Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Catherine Murphy

221. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which, and-or the method that will be used, to calculate earnings in order to apply the pandemic unemployment payment to persons in view of the change in rates and tiers to the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19338/20]

Ministerial Advisers

Catherine Murphy

67. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of special advisers working in his Department, including a breakdown of those assigned to the offices of the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in his role as leader of the Green Party; the roles, responsibilities and salary scale of each. [18843/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

68. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the timeline, stages and deadline here for the development of the national recovery plan and associated application for grant funding under the EU recovery and resilience facility; and the proportion of such funding that will be used to support public expenditure on public employment, public services, capital projects and national infrastructure. [18874/20]

Ministerial Advisers

Catherine Murphy

70. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of all special advisers working in his Department; and the role, responsibilities and salary scale of each. [18845/20]

Ministerial Advisers

Catherine Murphy

84. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a schedule of all special advisers working in his Department; and the roles and responsibilities and salary scale of each. [18844/20]

Electric Vehicles

Catherine Murphy

110. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of providing 785 extra electric car charging points nationally. [18456/20]

Driver Test

Catherine Murphy

138. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce mandatory testing of learner drivers competency on a more frequent timeline than is currently in place; if he has engaged with the Road Safety Authority in relation to the number of learner permits a person may avail of over the course of their learning period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18108/20]

Driver Test

Catherine Murphy

139. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Road Safety Authority lodged submissions to him and or his predecessor in relation to reform of the learner driver licencing process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/20]

Road Safety

Catherine Murphy

168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost if the budget for Medical Bureau of Road Safety increased by 5%. [18457/20]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

169. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost in 2021 of providing 120 extra buses for the Dublin Bus fleet and 113 extra buses for the Bus Éireann fleet. [18458/20]

Football Association of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

178. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with Sport Ireland and or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the appointment of the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to a position within an organisation (details supplied); if so, the nature of the engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18650/20]

Football Association of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

179. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has reviewed the memorandum of understanding between her Department and an association (details supplied) in respect of organisational reform and restructuring in order to secure State funding; if he or his predecessor received contact and or correspondence requesting that the memorandum of understanding be amended or reviewed; the nature of the amendments requested and the persons that made them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18651/20]

Football Association of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

205. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes from July 2019 when the governance reforms endorsed by his Department and Sport Ireland were ratified by members of an association (details supplied) and January 2020 when additional reforms were requested; if he will provide a full schedule of correspondence and meetings regarding these requested changes; the persons that sanctioned them; the basis on which they were sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19052/20]

Travel Insurance

Catherine Murphy

216. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to instances of insurance companies refusing to issue travel insurance to persons who need to travel abroad for essential work purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18141/20]

Revenue Commissioners

Catherine Murphy

235. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized by the dog detector unit of the Revenue Commissioners from 1 October 2019 to date in 2020; the estimated value of narcotics, prescription drugs and tobacco products detected by the unit over the same time period; if food substances have been seized over the same time period; if the Revenue Commissioners plan to expand the unit; if so, if a business case has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18666/20]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

277. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the development of the Leeson Lane office building project has commenced; when the project will be completed; and the estimated cost of the project. [18460/20]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

278. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW plans to refurbish the Garda immigration facility at Dublin Port; if so, when such work will commence; and the estimated time frame of such works. [18461/20]

Football Association of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

279. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultations with and or if sanction was sought by the Secretary General of his Department to take up a board position at an association (details supplied); the procedures in place in his Department in respect of sanctioning voted expenditure to other Departments that can be distributed to other State agencies which is in turn granted to associations on which senior Government officials are board members of in order to satisfy clear and transparent governance status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18638/20]

Hare Coursing

Catherine Murphy

296. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the 22 conditions attached to the licensing of a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18323/20]

Hare Coursing

Catherine Murphy

297. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of breaches of the licensing agreement she has with a club (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; and the sanctions imposed on the club as a result of those breaches. [18324/20]

Hare Coursing

Catherine Murphy

298. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of registered owners who failed to give 14-days' notice in writing to a club (details supplied) of the date of death of their greyhound in the past five years to date; the sanctions imposed on these breeders for failure to comply; the number of greyhounds notified as deceased over the same time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18325/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Catherine Murphy

339. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the grounds on which planners can grant the certificate of exemption in relation to the exemptions to Part V requirements and section 97 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; if this is automatic; if there is discretion afforded to planning authorities; and if guidance has been issued to planning authorities on same. [18416/20]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Catherine Murphy

344. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures and assessment tools in place to assess whether housing authorities are meeting the objectives and goals set by guidelines (details supplied); the person or body that is measuring and assessing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18572/20]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Catherine Murphy

345. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if housing authorities are meeting set objectives (details supplied); if local domestic abuse services are being adequately resourced to meet the needs of domestic violence survivors with housing needs; his plans to increase resourcing in the area in view of an increase in demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18573/20]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Catherine Murphy

346. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if it is possible for all housing authorities to meet objectives that would require linking with local services as best practice in view of the fact that local services and refuge spaces are not available in each county and local authority; the guidelines that have been issued in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18574/20]

Domestic Violence Services

Catherine Murphy

347. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the proportion of allocations from approved housing bodies, AHBs, here that are provided for housing for domestic violence survivors, that is, the specific allocation (details supplied); and the number of families by county in the past four years in tabular form. [18575/20]

Domestic Violence Services

Catherine Murphy

348. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the support that has been given to approved housing bodies, AHBs, in relation to providing housing to domestic abuse survivors under the capital assistance scheme by county in the past four years in tabular form. [18576/20]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Catherine Murphy

349. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the Rebuilding Ireland: Policy and Procedural Guidance for Housing Authorities in Relation to Assisting Victims of Domestic Violence with Emergency and Long-term Accommodation Needs; (Circular 2/17) has considered the fact that it was reported in 2019 that the Child and Family Agency is applying a standard of one shelter space per 10,000 of the female population in view of the fact the Council of Europe has set the standard at one place per 7,500 of the population and one family place per 10,000 of the population; if there has been a review, assessment, monitoring or evaluation of Action No 1.8 of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, page 90; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/20]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Catherine Murphy

350. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the findings of the Tusla review or the Rebuilding Ireland action plan objective 1.8 found that Ireland does not have an adequate number of domestic violence refuge spaces as per the figures set by the Council of Europe; the way in which he plans to respond to this to ensure increased funding and capacity within the refuge system to ensure access across all counties for victims requiring urgent accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18578/20]

Human Rights

Catherine Murphy

365. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with his Chinese counterparts and their officials in respect of Uyghur Muslims; the nature, subject matter and frequency of the engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18128/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

373. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a definition will be set out for non-essential travel in view of genuine instances in which persons need to travel abroad for work and family reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18140/20]

Human Rights

Catherine Murphy

374. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of his most recent engagement with his counterparts in Bahrain; if he has discussed human rights conditions in Bahrain with them and or his European counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18197/20]

Schools of Music

Catherine Murphy

474. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost if the budget for Royal Irish Academy of Music increased by 5%. [18459/20]

Job Losses

Catherine Murphy

580. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of redundancies her Department has been notified of in each month to date in 2020; the number notified in each month of 2019; the number of companies involved; the sectors impacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18131/20]

Protected Disclosures

Catherine Murphy

643. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question 950 of 13 May 2020, the measures he undertook to address issues raised in the protected disclosure cases that were closed in 2016 and 2017; if no action was taken, the reasons the cases were closed; the timeline for the completion of the outstanding protected disclosures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18169/20]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

762. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons sanctioned by An Garda Síochána for driving on a road designated as a motorway while on a learner permit in the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18110/20]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

763. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons sanctioned by An Garda Síochána for driving on a public road while their full driver licence was endorsed and-or they were subject to a driving ban in the past five years to date. [18111/20]

Garda Equipment

Catherine Murphy

789. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to release additional funding for the issuing of mobile fingerprint devices to frontline gardaí. [18454/20]

Garda Data

Catherine Murphy

790. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Kildare that have taken basic or refresher public order training in each of the past three years; and the duration of each course. [18455/20]

EU Directives

Catherine Murphy

794. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to appeal a European Court of Justice ruling (details supplied) that she failed to transpose Directive 2015/849; the reason the Directive was not adopted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18570/20]

Disability Services Funding

Catherine Murphy

925. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which the funding for day services for a person (details supplied) is being spent; his plans to restore the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18129/20]

Community Care

Catherine Murphy

955. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of toddlers waiting to receive their two-year developmental check-up by a public health nurse by CHO region; if his attention has been drawn to significant delays in toddlers receiving the check-up. and his plans to address the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18251/20]

Health Screening Programmes

Catherine Murphy

987. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients screened as part of bowel screening in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [18462/20]

Health Screening Programmes

Catherine Murphy

988. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients screened as part of diabetic retina screening in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [18463/20]

Ministerial Advisers

Catherine Murphy

111. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests he has received for sanction of expenditure and or financial assistance for new advisers and special advisers for Ministers; the engagements he had in relation to the expansion of the Ministerial staff pool; the number of advisory staff he has appointed to his office since taking office including the pay scales; and if these persons were hired following a competitive interview process. [17817/20]

Foreign Policy

Catherine Murphy

147. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement he has had with Bahrain in the past two years; the nature of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17941/20]

Motor Tax

Catherine Murphy

87. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport transport the way in which persons who did not declare their car off the road in advance of travel restriction due to Covid-19 mitigation measures by the State may avail of a waiver of motor tax arrears; his plans to waive motor tax arrears as part of the phased reopening of the economy and society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17611/20]

Motor Tax

Catherine Murphy

88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount collected in motor tax from 1 March 2020 to 17 July 2020; the amount collected by category of vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17612/20]

State Examinations

Catherine Murphy

161. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in leaving certificate results being pushed out to September 2020; the provisions in place for third-level applications here and for students seeking to apply and begin courses abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17582/20]

Ministerial Advisers

Catherine Murphy

46. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the number of advisers and special advisers appointed by him since assuming office; the starting annual salary of each person appointed by him; if an open interview process was conducted for each appointee; the duration and terms of each contract issued to each adviser and special adviser; and if an advisory role has been split to facilitate job sharing in tabular form. [16570/20]