]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

126. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding and the heading under which it was granted to organisations (details supplied) in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [7539/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

136. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice his plans for the Office of the Inspector of Prisons to reassess operational maximum capacity levels and safe custody levels in all prisons based on applicable human rights frameworks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7456/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

137. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking to review prisoner gratuity levels, given the increase in the cost-of-living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7457/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

138. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the status of the establishment and roll-out of a new prison complaints system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7458/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

139. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of category A complaints received in 2021 and 2022 that were upheld, not upheld, not proven, terminated or incomplete, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7459/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

140. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the status of plans for the Office of the Ombudsman to receive and deal with complaint appeals from people in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7460/23]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

141. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding and the heading under which it was granted to organisations (details supplied) in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [7540/23]

State Claims Agency

Catherine Murphy

151. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will set out the rationale for the State Claims Agency to not routinely evaluate the adequacy of measures adopted by a data sharing agreement to counter identified risks in clinical settings in the context of the clinical indemnity scheme. [7480/23]

Health Service Executive

Catherine Murphy

159. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the funding set aside on an annual basis for contingent liability for the past ten years to date by the HSE; the way in which the amount is determined by the HSE; if the HSE carries out an actuary analysis for budgeting current and future contingent liability; and if the HSE conducts a risk assessment in the context of contingent liability. [7477/23]

Health Service Executive

Catherine Murphy

160. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount of funds set aside on an annual basis for contingent liability for the past ten years to date in 2023; the way in which it is determined the amount that is forecast to be needed for contingent liability; if he carries out an actuary analysis for budgeting current and future contingent liability; if he conducts a risk assessment in the context of contingent liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7478/23]

Health Service Executive

Catherine Murphy

161. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will correct the record of Dáil Éireann in respect of the Parliamentary responses that issued from his Department on 8 May 2018 (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to comments made by his Secretary General and the Comptroller and Auditor General in relation to contingent liabilities and recognition of same at an Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee meeting on 9 February 2023.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7479/23]

Rural Schemes

Catherine Murphy

220. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding and the heading under which it was granted to organisations (details supplied) in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [7538/23]

Driver Test

Catherine Murphy

142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner drivers per year in each of the years 2019 to 2022 that failed to turn up for their scheduled driving test appointment; the number of driving tests lost per year through no-shows; his plans to introduce measures to ensure that learner permit holders sit a driving test before they can obtain a subsequent learner permit from the RSA; the number of learner permits renewed by the RSA each year to drivers who did not show up for their scheduled driving test appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6622/23]

Tax Reliefs

Catherine Murphy

178. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify, in the context of voluntary school contributions that are of €250 or more, whether it is the patron or school board of management that is the designated charity organisation that benefited from tax relief as a result of the submission of the CHY4 form. [7367/23]

School Funding

Catherine Murphy

372. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will establish a fund for schools that cannot meet their running costs in order to end the practice of demanding voluntary school contributions. [7368/23]

School Funding

Catherine Murphy

373. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she has circulated a memo and-or advice to school boards of management or principals requesting them not to make demands for voluntary school contributions in the context of high domestic energy bills and the current high cost of living and period of high inflation. [7369/23]

Departmental Bodies

Catherine Murphy

897. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which the Prosecutorial Committee will become a working section of his Department; if he will clarify whether the deliberations of this committee would be available under FOI; and if he will provide the number of cases this section is processing and the number it has decided to prosecute on. [6717/23]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Murphy

898. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons his Department has successfully and unsuccessfully prosecuted for the possession and administration of controlled substances given to animals in the past 20 years to date. [6749/23]

Planning Issues

Catherine Murphy

142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the body that is responsible as a designated entity in the Planning and Development Act 2000 that can make a determination in respect of a proposed development that would and-or could be contrary to Ireland’s climate action plan. [6329/23]

Teacher Training

Catherine Murphy

161. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will review the changes to the criteria for teachers partaking in online summer courses in view of the fact that it will negatively impact those wishing to participate; and if she will set out the rationale for the proposed change. [6238/23]

Teacher Training

Catherine Murphy

177. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a rationale for the changes to the EPV summer courses for primary teachers, particularly the abolition of asynchronous courses and the reduction of offline hours; if she consulted with educational stakeholders on this change; if she considered the caregiving commitments of teachers in this process; if she is committed to providing leadership to the education sector in terms of fostering a culture of continuous learning; and if she plans to reverse and or amend the decision to eradicate asynchronous courses in the interest of caregivers and accessibility. [6332/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

77. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify whether the NCT operator has a sanctioned derogation in respect of the qualifications that testing staff must have in order to test vehicles in the European Union. [5599/23]

Tax Code

Catherine Murphy

105. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the degree to which the change in benefit-in-kind is impacting on persons that require the provision of a vehicle as part of their work; if he will set out the rationale for applying the charge on the end user rather than the provider of the vehicle; and if he plans to mitigate increased charges on workers in the context of the cost-of-living crisis. [5791/23]

Semi-State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

113. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the total amount in dividend payments made to the State in the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and year end 2022, by commercial semi-State companies and non-commercial semi-State companies, in tabular form; and if he will provide individual sums by company for those years. [6091/23]

School Staff

Catherine Murphy

211. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will review and approve an application by a person (details supplied) in respect of incremental credit. [5813/23]

School Funding

Catherine Murphy

232. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide additional resources and capitation in respect of a school in Maynooth, County Kildare in order for it to accommodate increased demand on the school for places (details supplied). [5966/23]

School Funding

Catherine Murphy

233. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide schools in Leixlip, Celbridge and Maynooth with additional resources to assist with their ability to provide education for persons seeking international protection. [5967/23]

School Staff

Catherine Murphy

251. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of unfilled and-or vacant teacher positions at primary and second level in County Kildare, by school and number of vacancies. [6110/23]

International Protection

Catherine Murphy

294. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of additional supports, resources and funding for the towns of Leixlip, Celbridge and Maynooth; if he will liaise with his colleagues in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Department of Education regarding the provision of extracurricular and recreational activities for persons here seeking international protection. [5968/23]

International Protection

Catherine Murphy

295. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the amount provided for in Communities Integration Fund in 2023; the way in which this fund can be accessed; if the fund provides for the provision of spaces that is, use of locations for education and English language lessons for persons seeking international protection. [5969/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

327. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of unpublished chaplaincy reports from Irish prisons that are outstanding in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; if he will provide a schedule by prison location that the unpublished reports originates from; and if he will outline for the reasons for not publishing the reports. [5976/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

497. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of each bonus payment to employees of Coillte and Greyhound Racing Ireland in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [6094/23]

Electricity Generation

Catherine Murphy

71. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is a limit in megawatts in relation to how large a private electricity power generation installation can be (details supplied). [5198/23]

Trade Promotion

Catherine Murphy

147. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Australian companies that IDA Ireland has engaged with in relation to setting up in the State in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [4207/23]

Driver Test

Catherine Murphy

205. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the waiting times for D category vehicle driving tests at all driving test centres in County Kildare in tabular form. [4197/23]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

206. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount that Iarnród Éireann generated through sales of refurbishments sold on intercity rail trains in 2019; and the amount it cost Iarnród Éireann for same in 2019. [4198/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

219. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify whether the contract to provide NCT services was put to tender in 2020, or if it was rolled over as part of continuity of services built into the original contract. [4292/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

220. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of new and planned NCT centres that an organisation (details supplied) has and-or will deliver; and if he will provide a schedule of NCT centres that will be refurnished in 2023, 2024 and 2025. [4293/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

221. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of NCT tests an organisation (details supplied) provided without charging for in each of the years 2015 to 2022, and to date in 2023. [4294/23]

Tax Code

Catherine Murphy

263. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield by introducing an additional 5% income tax surcharge on the portion of individuals' income above €175,000. [4206/23]

Tax Code

Catherine Murphy

278. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the duty payable in the context of Stamp Duty Consolidation Act 1999, must be calculated according to the total market value of the debts or choses-in-action, regardless of the amount that was paid for them by the assignee; if he has discretion to waive that requirement or reduce the amount chargeable on any instrument; and if the Revenue Commissioners have the authority to make arrangements for bulk payments under section 5 of the Act. [4607/23]

Departmental Policies

Catherine Murphy

284. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, his Department will consider conducting a comprehensive spill over analysis of the possible effects of Ireland’s current tax system on developing countries. considering the issues raised in a submission by organisations (details supplied) to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and that the only spill over analysis of Ireland’s tax system on developing countries was conducted in 2015 and accounted for only 4% of available data on Irish overseas investment, [4797/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time qualified tree surgeons employed by the OPW as of 24 January 2023. [4196/23]

Public Parks

Catherine Murphy

290. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in respect of the bandstand in Stephen's Green, Dublin 2; the estimated reopening of same; and a schedule of costs attached to the works. [4266/23]

National Cultural Institutions

Catherine Murphy

296. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she is next scheduled to meet the CEO of the National Concert Hall. [4191/23]

Sports Organisations

Catherine Murphy

297. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she last spoke formally to the president and-or director general of the GAA. [4192/23]

Wildlife Rangers

Catherine Murphy

338. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 30 additional full-time WTE conservation rangers, in tabular form. [4193/23]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

368. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on Ireland’s bilateral engagement with Saudi Arabia, with a view to bringing about an end to the war in Yemen; if he will provide an update on Ireland’s engagement on this matter at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4504/23]

Middle East

Catherine Murphy

369. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of plans to formally recognise the State of Palestine pursuant to the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4506/23]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

397. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the refurbishment works that will be carried out at both Casement Aerodrome and Haulbowline Naval Base during 2023; and the nature of works that will be carried out. [4194/23]

Defence Forces

Catherine Murphy

398. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of horses that joined the Defence Forces equitation school in 2022; the number of horses that left the equitation school during 2022; and the budget allocation for 2023 for same. [4195/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

450. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school-teaching panels in County Kildare by town, in tabular form, detailing the number of personnel available in each one and those that have no capacity to supply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4632/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

451. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary school-teaching panels in County Kildare by town, in tabular form, detailing the number of personnel available in each one and those that have no capacity to supply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4633/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

452. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school-teaching panels by county, in tabular form, detailing the number of personnel available in each one and those that have no capacity to supply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4634/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

453. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary school-teaching panels by county, in tabular form, detailing the number of personnel available in each one and those that have no capacity to supply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4635/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

556. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of pedal cycle bikes reported stolen to gardaí within the Kildare division in the years 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [4205/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

564. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions per year brought against drivers who fail to surrender their licence or learner permit to the Road Safety Authority upon disqualification where the disqualification is due to orders having been made by the courts or due to the driver having received the maximum number of penalty points; the number of convictions per year; the penalties imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4529/23]

Hospice Services

Catherine Murphy

668. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that visited the neurofibromatosis clinic at CHI Tallaght in the years 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [4199/23]

Primary Care Services

Catherine Murphy

669. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians working in each primary care centre in CHO9 as of 24 January 2023, in tabular form. [4200/23]

Hospice Services

Catherine Murphy

670. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of warnings issued by hospitals advising patients with non-emergency conditions to seek assistance from other areas of the health services and to not attend their emergency department in 2022. [4201/23]

Hospital Charges

Catherine Murphy

671. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges in public car park areas within St. James's Hospital in 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [4202/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

672. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons attached to St Vincent's University Hospital in the years 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [4203/23]

General Practitioner Services

Catherine Murphy

722. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason a GMS panel might be frozen when a doctor relocates retires or resigns from the GMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4629/23]

General Practitioner Services

Catherine Murphy

723. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS panels frozen by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4630/23]

General Practitioner Services

Catherine Murphy

724. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS panels by town in County Kildare that are currently frozen; the duration of the freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4631/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

195. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport his plans to reform the national car test; his plans to move away from a first date on which a vehicle is registered in the context of due test dates; and if he has engaged with insurance providers in the context of providing cover in the absence of a valid NCT certificate for the vehicle. [3885/23]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

248. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will issue a brief formulation report in respect of a school project in Maynooth; and the reason for the delay in issuing same (details supplied). [3758/23]

Departmental Inquiries

Catherine Murphy

274. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update in respect of the work of a person (details supplied) in respect of historical matters relating to St. John's ambulance. [3836/23]

Departmental Inquiries

Catherine Murphy

276. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and or Tusla has received any interim or final reports in respect of the St. John Ambulance inquiry undertaken by a person (details supplied). [3890/23]

Ethics in Public Office

Catherine Murphy

86. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform and or upgrade enforcement sanctions and actions that SIPO may take in respect of non-disclosure and or non-compliance of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995. [3677/23]

Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

87. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the first tranche of rapid-delivery homes will be delivered; the total estimated cost per rapid delivery home, including the cost of connecting them to services such as water and electricity; if he will provide a schedule of meetings that the OPW has had with an organisation (details supplied); if he will include the identities of stakeholders and service providers that have been consulted and or engaged on the delivery of rapid-delivery homes; and if he will clarify with whom responsibility lies in the context of repairs and long term upkeep of the rapid-delivery homes over their 60-year lifespan of use. [3678/23]

Defective Building Materials

Catherine Murphy

100. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if persons who paid for remediation works in respect of pyrite damage can access the fund established for retrospective outlays; and if persons who could not access the original pyrite schemes are eligible to access the new fund. [3682/23]

Human Trafficking

Catherine Murphy

152. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of referrals added to the national referral mechanism in this jurisdiction in the context of human trafficking in the years 2019 to 2022, and to date in 2023. [3726/23]

Human Trafficking

Catherine Murphy

153. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the progress he, his officials and An Garda Síochána have made with their equivalents in Northern Ireland in respect of developing an all-Ireland database to record cases of human trafficking on the island of Ireland. [3727/23]

Energy Prices

Catherine Murphy

183. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update in respect of the engagements by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities with energy supply companies regarding the continuing high energy costs for domestic customers, in view of the fact wholesale energy prices have reduced over the past number of months. [2820/23]

Energy Prices

Catherine Murphy

184. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Commission for Regulation of Utilities has engaged with energy suppliers in respect of pricing for their renewably sourced energy supplies. [2821/23]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

274. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reinstate funding in order for a database (details supplied) to resume its work. [2849/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

4. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps that he will take to address the difficulties that persons are having in obtaining an appropriate date on which to put their vehicle through the NCT. [2608/23]

Transport Policy

Catherine Murphy

165. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he and-or the National Transport Authority have taken and-or will take into consideration the latest census population data in the context of the provision of public transport and the capacity of same; and if current public transport strategies will be amended to take account of new population data from the Central Statistics Office. [2595/23]

Road Projects

Catherine Murphy

172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of updates for the development of new vehicular and or pedestrian bridges in Celbridge, Newbridge and Clane in County Kildare. [2481/23]

Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

228. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule for the development of social and affordable housing on public land banks in County Kildare in 2023 and 2024. [2482/23]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

244. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the future use of the Curragh Camp, Newbridge; and his plans to utilise the approximately 800 bed spaces at the camp. [2480/23]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

251. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of the planned school developments in County Kildare, to include new schools, upgrades to existing schools, school closures and the impact of same on capacity numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2475/23]

School Admissions

Catherine Murphy

252. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will conduct a capacity review of post-primary schools in Clane and Prosperous, County Kildare. [2476/23]

School Transport

Catherine Murphy

253. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the school transport policy; if she will set out her plans to make changes to the scheme ahead of the 2023-2024 school year; and if she will remove the lottery-based system and replace it with a needs-based model of service. [2477/23]

Hospital Facilities

Catherine Murphy

302. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of planned upgrade works to Naas General Hospital, including but not limited to the Lakeview unit; and if funding has been provided for these developments. [2478/23]

General Practitioner Services

Catherine Murphy

303. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of GPs providing services on behalf of the HSE in counties Kildare, Meath, Laois and Wicklow. [2479/23]

Corporate Governance

Catherine Murphy

12. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will compile a report on its action in relation to a matter (details supplied); if the case has been transferred to the Corporate Enforcement Authority; the actions his Department has taken in respect of the case to date; and if his Department has engaged with Enterprise Ireland in respect of the matters alleged. [63208/22]