Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Policies

Paul Murphy

6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [12795/22]

Economic Policy

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update the national reform programme for 2022. [11774/22]

Civil Service

Paul Murphy

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Civil Service management board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, will next meet. [11773/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the German Chancellor. [12793/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

19. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [12794/22]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

168. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 17 February 2022, the reason that the option of running route A down Camden Street, Dublin was deemed better by the NTA; and the further reason the NTA took a decision on route A in 2019 prior to the completion of the public consultation process (details supplied) given the final phase of BusConnects was in December 2020. [12350/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Paul Murphy

371. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons are still being referred to JobPath. [13014/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Paul Murphy

372. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is engaging with JobPath is obliged to sign a personal progression plan; and if they refuse to do so, if they can face sanctions. [13015/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Murphy

373. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who is on jobseeker’s benefit who is engaged in a Springboard course can be obliged to take up a job opportunity which they feel is not relevant to their career path; and if they can they face sanctions for not doing so. [13016/22]

Patient Files

Paul Murphy

474. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide further details regarding the timeline surrounding in relation to an informed consent model of care (details supplied) given it is currently under consideration by HIQA in draft form. [12338/22]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Murphy

719. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 23 February 2022 and in view of the fact that the HSE has responded to say that, the question does not fall under the remit of the HSE but rather the Office of the Chief Medical Officer in his Department (details supplied), if he will now detail the actions his Department has taken to ascertain the number of persons that are dealing with pandemrix-related narcolepsy in Ireland. [13077/22]

Departmental Bodies

Paul Murphy

2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [7691/22]

Departmental Functions

Paul Murphy

14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [11435/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

24. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the One Ocean Summit. [11436/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Paul Murphy

10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, an agency under the aegis of his Department. [11434/22]

Departmental Programmes

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [7690/22]

Departmental Data

Paul Murphy

77. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the public finances of renting and leasing buildings from private property owners in total and broken down by Department or State agency over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11496/22]

Semi-State Bodies

Paul Murphy

79. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that outstanding increases to pensions for semi-State workers are being authorised and paid over to pensioners by all Departments and State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11498/22]

Public Sector Pay

Paul Murphy

80. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered revisiting the current public sector pay agreement before the expiration at the end of 2022 considering the real difficulties faced by low and middle income workers in the view of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11497/22]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Paul Murphy

111. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the impact on public finances of the of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the likelihood that that impact will grow ever greater over future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11495/22]

Traffic Management

Paul Murphy

194. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider a ban on horsedrawn carriages in Irish cities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10855/22]

Credit Unions

Paul Murphy

248. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by the Irish League of Credit Unions which is calling for his Department to make the necessary regulatory changes to enable credit unions to significantly increase their footprint in the mortgage market and honour the commitment in the Programme for Government for credit unions to become a key provider of community banking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10934/22]

National Cultural Institutions

Paul Murphy

334. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the demonstration (details supplied) to demand that the contract between The National Gallery and a company (details supplied) be revoked; his views on the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11610/22]

Foreign Policy

Paul Murphy

394. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10856/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Paul Murphy

430. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will establish guidelines in relation to the use of diplomatic bags; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11650/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Paul Murphy

431. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the breakdown of the total cost of sending and receiving diplomatic bags over the past five years with individual costs associated with each expedition laid out (details supplied). [11651/22]

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

436. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 22 February 2022, the steps that his Department has taken to ensure that persons can come to Ireland from Ukraine in the quickest way possible given the current urgency of the situation. [11740/22]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Murphy

623. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when those in the 12 to 15 years of age cohort who received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine over three months ago will be given access to booster vaccines [10883/22]

Medical Register

Paul Murphy

643. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to register with the Medical Council Ireland; and if the application will be expedited urgently in order that they can work in the health service in Dublin. [10935/22]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

824. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 932 of 15 February 2022, if he will provide specific details regarding each of the racing fatalities at tracks in 2021; if any were caused by broken necks and or heart attacks; and if he will provide full details of the post-mortem results and the locations at which the related dogs died. [10853/22]

Energy Prices

Paul Murphy

160. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the proposed energy grant will be reviewed in light of ongoing inflation in energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10280/22]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [9709/22]

Good Friday Agreement

Paul Murphy

24. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the shared island unit will hold its next dialogue. [9710/22]

National Broadband Plan

Paul Murphy

72. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has costings or projected figures for the additional cost of the National Broadband Plan as a result of the poor infrastructure of the existing network (details supplied); if additional costs attributable to this will be met solely by the State or the winning tenderer for the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10359/22]

Departmental Data

Paul Murphy

197. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department has taken to ascertain the number of persons that are dealing with a vaccine (details supplied) related narcolepsy in Ireland. [10141/22]

Census of Population

Paul Murphy

2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plans of the CSO for census 2022. [6397/22]

Tax Yield

Paul Murphy

219. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue raised by VAT, by quarter, in each of the years 2015 to 2021. [9108/22]

Tax Yield

Paul Murphy

220. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue raised from excise duty on energy products and electricity, by quarter, in each of the years 2015 to 2021. [9109/22]

Tax Yield

Paul Murphy

221. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue raised from VAT on energy products and electricity, by quarter, in each of the years 2015 to 2021. [9110/22]

Tax Yield

Paul Murphy

222. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue raised from the carbon tax, by quarter, in each of the years 2010 to 2021. [9111/22]

School Inspections

Paul Murphy

488. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there has still been no contact made between staff and the external support in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will take action to ensure that the recommendations from the whole school evaluation are implemented urgently. [9874/22]

Social Welfare Rates

Paul Murphy

548. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the increasing number of older persons falling into poverty as a direct result of the cost of living increases; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact the value of the €5 increase agreed for the State pension in Budget 2022 has already essentially been wiped out with the rise in carbon taxes, fuel costs and cost of living; if she will commit to a secured annual increase in the State pension to address the increasing cost of living for those in receipt of the pension given that almost 70% of persons reliant on the State pension did not qualify for the extension of the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9846/22]

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

637. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the two-month visa process in relation to vulnerable Ukrainian family members of Irish citizens to travel to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9301/22]

Departmental Inquiries

Paul Murphy

716. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent revelation in the media (details supplied) that a critical peer review by a person of a key section of the Askeaton Inquiry Report was not published at the time of the report in 2001; if an inquiry will be conducted into the reason this happened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9258/22]

Disease Management

Paul Murphy

724. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for improving podiatry services for persons in south-west Dublin and nationally in relation to the HSE model of care for the diabetic foot (details supplied). [9293/22]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

784. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans for dedicated Huntington's disease clinics, staffing and funding; if he will establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the integrated care programme ensuring that the work is completed within the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9551/22]

Legislative Measures

Paul Murphy

83. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider changing the law to make the expression of non-violent protest a defence against a charge of criminal damage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8734/22]

Immigration Policy

Paul Murphy

101. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants scheme to ensure those who are unsuccessful in their application to the scheme will not suffer targeting and deportation as a result of their attempt to become documented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8732/22]

Judicial Council

Paul Murphy

135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the steps that will be taken to put protections in place for persons who are engaged in the legal system from possible harassment and abusive behaviour by judges. [8733/22]

Immigration Policy

Paul Murphy

155. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants' scheme for undocumented persons to reduce the €850 application fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8731/22]