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Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Health Services Staff
Catherine Murphy
1784. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric nephrologists working in the public health service; his plans to expand this number; and the international recommended best practice ratio for paediatric nephrologist surgeons to population, and current ratios. [38551/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Dental Services
Catherine Murphy
1785. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist periodontists and implant dentists employed by the HSE in CHO 9 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38552/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Information and Communications Technology
Catherine Murphy
1786. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within his Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI, and if he will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [38569/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
1863. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmic surgeons attached to each hospital of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38952/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
1864. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the additional resources and personnel that will be provided to Naas General Hospital as part of the 2023-2024 Winter Plan. [38953/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
1865. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric ENT registrars working in CHI Tallaght in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38954/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
1866. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in endocrinology at Beaumont Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38955/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Mental Health Services
Catherine Murphy
1867. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychiatrists allocated to CAMHS in CHO 7 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38958/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Third Level Education
Catherine Murphy
2063. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will engage with (details supplied) in order to ensure that students of the final year of the film and television production can complete their diploma; and if he will outline the rationale for the institute cease the course at this point. [38532/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Information and Communications Technology
Catherine Murphy
2064. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within his Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI, and if he will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [38568/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Departmental Funding
Catherine Murphy
2070. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding allocated to the 'Climate Ready Programme: Talent for Ireland's Green Economy' in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38940/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Information and Communications Technology
Catherine Murphy
2093. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within her Department; if any section of her Department currently makes use of AI, and if she will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if she has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [38573/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Northern Ireland
Catherine Murphy
12. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and-or his officials have composed a green paper on the topic of a united Ireland in the past ten years to date. [36164/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Official Engagements
Catherine Murphy
35. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite the Governor of California to Ireland before end of 2023. [35941/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Official Engagements
Catherine Murphy
36. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to visit Australia within the next six months. [35942/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Defence Forces
Catherine Murphy
154. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the construction works on a new Army ranger wing headquarters at Defence Forces training centre have commenced; and the estimated timeframe for the completion of works. [35949/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Air Corps
Catherine Murphy
155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the various capital works taking place at Casement Aerodrome Baldonnel. [35950/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Road Safety Authority
Catherine Murphy
220. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if information made public by the Road Safety Authority is audited in the context of quality control of the data and its accuracy (details supplied). [36295/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Official Engagements
Catherine Murphy
291. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance If he plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart. [35951/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Work Permits
Catherine Murphy
376. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of revenue generated through the issuing of general employment permits and critical skills employment permits in the years of 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [35952/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Funding
Catherine Murphy
439. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost if capitation funding for primary schools increased by 5% for the 2023-2024 school year. [35943/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Catherine Murphy
689. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of contracts to provide services and-or consultancy to her Department that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and the nature of the work involved; and the qualifying criteria that were applied to any company awarded such a contract in 2022 and to date in 2023. [35944/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
817. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to each community policing unit within each district within Dublin region as of 12 July 2023, in tabular form. [35945/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Catherine Murphy
818. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of contracts to provide services and-or consultancy to her Department; the companies that were granted these contracts and the nature of the work involved; and the qualifying criteria that was applied to any company awarded such a contract in 2022 and to date in 2023. [35946/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
819. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans attached to the Garda dog unit as of 12 July 2023; and if she will provide same figures as of 31 January 2022, in tabular form. [35947/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
836. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her officials or any other competent body audits information provided by An Garda Síochána to the Road Safety Authority to ensure that the data is accurate (details supplied). [36296/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Live Exports
Catherine Murphy
914. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a schedule of additional animal welfare measures he and-or his Department have put in place in respect of live export of animals since 1 January 2020 to date in 2023; and if he will provide an update in respect of the tracing of live exports from this State to other states in order to ensure animals are kept in the best condition and welfare possible on their journey. [35933/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Staff
Catherine Murphy
915. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE vacancies by job title in his Department's laboratory at Backweston as of 12 July 2023; the estimated full year cost filling these vacancies; and when will these vacancies be filled, in tabular form. [35953/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Disability Services
Catherine Murphy
994. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE occupational therapists and speech and language therapists part of north Kildare children's disability network teams in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [35948/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Disability Services
Catherine Murphy
1018. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite beds currently available in County Kildare for children with disabilities; and the proposals to increase these numbers. [36162/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Child and Family Agency
Catherine Murphy
1019. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the post of CEO of Tusla will be filled on a permanent basis. [36163/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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National Treatment Purchase Fund
Catherine Murphy
1168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the percentage spending of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, by hospital, in tabular form. [35935/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Care of the Elderly
Catherine Murphy
1169. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of service users that have attended Monasterevin day care centre in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the days of the week that this day care centre is opened, in tabular form. [35936/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Suicide Prevention
Catherine Murphy
1170. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2024 if 25 additional WTE suicide crisis assessment nurses were recruited. [35937/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
1171. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric plastic surgeons attached to CHI Crumlin and CHI Temple Street in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the hours per week in which these surgeons are based in the hospitals, in tabular form. [35938/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Health Services Staff
Catherine Murphy
1172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time public health nurse positions in CHO7 in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the specific geographic within CHO7 that currently has no public health nurses in place. [35939/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Hospital Staff
Catherine Murphy
1173. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, currently in the regional specialists memory clinics at both St. James's Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [35940/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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National Children's Hospital
Catherine Murphy
1194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the details of the legal costs incurred by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board in challenging claims brought against it by contractors associated with the National Children's Hospital from 2017 to date in 2023, in tabular form; the projected legal costs until 2025; if the NPHDB has made requests for increased and-or additional funds for day-to-day operations in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the amount expended on public relations advice and communications by the board in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if the board retains a third party for communications and PR services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36008/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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National Children's Hospital
Catherine Murphy
1288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he and or the NPHDB and or the Children's Hospital Ireland will open a public consultation in respect of the name that will be applied to the national paediatric children's hospital in advance of it opening. [36456/23]
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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Rail Network
Catherine Murphy
254. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the date on which he will publish the All-Island Rail Review; and the costs of same to date. [35033/23]
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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Road Projects
Catherine Murphy
258. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update in respect of the north-eastern Maynooth outer orbital route, MOOR, to Moygaddy (details supplied). [35169/23]
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Catherine Murphy
535. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update in respect of a citizenship application (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to delays in the processing of 2020, 2021 and 2022 applications whereas 2023 applications are being expedited; and if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of open applications in each of the years 2020 to date in 2023. [35032/23]
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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Departmental Legal Cases
Catherine Murphy
768. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in legal costs to each of the top ten legal firms representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in 2022 and to date in 2023 ; the number of cases that payments relate to in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35163/23]
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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Departmental Legal Cases
Catherine Murphy
769. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in legal costs to each of the top ten legal firms representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in the first six months of 2023; the number of cases that payments relate to in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35164/23]
Thu, 13 Jul 2023
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Cancer Services
Catherine Murphy
770. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in damages by the SCA in CervicalCheck programme personal injury actions in 2021 and 2022 and to date in 2023. [35165/23]
Wed, 12 Jul 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Catherine Murphy
225. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to childcare and early learning providers' petition to notify service users of the potential for them to withdraw from core funding and increase fees; and the steps he is taking in this regard. [34669/23]
Wed, 12 Jul 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Catherine Murphy
226. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of service providers that have opted into the core funding model since its introduction; the number that did not opt in; and the number that have since withdrawn. [34670/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Crime Prevention
Catherine Murphy
51. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking in conjunction with her ministerial colleagues to address ongoing public safety deterioration in Dublin city centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34383/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Departmental Websites
Catherine Murphy
99. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach to clarify whether at any point over the past ten years the SSL certificates for his Department’s websites expired for a period of time; if so, the reason this occurred; and the duration they remained expired. [33283/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Passport Services
Catherine Murphy
112. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to allow first-time applications online to be available to Irish passport holders located in Thailand. [33788/23]