Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Garda Training

Catherine Murphy

303. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when each specialist training course held at either Garda headquarters or the Garda training college will resume. [13147/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

306. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has engaged with the Minster for Health and the Garda Commissioner in respect of the use of a locator form for persons entering the State; the resources she has made available regarding the enforcement of the terms and conditions attached to the locator form; if she has consulted with the Garda Commissioner in this regard; the procedures in place to track and engage with persons that are non-compliant; if she has engaged with the Minister for Health and the Garda Commissioner in this regard; if gardaí have arresting and or supervisory powers in relation to the locator form; if not, her plans to introduce them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13198/20]

Prisoner Complaints Procedures

Catherine Murphy

314. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the introduction and implementation of the new Prison Service complaints policy; if she will provide same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13323/20]

Prisoner Complaints Procedures

Catherine Murphy

315. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for extending the remit of the Office of the Ombudsman to include prisoner complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13324/20]

Prisoner Complaints Procedures

Catherine Murphy

316. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of category A serious 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in 2019 and to date in 2020; the details of the outcomes upheld, not upheld, not proven, terminated, incomplete or withdrawn; the length of time it took to complete and communicate the outcomes of complaints to prisoners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13325/20]

Prisoner Complaints Procedures

Catherine Murphy

317. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of 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in 2019 and to date in 2020; the details of the outcomes upheld, not upheld, not proven, terminated, incomplete or withdrawn; and the length of time it took to complete and communicate the outcomes of complaints to prisoners. [13326/20]

Prisoner Complaints Procedures

Catherine Murphy

318. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made by prisoner officers against prisoners and persons on remand in 2019 and to date in 2020; the details of the outcomes upheld, not upheld, not proven, terminated, incomplete or withdrawn; and the length of time it took to complete and communicate the outcomes of complaints to prisoner officers. [13327/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

353. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a health and safety liability to employers arises in instances in which it has instructed staff to work from home only during Covid-19 restrictions [13208/20]

Respite Care Services

Catherine Murphy

437. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if new initiatives have been provided with respect to respite care in the context of Covid-19 in view of the loss of school time which provided a type of respite for full-time carers of children with disabilities; if he has considered initiatives with the Minister for Education and Skills; if so, the initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12990/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

459. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the protocols in place in the event of the categories of passengers that on arrival at air or sea ports are required to fill in a form and self-isolate for two weeks having a return ticket within those two weeks; if the return date on the ticket will be automatically checked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13095/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

460. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the resources he 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [13096/20]

Mental Health Services

Catherine Murphy

470. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in June 2018, 2019 and 2020 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Kildare by area; and the positions recruited since January 2020 in County Kildare in these sectors. [13134/20]

Health Services Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

471. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on the new National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire; and if this project is the subject of conciliation between parties. [13135/20]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Catherine Murphy

472. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of child and adolescent mental health teams to 88. [13136/20]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

473. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be provided for the recruitment of a consultant anaesthesiologist with a special interest in paediatric complex pain management in Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin and Temple Street; and when this post will be filled. [13137/20]

Forestry Data

Catherine Murphy

596. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commercial forests, woodlands and parklands under the operation of Coillte nationwide by location; the locations accessible by entry fees only; the revenue raised by entrance fees in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13236/20]

Forestry Data

Catherine Murphy

597. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the revenue raised by entrance fees to Donadea forest park in the past two years to date; the reason for entry fees to some management land maintained by Coillte and not others; the use made of revenue raised from entry fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13237/20]

Football Association of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

685. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings and or telephone and or video calls he or the Minister of State with special responsibility for Sport has had with Sport Ireland in the past six months to date regarding an organisation (details supplied); the number of meetings and or telephone or video calls they have had with the organisation in the past six months to date regarding governance and resuming funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12992/20]

Sport Ireland

Catherine Murphy

692. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has allocated €70 million to Sport Ireland to distribute to national governing bodies and sports initiatives; the way in which it will access the funds; if the fund is to be drawn down by increments or in one lump sum; the date on which it will have access to the funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13032/20]

Football Association of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

693. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an organisation (details supplied) will have access to a portion of the recent €70 million fund for sports he announced on 19 June 2020; if all outstanding issues have been sufficiently addressed in order for it to receive public funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13033/20]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

702. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the time frame by route for the roll out of a 24-hour bus services in Dublin. [13143/20]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

703. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the income received by Iarnród Éireann from advertising in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [13144/20]

Job Losses

Catherine Murphy

796. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has been notified of the possible loss of jobs at an airline (details supplied); the engagement she has had with the airline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13173/20]

Household Benefits Scheme

Catherine Murphy

836. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the electricity or gas allowance from €35 per month to €42 per month under the household benefits package. [13142/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

45. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if an organisation and-or State body under the aegis of each Department availed of the Revenue Commissioners’ Covid-19 wage subsidy; if so, the number of staff in each body that took up the scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11799/20]

Mortgage Lending

Catherine Murphy

57. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have engaged with mortgage lenders in the context of the practice of reassessing applicants of mortgages that have availed of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12003/20]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

221. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school (details supplied); if the contract has been terminated; if so, the circumstances that brought this about; the person or body that owns the temporary school; if it will be available for September 2020; the value of the new school contract; the amount paid to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12309/20]

Football Association of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

235. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he and-or SOLAS restored funding to an association (details supplied) in 2020 in respect of the programmes supported in previous years; if so, the amount granted; the purpose it will be used for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12442/20]

Bord na gCon

Catherine Murphy

582. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Irish Greyhound Board was permitted to draw down the majority of its allocated funding so soon into the financial year; if the board has requested further funding and-or returned funding to his Department in view of the suspension of the racing season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11724/20]

Bord na gCon

Catherine Murphy

597. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates and amount of grants and or funding released to the Irish Greyhound Board in the past 20 years to date in 2020. [12117/20]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Catherine Murphy

620. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the distribution by local enterprise office, LEO, of the way in which the additional online trading voucher funding was distributed: if his attention has been drawn to the fact the additional funding does not meet the demand in some LEOs; his plans to bolster the fund for 2021 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11711/20]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

784. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a consolidated list will be provided of the original broadband connection points, BCPs; the sites that have either declined or withdrawn from the plan to roll out BCPs in tabular form; the reason cited for the withdrawal of the premises from the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

41. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to reviewing wage subsidies for casual staff in view of the fact that longer operating hours are now required and that wage subsidies should be proportionate to new working hours as opposed to looking at pre-Covid-19 payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10589/20]

Help-To-Buy Scheme

Catherine Murphy

70. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend to first-time buyers the incentives and assistance to persons seeking to purchase a home that is not a new build; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10763/20]

Banking Sector

Catherine Murphy

128. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will engage with a bank (details supplied) in respect of persons who availed of a three-month mortgage break who are now being charged fees of over €1,000 in view of the 75% stake in the bank of the State; if he will address this issue with other banks the State has a shareholding in which are charging customers for the three-month break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11485/20]

National Advocacy Service

Catherine Murphy

341. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to refer Magdalen survivors living at a location (details supplied) to the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities; the degree of engagement his Department has had with the service and the nursing home in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10881/20]

National Advocacy Service

Catherine Murphy

342. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons referred to the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities by his Department who were and are in the care of a religious order in the past 20 years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10882/20]

Garda Deployment

Catherine Murphy

345. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the stations newly attested gardaí were assigned to in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10924/20]

Garda Deployment

Catherine Murphy

346. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the stations probationer gardaí were assigned to as part of their phased training in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10925/20]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Murphy

347. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason deaths in direct provision centres stopped being notified in 2017; if his Department is notified of such deaths; if so, if deaths have occurred since then; if so, the number and location of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10931/20]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

363. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his officials have engaged with the Dublin Airport Authority and-or the Health and Safety Authority in respect of an incident (details supplied) that occurred in a Dublin Airport detention room in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11164/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

409. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if business support policies will be reviewed to provide greater help to microbusinesses that contribute to the national economy on a smaller scale but to the local community on a bigger scale than many other businesses; if she will give further consideration to offering more direct grants for businesses to stay afloat until the end of the Covid-19 emergency as opposed to grants for hiring business consultants; if she will give consideration to offering restart grants to cover the additional costs for trading during the Covid-19 emergency, such as PPE, sanitiser and screens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10589/20]

Health and Safety Authority

Catherine Murphy

430. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the Health and Safety Authority has inspected and reported on an incident (details supplied) that occurred in a Dublin Airport detention room in November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11162/20]

Poultry Industry

Catherine Murphy

749. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered poultry premises here as of 1 June 2020; the number of premises issued with closure orders as a result of non-compliance with registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11034/20]

Poultry Industry

Catherine Murphy

750. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of reports made to his Department in respect of possible non-compliance with poultry premises registration to date in 2020, by county; if the premises were in a commercial or residential setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11035/20]

Poultry Industry

Catherine Murphy

751. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of outbreaks of avian flu detected at poultry premises in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11036/20]

Animal Diseases

Catherine Murphy

752. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls received on the avian flu hotline in the past two years to date; the number of calls received by the out of office hours line in the past two years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11037/20]

Equine Industry

Catherine Murphy

754. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an advertisement for a horse abattoir (details supplied); if his officials have made an inspection of the premises; the number of horse only abattoirs here; if it is within the terms of a licence to destroy and-or put down a horse due to inability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11063/20]

Sports Organisations

Catherine Murphy

838. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes and-or amendments made to the memorandum of understanding with an association (details supplied) in respect of reform and grant conditions of the association; the way in which approval is sought to make amendments to the memorandum; the amount of funding granted to the association in 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10841/20]

Parking Regulations

Catherine Murphy

839. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review and-or expand the medical eligibility criteria for parking permits or cards for disabled persons with the aim to accommodate those with an intellectual disability or developmental disorder, that on foot of an occupational therapy or general practitioner report are identified as persons who for safety reasons would benefit from disabled parking bays closer to shops and services. [10844/20]