Parliamentary questions

Fire Service

Catherine Murphy

1008. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if fire service resources are deemed adequate in County Kildare to cope with a major emergency; if a review will take place following the recent bad weather event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11790/18]

Irish Water Funding

Catherine Murphy

1018. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which the installation of water meters and water boxes is funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11955/18]

Departmental Advertising Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

1072. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns from January 2017 to date in 2018, by year, month and company engaged in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11763/18]

National Lottery Funding Data

Catherine Murphy

91. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the regulator of the national lottery has issued a code of practice and or guidelines to lottery agents in respect of the way in which they market and display the lottery in and outside their premises; if the regulator has issued sanctions or penalties to agents in breach of guidelines; the number of agents found to have sold lotto tickets to persons under legal gambling age; if the authority of the regulator extends to online lottery advertising and marketing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11204/18]

National Lottery Funding Data

Catherine Murphy

92. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the national lottery manages its unclaimed prizes fund; if marketing campaigns are paid for or part paid for from that fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11207/18]

National Lottery Funding Data

Catherine Murphy

93. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agents that were granted permission to sell national lottery tickets from 2014 to date in 2018; if a cap exists on the number of agents that can sell lotto tickets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11210/18]

Public Sector Pay

Catherine Murphy

99. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a report on the cases of pay equality and the timeframe to achieve same (details supplied); the date on which this report will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11608/18]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Murphy

125. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to correspondence regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; the status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11032/18]

Schools Building Projects Data

Catherine Murphy

142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the active school building projects and refurbishments and or retrofits here by county; the stage of the process they are at as of the end of February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11160/18]

Schools Building Projects Data

Catherine Murphy

150. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the active school building projects and refurbishments and or retrofits by county; the stage of the process each is at as of the end of February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11241/18]

Garda Data

Catherine Murphy

205. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank, including probationer gardaí, in each Garda division as of December 2017; if recruits from the Garda Training College have been deployed in 2018; and if so, the districts to which. [11206/18]

Garda Compensation

Catherine Murphy

221. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the compensation payments made by An Garda Síochána to officers of the force, persons being detained by An Garda Síochána and members of the public in 2016 and 2017, by amount paid and the general nature of claim made for the payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11587/18]

Weather Events Response

Catherine Murphy

321. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has an early alert system in place to notify persons to make contingency plans in situations in which there is an extreme weather warning in place; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons in need of PA hours may not receive ample notice that services may not be available during extreme weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10997/18]

Weather Events Response

Catherine Murphy

331. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has an early alert system in place to notify persons to make contingency plans when there is an extreme weather warning in place; if his attention has been to the fact that persons in need of PA hours may not receive ample notice that services may not be available during extreme weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11131/18]

Vehicle Registration

Catherine Murphy

472. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the processing of a vehicle change of ownership form will be expedited in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) is the subject of penalty fines for a toll outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10953/18]

Road Safety Authority Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

477. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs incurred by the Road Safety Authority regarding its use of broadcast and print media in relation to the public information notice to outline changes to the way in which a person can apply for a driving licence and learner permit from 9 April 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11242/18]

Fines Data

Catherine Murphy

493. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fines issued by the revenue protection unit at Irish Rail in the past three years; the number of fines that were appealed; the number of successful appeals; the way in which the money collected from fines is used by Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11518/18]

Fines Data

Catherine Murphy

494. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fines issued by the revenue protection units at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann in the past three years; the number of fines that were appealed; the number of successful appeals; the way in which the money collected from fines is used by the respective companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11519/18]

Fines Data

Catherine Murphy

502. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fines issued by the revenue protection unit of the Luas operator in the past three years; the number of these fines that were appealed; the number of successful appeals; the way in which the funds collected from fines are used by the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11588/18]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

506. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1089 of 7 November 2017 and in the context of a review of the overage exemption process (details supplied), the status of this review; the outcome of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10873/18]

Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes

Catherine Murphy

508. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a submission regarding the ECCE scheme (details supplied); if a change in the date-of-birth start date is being considered in the context of a review of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11054/18]

Fuel Allowance Payments

Catherine Murphy

547. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the heat supplementary welfare allowance on a temporary basis in view of an extreme cold weather event; if a more flexible scheme to provide a heat supplementary welfare allowance has been considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10877/18]

National Planning Framework

Catherine Murphy

626. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if carbon reduction and fuel poverty proofing has been carried out to prioritise investments outlined in the national planning framework, NPF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10876/18]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Catherine Murphy

627. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if changes are envisaged in respect of the allocation of local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, following the publication of the national planning framework, NPF; if so, the date and the way in which this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10878/18]

National Planning Framework

Catherine Murphy

628. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if planning authorities will be asked to revise their development plans to reflect the new situation in view of the recent publication of the national planning framework, NPF; if not, the date on which this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10879/18]

Approved Housing Bodies

Catherine Murphy

629. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the annual returns for approved housing bodies are provided to his Department; if so, the number in surplus; the surplus in 2016 and 2017; if the funds may be reinvested in new housing units; if so, if approval is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10884/18]

Traffic Wardens Data

Catherine Murphy

630. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of school traffic wardens employed nationally by county or local authority; if funding has been made available for extra wardens in view of the expansion of the Luas project across the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10885/18]

Land Issues

Catherine Murphy

631. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the updated position from the regional assemblies with respect to the amount of residentially zoned land; if the 41,788 hectares of land that existed following the passing of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 reduced to 11,000 hectares; if not, the amount it was reduced by; the land that has been subsequently been rezoned residential in subsequent cities and counties and LAPs; the amount of residentially zoned land that is available with and without planning permission by location; the estimated number of housing units that could be constructed on the available land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10897/18]

Approved Housing Bodies

Catherine Murphy

646. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the annual grants that have been paid in each of the years 2015 to 2017 to approved housing bodies; the number of housing units involved with respect to each body in each year; the headings grants are paid under; the number of amalgamations that occurred in each of those years and the housing bodies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11132/18]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Catherine Murphy

669. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the targets and timeframes that are being worked to in terms of the proportion of new builds that have a heating generator that uses renewable energy sources as the principal source of heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11552/18]

Renewable Energy Incentives

Catherine Murphy

670. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the specific article and paragraphs of building regulations that require or otherwise provide an incentive for developers of new build residential and non-residential units to install heating generators that use renewable energy sources as the principal heating source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11553/18]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Catherine Murphy

120. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of treatments that were reimbursed by the HSE under the cross-Border directive in each of the years 2014 to 2017; the amount for each year; the number awaiting payment; if payments are classified by type of treatment, that is, hip replacement; the numerical breakdown by classification in each of the years; the cost by classification in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10429/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Catherine Murphy

139. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance vehicles by vehicle type and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10474/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Catherine Murphy

140. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance vehicles available per shift nationally by 24-hour period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10475/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Catherine Murphy

141. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance vehicles by vehicle type, shift and hospital catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10476/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Catherine Murphy

142. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by emergency ambulance advanced paramedic by vehicle type and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10477/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Catherine Murphy

143. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance vehicles in the HSE ambulance service providing emergency services in respect of 911 calls in the eastern region by vehicle type by country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10478/18]

Ambulance Service Data

Catherine Murphy

144. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance vehicles involved in accidents and incidents involving National Ambulance Service vehicles that were on duty at the time by region in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10479/18]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Catherine Murphy

145. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the average response time of a HSE ambulance and emergency ambulance to a residential property in response to a call via the 911 emergency services by vehicle type and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10480/18]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Catherine Murphy

146. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the longest response times of a HSE ambulance and emergency ambulance to a residential property in response to a call via the 911 emergency services, by vehicle type and county in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10481/18]

Ambulance Service Response Times

Catherine Murphy

147. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the response times of a HSE ambulance and emergency ambulance to a residential property in response to a call via the 911 emergency services, by vehicle type and county in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10482/18]

Health Services Data

Catherine Murphy

165. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if, when a voluntary cardiac first responder group is dispatched to a cardiac arrest call following an emergency services call on the 911 system, the arrival of the initial voluntary first responder stops the clock as a response count per the HIQA response time requirements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10684/18]

Labour Activation Programmes Data

Catherine Murphy

243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of adult dependants on a social welfare labour activation scheme in each of the years 2010 to 2017, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10508/18]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

116. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of section 4 of the Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2003 applications for access to copies of personal data processed by An Garda Síochána in the past five years; the number of applications granted, part granted and refused respectively; the number of appeals processed for a refusal to release data; the number of cases that were appealed to the Data Protection Commissioner's office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10227/18]

Garda Data

Catherine Murphy

117. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of audits conducted by the Garda professional standards unit, GPSU, of the PULSE system and other data systems in the past three years and to date in 2018; the number of audits conducted by the GPSU regarding access by officers to case files and hard copy data files over the same period; if irregularities were identified; the number of officers that have been disciplined for non-business access to data systems electronic or hard copy during the same period by district and division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10232/18]

Irish Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

131. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the compensation payments made by the Irish Prison Service to prison officers, other prison staff and members of the public in 2016 and 2017, by year, amount paid and the general nature of claim made for the payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10394/18]

JobPath Programme

Catherine Murphy

219. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of companies subcontracted by companies (details supplied) to provide information sessions to persons on the JobPath scheme network personnel; the expenditure to date on subcontracted work in the context of the delivery of JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10284/18]

Local Authority Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

226. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of single stage process projects below €2 million for the delivery of social housing units under way nationally by local authority and municipal district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10269/18]

Local Authority Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

227. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of four stage process projects for the delivery of social housing units under way nationally by local authority and municipal district; the stage each project is at; the names and locations of each site in the four stage process stream of projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10271/18]

Planning Guidelines

Catherine Murphy

228. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of information sessions for local authorities and approved housing bodies on the principles and requirements arising from the quality housing for sustainable communities and the design manual for urban roads and streets that were held in the context of standards and oversight in 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10276/18]

Local Authority Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

233. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if caps are placed on budgets for four stage process projects to deliver social housing units; the way in which funding is released or withheld in the context of projects in the four stage process; the way in which a budget is set for projects that are one bedroom apartment units contained within a subdivided structure, terraced housing and multi bedroom apartment units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10333/18]

Public Services Card

Catherine Murphy

210. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the expanded use of the public services card; the services that will require presentation of the card to access State services and products in each of the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9456/18]

Proposed Legislation

Catherine Murphy

340. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 30 January 2018, if he has read the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality; the status of the preparation of a new Communications (Retention of Data) Bill; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9900/18]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Murphy

444. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to situations whereby front-line health workers trying to access the shorter working year scheme are being declined (details supplied); the number of front-line workers that have successfully availed of the scheme in the past five years in its current and former form, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9591/18]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Murphy

452. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby persons working in front-line health care trying to access the shorter working year scheme are being declined (details supplied); the number of front-line staff that have successfully availed of the scheme in the past five years. [9646/18]

Aquaculture Licence Applications Data

Catherine Murphy

534. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an environmental impact assessment has been conducted for a shellfish aquaculture licence here in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; if so, the relevant licences; if an appropriate assessment was or was not required in respect of those licences; the non-shellfish aquaculture licence applications since 1 January 2015 for which an environmental impact statement was required to be submitted and for which an environmental impact assessment was conducted; the number of aquaculture licence applications received; the number of licences and renewals granted respectively since 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9315/18]

Aquaculture Licence Applications Data

Catherine Murphy

535. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture installations operating in Lough Foyle; the number of these that are licensed by the State or by authorities in Northern Ireland respectively; the aquaculture installations in Lough Foyle for which an appropriate assessment has been undertaken by authorities here; the actions being taken to deal with unlicensed operations; the State's position regarding the tabling of the sensitive issue of Lough Foyle in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9316/18]

Aquaculture Licence Data

Catherine Murphy

536. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture installations operating in Lough Swilly; the number of these which are licensed here; the aquaculture installations in Lough Swilly for which an appropriate assessment has been undertaken by the authorities; the actions being taken to deal with unlicensed operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9317/18]

Driver Licence Renewals

Catherine Murphy

636. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a current and valid driver licence is an acceptable form of identification to obtain a new and or replacement and or renewal driver licence; if the public services card is the only acceptable form of identification to obtain a new and or a replacement and or renewal driver licence; his plans to amend the forms of identification that are accepted when applying for a new, replacement and or renewal driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9781/18]

Public Services Card

Catherine Murphy

689. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the forms of photographic identification a person can use to obtain a public services card. [9782/18]

Departmental Functions

Catherine Murphy

95. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the delay in issuing P60s to teachers in view of the fact that P60s must be issued within six weeks of the end of the year and that the deadline for 2017 was 15 February 2018; if P60s are being issued on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9218/18]

Alcohol Sales

Catherine Murphy

117. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full and part public alcohol licences issued to private members' clubs in the past three years; the establishments (details supplied) in receipt of a licence to sell alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9231/18]

Medical Card Administration

Catherine Murphy

154. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to include persons with Crohn's disease as part of the next review of the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9221/18]

Afforestation Programme

Catherine Murphy

159. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation applications that relate to planted areas of 50 hectares or more and fewer than 50 hectares, respectively; the number of screenings for environmental impact assessments that have been carried out; the number of actual environmental impact assessments that have been carried out; the applications by identification number for which an environmental impact assessment was carried out; the identification number for applications for which appropriate assessment was carried out; the number of hectares planted under the programme for broadleaf species, afforestation of non-broadleaf species and reafforestation of non-broadleaf species, in each year since the introduction of the new forestry programme 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9053/18]

Sports Funding

Catherine Murphy

191. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the private members sports clubs that have received funding in the past 20 years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9232/18]

General Data Protection Regulation Implementation

Catherine Murphy

115. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the preparedness of An Garda Síochána in the context of the incoming General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679; if civilian staff and Garda officers have undertaken or been offered specific training and-or briefing on GDPR; the number of data protection officers, DPOs, who will be appointed within An Garda Síochána; if there will be a monetary allowance attached to the newly assigned role of DPO; if An Garda Síochána has undertaken a survey and-or review of all of its databases; if risks were identified; if so, the nature of the risks identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8873/18]

Vehicle Registration Data

Catherine Murphy

150. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount collected in vehicle registration tax, value added tax and customs duty for vehicles imported from outside the European Union in 2015, 2016 and 2017, by year and vehicle category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8521/18]

National Educational Psychological Service Data

Catherine Murphy

170. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational psychologists; the number of vacancies that are unfilled by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8106/18]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Catherine Murphy

293. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons supported by the fair deal scheme and residing in a nursing home by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8103/18]

Mental Health Services Data

Catherine Murphy

294. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, hours of service available by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8107/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Catherine Murphy

296. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if Versatis patches will be reinstated to the drugs payment and medical card schemes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8126/18]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

508. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the job descriptions and role profiles of staff across her Department; the sections of her Department those staff are working in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8294/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Catherine Murphy

531. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of adult dependants in receipt of a social welfare payment by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8109/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Catherine Murphy

532. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of adult dependants on a social welfare labour activation scheme by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8110/18]

State Pensions

Catherine Murphy

539. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 8 February 2018, the way in which a farmer's spouse is entitled to a State pension in the context of being in an informal partnership; if the direction to issue this entitlement is a result of a European Union directive; the level of engagement her Department had with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the matter; if other sectors can avail of the arrangement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8262/18]

Local Authority Housing Mortgages

Catherine Murphy

587. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the arrangements that were made with banks to provide letters of refusal in the context of the new local authority mortgage scheme; the options available in cases in which refusals are occurring but the banks or building societies will not provide a letter to this effect; if this situation was anticipated; if discussions were held with the lending institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8080/18]

Water Meters Data

Catherine Murphy

598. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if new build commercial and residential structures are supplied with a water meter; the body responsible for its installation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8211/18]

National Educational Psychological Service Data

Catherine Murphy

124. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational psychologists in posts, by county, in tabular form; the number of vacancies that are unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7974/18]

Educational Supports

Catherine Murphy

138. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to support children who are attending primary and secondary schools and are identified as homeless; the supports offered to these children; the way in which these are logged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7964/18]

Educational Supports

Catherine Murphy

139. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an individual learning plan strategy to support children who are attending primary and secondary schools and identifying as homeless has been implemented; the supports offered to children; the way in which these are logged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7965/18]

Schools Building Projects Data

Catherine Murphy

140. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the programme for capital expenditure in 2018 and 2019 in the context of all schools building projects in north County Kildare; the timeframe for the progression of projects; the status and-or the stage of the process schools are at; the level of progression in projects, by school, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7969/18]

Garda Data

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Kildare by division, district and rank; the number of Garda vehicles based full-time in County Kildare, by vehicle type, division and-or district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7943/18]

Garda Deployment

Catherine Murphy

170. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile liaison officers allocated to County Kildare by district and-or division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7973/18]

Garda Deployment

Catherine Murphy

171. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of junior liaison officers assigned by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8037/18]

Garda Data

Catherine Murphy

172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of newly qualified trainee gardaí assigned by county in each of the years from 2010 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8038/18]

Garda Retirements

Catherine Murphy

173. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired gardaí and the rank of each who retired in each of the years 2010 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8039/18]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration

Catherine Murphy

214. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the home is designated as a second home for the purposes of fair deal funding in circumstances in which persons who reside in a nursing home and are supported by the fair deal scheme in which their family home is assessed as a second home for insurance purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7917/18]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data

Catherine Murphy

217. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons residing in nursing homes who are supported by the fair deal scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7963/18]

Mental Health Services Data

Catherine Murphy

219. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS hours of service available by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7975/18]

Home Care Packages Data

Catherine Murphy

220. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of health care hours allocated to support home care of elderly persons or persons with a disability by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7976/18]

Waste Data

Catherine Murphy

244. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the compensation that is paid to local authorities for road and road safety improvements as a consequence of the limited number of waste facilities declining and in view of the fact that all but one are in Leinster; the way in which it is calculated and apportioned; if waste regions are penalised for not providing for waste within that region; his views on whether the pattern of movement to landfill and incinerator methods is sustainable; if not, the alternative proposals for residual waste and bottom ash; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7928/18]

Waste Management

Catherine Murphy

247. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the available capacity in landfills (details supplied); the annual licence limit in each; the year in which each is due to close; if extensions are envisaged on these; if so, the planning or licence status; if there is a transition shortfall expected between available space and quantity of waste; if so, when that is expected to occur; the contingency expected; the estimated under-capacity by waste region that each waste region is planning to meet its obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8019/18]

Hazardous Waste Sites

Catherine Murphy

248. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the site selection process that followed plans (details supplied); the locations deemed to be optimum; the risk assessments that were carried out for transportation of hazardous waste within the jurisdiction; the locations progressed for the provision of a hazardous waste facility; the reason they did not proceed; if the three waste regions are required to provide for this waste; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8020/18]

Youth Services

Catherine Murphy

279. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase capacity in the local intervention schemes to engage hard-to-reach young persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8041/18]

Social Workers Register

Catherine Murphy

280. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers employed by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8042/18]

Social Welfare Benefits Data

Catherine Murphy

295. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of adult dependants in receipt of a social welfare claim by county, in tabular form across all live register schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7970/18]

Waste Management Regulations

Catherine Murphy

86. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the cost of road impact and other impacts locally are factored into a company's licence in the context of licensing for landfills; if the amount and-or sum due for the provision of road impact is paid to the local authority; the amount by percentage that is factored into the cost of the licence for road and-or other impacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7247/18]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

92. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; and if staff in his Department have undertaken or been offered specific training and-or briefing in respect of the GDPR. [7653/18]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

94. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his Department have undertaken or been offered specific training and-or briefing in respect of the GDPR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7643/18]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

98. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his Department have undertaken or been offered specific training and-or briefing in respect of the GDPR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7647/18]