Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Naval Service

Catherine Murphy

486. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if funding will be secured for the 20 mm secondary gun replacement on each Naval Service ship. [15279/20]

Defence Forces Equipment

Catherine Murphy

487. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if funding for the upgrade of explosive ordnance disposal robots will be provided. [15280/20]

Defence Forces Properties

Catherine Murphy

488. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence when construction works will commence on a new headquarter block for the Army Ranger Wing at the Defence Forces training centre; and the timeframe for the completion of this project. [15281/20]

Teacher Training

Catherine Murphy

597. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring grants for student teachers' attendance at mandatory Gaeltacht courses. [15267/20]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Catherine Murphy

598. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teachers required to reduce average size class at primary level from 24.3 pupils to 23.4. [15268/20]

Carer's Support Grant

Catherine Murphy

715. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a respite payment will be made to a person (details supplied); if the amount will be paid in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14949/20]

Departmental Functions

Catherine Murphy

822. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to re-establish an investigations division in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15086/20]

Prisoner Complaints Procedures

Catherine Murphy

910. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of category B, C, D and E complaints made by prisoners in 2019 and to date in 2020; the details of the outcomes upheld, not upheld, not proven, terminated, incomplete or withdrawn; the length of time it took to complete and communicate the outcomes of complaints to prisoners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14826/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

911. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the number of public health passenger locater forms issued and processed by her officials during their tenure of the collection of same on a temporary administrative basis on behalf of the health authorities will be provided; the number of follow-up checks conducted on persons that submitted forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14856/20]

Garda Data

Catherine Murphy

929. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and motorcycles attached to each roads policing unit as of 1 July 2019 and 1 July 2020, in tabular form. [15273/20]

Garda Stations

Catherine Murphy

930. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cells in each Garda station in Dublin as of 3 July 2020. [15275/20]

Garda Data

Catherine Murphy

931. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of cash seized by An Garda Síochána under proceeds of crime legislation returned to the Exchequer in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [15276/20]

Garda Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

932. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding provided for the building programme of An Garda Síochána under the 2016-2021 capital plan; and the amount spend in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [15278/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

1027. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the authority responsible for the collection of public health passenger locator forms in view of the agreement with the Department of Justice and Equality on a temporary administrative basis to undertake same on behalf of the health authorities, an arrangement that ceased at the end of June 2020; the number of staff assigned to it; the way in which the handover was conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14855/20]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

1125. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants by specialist posts that are vacant in each hospital that is part of Dublin Midlands hospital group as of 1 July 2020; the length of time each post has been vacant; and the position regarding the filling of each post. [15270/20]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Murphy

1126. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant cardiologist at Naas General Hospital; and the average waiting time to see the consultant. [15271/20]

Hospital Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

1127. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year current and capital costs of extending the period the sleep clinic is available at Naas General Hospital from half a day per month to two full days per month. [15272/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

18. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the business supports available that are specific to the taxi and small private bus hire sector in the context of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13849/20]

Football Association of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

107. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to meet an association (details supplied) in respect of ongoing governance issues and the referral of a report to An Garda Síochána and the ODCE. [14099/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

108. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the tourism and hospitality sector in the context of Covid-19 [14100/20]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Catherine Murphy

156. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the rate of VRT due on vehicles that are being purchased for use as a taxi and or private limousine service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13848/20]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

536. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which a project (details supplied) links in with the national broadband plan; her plans to expand the project to other locations outside of the five chosen as bases to deploy the scheme; the way in which the five bases were selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13963/20]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

537. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the costs incurred to date with a project (details supplied); if she consulted with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13964/20]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

538. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the duration of the contract with a supplier (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13965/20]

Bord na gCon

Catherine Murphy

560. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an itemised schedule including headings of grants and or funding provided to the Irish Greyhound Board in 2019 and 2020 will be provided; the way in which funding is released to the board; the measures in place to ensure funding is used correctly; and the terms and conditions attached to the funding. [14088/20]

Ministerial Correspondence

Catherine Murphy

561. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 925 of 5 March 2020, the number of investigative officials in his Department in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the locations of the office of each; the number of investigations carried out in each of the years; the number that were successfully prosecuted; the number that failed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14209/20]

Assisted Decision-Making

Catherine Murphy

633. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the decision support service in the context of wards of court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14267/20]

National Children's Hospital

Catherine Murphy

681. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the date on which construction will commence at the national children’s hospital; the reason for the delay in the recommencement of construction activity on site; the cost of the closure of the site due to Covid-19; if there are penalties in the context of costs accruing as a result of closure of the site; the reason for the continued closure of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13816/20]

Healthcare Policy

Catherine Murphy

737. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of his implementation of all aspects of the Sláintecare plan. [14101/20]

Health Services Reform

Catherine Murphy

738. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to continue with the regionalisation of the HSE into separate health boards. [14102/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

811. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of investigations being conducted by the HSE regarding Covid-19 related deaths in nursing homes: the locations of the nursing homes that are being examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14283/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

812. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to conduct an investigation of Covid-19 related deaths at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14284/20]

Cabinet Committees

Catherine Murphy

3. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee F (National Security) has met to date in 2020; and when the committee will next meet. [13138/20]

Defence Forces Training

Catherine Murphy

8. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the estimated cost of a new electric target range at the Defence Forces training centre; and when the works will be completed. [13139/20]

Air Corps

Catherine Murphy

9. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of pilot and air traffic controller posts that are vacant in the Air Corps; and the steps being taken to fill these posts. [13140/20]

Wage Subsidy Scheme

Catherine Murphy

35. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if an employer is obliged to top-up a wage if it is accessing the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to construction companies accessing the scheme and failing to top-up the wages of their staff; if his officials and or the Revenue Commissioners engaged regarding the Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2019 in the context of establishing the scheme and rolling it out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12802/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

54. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the supports and or tax credit support PAYE workers can avail of as a result of having to use their primary residence as a workplace during Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13207/20]

Brexit Preparations

Catherine Murphy

97. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the construction of infrastructure projects the OPW is carrying out and-or has appointed a contractor for in respect of Brexit at each seaport and airport; when each construction project will be completed; the cost of same; and the projects that are the subject of conciliation. [13141/20]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

98. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review and update the terms of a licence regarding accommodation between the OPW and the Bar Council at the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13214/20]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

99. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a full schedule of rental accommodation and or office locations and fees received by the OPW from the Bar Council for the past five years to date will be provided. [13215/20]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

118. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that require temporary accommodation for September 2020; the number finding it difficult to find suitable accommodation; the number at primary and post-primary level and by patronage; the number that have confirmed availability of temporary accommodation units in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12750/20]

Special Educational Needs

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if children with Down's syndrome, autism and other disabilities that are finishing sixth class in June 2020, will be included in the July provision in advance of going on to secondary school in September 2020; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12968/20]

Special Educational Needs

Catherine Murphy

157. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the restrictions being put on July provision in terms of disabilities or DEIS as opposed to non-DEIS schools; the reason schools were not given guidance; if that impacted on the number of schools providing provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12986/20]

Special Educational Needs

Catherine Murphy

158. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools taking up the July provision in 2020; the number of pupils involved; the number of pupils in a home setting as opposed to a school setting; the number that were provided with the July provision in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12987/20]

Special Educational Needs

Catherine Murphy

159. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specific guidance she has given directly to schools on the 2020 July provision; if none has been provided, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12988/20]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

181. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the new major refurbishment or construction of new schools that have commenced in County Kildare; the date on which each construction project will be completed; and the school construction projects nationally that are the subject of conciliation in tabular form. [13133/20]

Football Association of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

295. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in 2020 regarding issuing funding to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12993/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

300. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources she has made available regarding the enforcement of the terms and conditions attached to the locator form; the procedures in place to track and engage with persons that are non-compliant; if gardaí have arresting and or supervisory powers in relation to the locator form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13097/20]

Garda Transport Provision

Catherine Murphy

301. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a contract has recently been put out for tender for the supply of new motorbikes for the Garda fleet; and if so, when she expects the new motorbikes to come into the fleet. [13145/20]

Garda Transport Provision

Catherine Murphy

302. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided to purchase extra Garda public order unit vans; and if so, when those vans will come into the fleet in addition to the 15 new Garda public order unit vans that came into the fleet in 2019 and 2020. [13146/20]