Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Medicinal Products

Catherine Murphy

585. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he has engaged with a person (details supplied) in respect of their request. [21224/23]

Parliamentary Questions

Catherine Murphy

607. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of parliamentary questions he received in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and number of those per year he has referred to the HSE for a direct answer. [21376/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

648. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if programme assistants in the Irish Wheelchair Association will receive the pandemic recognition payment. [21695/23]

Tax Yield

Catherine Murphy

151. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his plans to review in consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the yield from betting duty and betting intermediary duty is distributed and or used. [21026/23]

Tax Yield

Catherine Murphy

152. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the yield from traditional betting, betting duty and betting intermediary duty in each of the years 2018 to-date in 2023; and if he will clarify whether 68(1)(a) of the Finance Act is still applicable. [21027/23]

Tax Yield

Catherine Murphy

153. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the amount collected from all betting duties in the past five years to date in respect of interest is due on late payments of betting duty; the number of enforcements initiated by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the non-payment of duties and non-payment of interest due on late payments of duties over that same time period; and the number of those enforcements that have been settled to date. [21029/23]

Sports Funding

Catherine Murphy

175. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has or plans to engage with the Ministers for Finance and Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of accessing the revenues raised from the betting duty and betting intermediary duty for his use in the context of funding sport, sport Ireland, the sports capital grant scheme and the large-scale infrastructure scheme. [21028/23]

Foreign Birth Registration

Catherine Murphy

37. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of WTE staff by grade within his Department dealing with foreign birth registrations as of 25 April 2023; and the number of foreign birth registrations currently within his Department. [20502/23]

Air Corps

Catherine Murphy

64. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the runway at Baldonnel Aerodrome has the capacity to handle Airbus A380 types of aircraft. [20494/23]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

65. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Italian counterpart. [20495/23]

Dublin Bus

Catherine Murphy

92. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the top ten highest yield Dublin Bus routes in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [20505/23]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

93. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding provided in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to purchase extra LUAS carriages; and when these new carriages will come into operation, in tabular form. [20506/23]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

94. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the names of major international airlines and-or airline groups with whom he had bilateral meetings with senior officials in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [20507/23]

Legislative Programme

Catherine Murphy

95. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the Railway Safety (Amendment) Bill; and when this Bill will move to the next Stage. [20508/23]

Dublin Bus

Catherine Murphy

96. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the up-to-date position regarding the installation of the necessary technology to accept debit and credit cards for payment on the Dublin Bus fleet. [20509/23]

Tax Data

Catherine Murphy

111. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing stamp duty for first-time buyers of homes costing less than €425,000. [20510/23]

Tax Collection

Catherine Murphy

115. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 208 to 210, inclusive, of 25 April, if he will clarify with the Revenue Commissioners whether they are recovering amounts dating back to 2011 due to a rounding error in the amounts due versus the amounts collected in the context of the issuing of letters to persons liable for arrears. [20641/23]

National Lottery

Catherine Murphy

124. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has engaged with the operators of the national lottery or the regulator of the national lottery in the context of gambling addiction in the past five years to date. [20310/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

128. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the Garda stations within the Kildare division that were refurbished by the OPW in 2022 and to date in 2023; the nature of the refurbishment, in tabular form, that exceeded works costing €50,000 and above; and if each refurbishment project is still ongoing or completed. [20496/23]

Employment Rights

Catherine Murphy

136. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been contacted or engaged by a company (details supplied) in respect of job losses at the company; if so, the nature of those discussions; if he is satisfied that the company will comply with communication protocols in respect of redundancies and-or requests to take unpaid leave and-or any other steps deemed to be cost saving; and if he will clarify the obligation of a company to inform him of plans to implement a voluntary time off programme for staff and whether they are obliged to comply with the request. [20308/23]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

150. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update in respect of the accommodation brief for a building project (details supplied); if she will provide a further update in respect of the engagements an education and training board has had to date with the patron; and the date on which the project will commence. [20275/23]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

163. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update in respect of a site her Department owns and its intended use for a permanent building for a school (details supplied); if she will provide details of her engagements with the patron in respect of same; and the date on which the project will commence its stages to becoming a live project. [20394/23]

Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

207. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in instances in which his Department is funding the sale of the site back to a local authority for social housing, if he will outline the procedures that are in place to ensure there are no conflicts of interest in respect of the transaction; and if he will set out the due diligence his Department undertakes in respect of funding being released to local authorities for the purchase of lands that will be used for the construction of social housing. [20268/23]

Legal Aid

Catherine Murphy

268. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of criminal legal aid that has been paid out to solicitors in respect of their assignment to a client by the most paid (details supplied); and the amount paid to each of the top ten recipients in fees, by each solicitor and-or company name that received the fees in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [20249/23]

Legal Aid

Catherine Murphy

269. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown of the amounts paid to private practitioners by year in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form, indicating the amount paid to each of the top ten recipients of fees, by the practitioner name and fees in those years (details supplied). [20250/23]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

274. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a schedule of meetings he and his predecessors have had with the chief constable of the PSNI and ministerial equivalent in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 [20282/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

275. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of PSNI police officers seconded to An Garda Síochána in the past five years, to date; the number of Garda officers seconded to the PSNI in the same period; and if he will provide the rank of each officer seconded in either direction. [20284/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

276. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the plans to provide for PSNI police officers to transfer into An Garda Síochána on a full-time basis at rank and file, sergeant level and inspector level. [20285/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

277. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of instances in which An Garda Síochána has made requests to him and-or his predecessors to join PSNI counterparts on operations in Northern Ireland in the past five years to date. [20286/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

278. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will clarify whether there are formal arrangements in place for the exchange of data and-or intelligence between An Garda Síochána and the PSNI. [20287/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

294. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to each Garda divisional protective services unit as of 25 April 2023, in tabular form. [20503/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

295. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been provided in 2023 to purchase additional Garda prisoner transport vans. [20504/23]

Greyhound Industry

Catherine Murphy

304. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the start-up cost of the greyhound care centre operated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann in Croom, County Limerick; the date the centre opened; the cost to Rásaíocht Con Éireann of operating this centre; the number of dogs homed in Ireland by this centre since it opened; the number of dogs homed outside the country by this centre since it opened; the fee charged, if any, to a breeder or owner per dog placed in this centre and total yield to date in respect of same; the fee charged, if any, to an individual adopting a dog from this centre; and the total yield to date, in tabular form. [20246/23]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

355. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full-year cost of providing 180 and 450 additional intensive support packages for children with disabilities who have high or complex support needs, respectively. [20511/23]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

356. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated full year cost of providing 75 additional emergency residential places. [20512/23]

Disability Services

Catherine Murphy

357. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full estimated year cost of recruiting three additional senior staff grade physiotherapists and three clinical specialists in the area of psychology for children's disability network teams. [20513/23]

Youth Services

Catherine Murphy

367. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with his colleague in the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in the context of seeking funding to directly fund or devolve to Tusla for use in youth-focused community and voluntary organisations. [20662/23]

Youth Services

Catherine Murphy

368. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase funding for youth services in view of new census data as it is published; if he will outline the rationale for the freezing of funding at 18% below 2009 levels; and his plans to increase funding to the sector in budget 2024. [20663/23]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Murphy

420. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of neurology nurse specialists by location in the State; and his plans to engage with the HSE with a view to the provision of increased capacity and resourcing in this specialist area. [20438/23]

Health Services Staff

Catherine Murphy

421. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of neurology rehabilitation specialists by location in the State; and his plans to engage with the HSE with a view to the provision of increased capacity and resourcing in this specialist area. [20439/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

434. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the posts of both national director for genetics and genomics and the bioinformatics lab director have been filled for the Genetic Testing Service at CHI Crumlin. [20497/23]

Health Promotion

Catherine Murphy

435. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of HSE stop smoking classes within each CHO in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [20498/23]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

436. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title working in the long-Covid clinic at Tallaght University Hospital; the number of WTE staff vacancies by job title at this clinic; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [20499/23]

General Practitioner Services

Catherine Murphy

437. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase direct access to echocardiography for general practitioners through community-based ambulatory care hubs. [20500/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Murphy

438. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the waiting list for genetic test for BRCA1; the number of persons on the waiting list; and the average waiting times, per hospital, in tabular form. [20501/23]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

486. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department funds community groups with a stream of grant aid in the context of persons with gambling addiction; and if her officials have developed any support and or educational programmes in that context. [20309/23]

Youth Services

Catherine Murphy

490. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule on a county and local authority basis showing the funding her Department has provided to youth-focused community-based organisations to deliver support services in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount she has provided to Tusla in respect of same. [20661/23]

Job Losses

Catherine Murphy

75. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been contacted or engaged by a company (details supplied) in respect of job losses at the company; if so, the nature of those discussions; if he is satisfied that the company has complied with communication protocols in respect of redundancies and or requests to take unpaid leave; if he will clarify the obligation of a company to inform him of plans to implement a voluntary time off programme for staff; and whether they are obliged to comply with the request. [19687/23]

Work Permits

Catherine Murphy

78. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons granted work permits in respect of the critical skills list under heading 2211 in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the number of these that were classified as general practitioners over that same timeframe. [19720/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

172. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether staff (details supplied) working in the HSE-funded assisted living service are eligible for the Covid recognition payment; if so, if he will direct the HSE to make payment; if he will include staff of the association who work within respite, community or day services in the cohort of those eligible for the payment; if not, if he will set out the rationale for this; and if he will give further consideration to their inclusion. [19688/23]

Medical Cards

Catherine Murphy

173. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which a person can avail of a medical card in instances in which they cannot secure acceptance by a GP to stamp their application form. [19719/23]

Health Services

Catherine Murphy

174. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which a woman can access antenatal care in instances in which they do not have access to a general practitioner to confirm their pregnancy. [19721/23]

Health and Safety

Catherine Murphy

139. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has consulted with experts and his European counterparts in respect of lithium ion battery energy storage systems regarding international guidelines such as NFPA 855 2020. [18996/23]

Tax Data

Catherine Murphy

208. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of customers impacted by the 2021 IT calendar divisor issue in respect of underdeduction of LPT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18965/23]

Tax Data

Catherine Murphy

209. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of customers who pay LPT by means of deduction from social welfare schemes by year and scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18966/23]

Tax Data

Catherine Murphy

210. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in respect of the liability letters for LPT recently issued to customers of pension age, the number that related to an underpayment of less than €50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18967/23]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

231. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update in respect of the bandstand in St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2; the estimated reopening of same; if he will provide a schedule of costs attached to the works; if he will confirm whether a contractor has been appointed; and the budget that has been made available for the restoration works. [19476/23]

Health and Safety

Catherine Murphy

237. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the oversight role the Health and Safety Authority has in the context of lithium ion battery energy storage systems. [18994/23]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

284. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm that her attention has been drawn to a request to meet a person (details supplied); and if she will acquiesce to that. [19615/23]

Health and Safety

Catherine Murphy

311. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to ensure that lithium ion battery energy storage systems are subject to the environmental impact assessments in the Planning and Development Act 2000. [18993/23]

Departmental Reviews

Catherine Murphy

399. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the status of the review of the Special Criminal Court; the date that the final report is expected to be submitted; and the schedule of costs to date. [19074/23]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

474. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to establish a reception centre at a site (details supplied); the proposed duration that it is envisioned the location will be a permanent base for persons; and the supports that will be available to those arising over and above what is available locally, that is additional GP services, early learning centres and so on. [19175/23]

Departmental Policies

Catherine Murphy

497. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a memo in respect of the basis for proceeding with the use of a building (details supplied) that is subject to determinations made regarding restrictions and or limitations of its use by a local authority. [19613/23]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

498. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will meet with a person (details supplied) as a matter of priority. [19616/23]

Emergency Planning

Catherine Murphy

514. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will set out the plans that the National Ambulance Service and hospitals have in the context of catastrophic incidents at lithium ion battery energy storage system failures. [18995/23]

Road Safety

Catherine Murphy

175. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to address a safety concern in respect of an N4 junction (details supplied); and if he will engage with the relevant State body on the matter. [18778/23]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

293. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection with respect to an e-tender (details supplied) if she will outline the rationale for the inclusion of facial image matching as part of the tender details, at a time when a report from the Data Protection Commission on facial matching processing by the DEASP in connection with the PSC is pending; if she will provide details of the proposals for the processing and use of such data by her Department; the Data Protection Impact Assessments which have been carried out in relation to the use of this technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18674/23]

Care Services

Catherine Murphy

351. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to provide an enhanced package of resources to foster carers; if he and or his officials have undertaken an analysis of current supports; and if he will outline the way in which foster carers can access additional resources if required in the short and medium term. [18812/23]

Education Costs

Catherine Murphy

354. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide financial supports to trainee educational psychologists; and his rationale for not providing supports at this time. [18823/23]

Hospital Services

Catherine Murphy

386. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he and the HSE will reinstate full antenatal services at Naas General Hospital; if he will outline the rationale for scaling back the services; and if he will set out plans to establish a full-time antenatal service in Kildare; and if locations to hold them have been identified. [18794/23]

Further and Higher Education

Catherine Murphy

413. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports and advance guidance she provides to higher level institutions and 3rd level institutions regarding gambling addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18675/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 15 February 2023, the total number of category ‘A’ complaints made by female prisoners in 2022 and their outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18561/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

89. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the total number of committals to prison in 2022, by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18562/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

90. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of remand committals to prison in 2022, by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18563/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

91. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the average number of people in prison custody in 2022, by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18564/23]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

92. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the total number of people who were committed to prison in 2022 as the result of the non-payment of a court-ordered fine, by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18565/23]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

116. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that issued to first-time applicants in 2022 and to date in 2023. [17055/23]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

117. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of foreign birth passport applications made in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number foreign birth passports that issued in the corresponding timeframe. [17056/23]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

118. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications made outside of this jurisdiction in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of passports that issued outside of this jurisdiction in the corresponding timeframe. [17057/23]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

119. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule, by embassy and or consulate, in respect of passport applications and documents issued in 2022 and to date in 2023. [17058/23]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

120. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications in the system as of 10 April 2023; the number of these that are on hold pending receipt of additional information; and the number of passports overdue for issuing to the applicant. [17059/23]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

121. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applicants that had to resubmit photographs in 2022 and to date in 2023. [17060/23]

Consular Services

Catherine Murphy

140. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if construction works have commenced on a new Chancery Building in Abuja, Nigeria; and the estimated completion timeframe for this building. [18045/23]

Defence Forces

Catherine Murphy

224. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons that applied for the post of Head of Transformation and Head of Strategic HR for the Defence Forces; and the number of these persons that were actually called for an interview for these positions, in tabular form. [16936/23]

Public Transport

Catherine Murphy

264. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will set out the mandatory accessibility requirements and or the provisions set in statute in respect of accessibility standards for public transport and public infrastructure projects, to include the planning, design and construction of cycle lanes, bus islands, pedestrian cross walks, pedestrian footpaths and pedestrian shared spaces. [16451/23]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

274. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann has plans to deploy undercover security personnel on both its platforms and on board its trains. [16932/23]

Official Travel

Catherine Murphy

275. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to visit the United States of America during the remainder of 2023. [16933/23]

Road Projects

Catherine Murphy

290. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update in respect of the A5 road upgrade. [17125/23]

National Car Test

Catherine Murphy

324. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he and or his officials have undertaken an analysis of the number of cars sold in the second-hand car market in 2022 and 2023; the number of change of ownership transactions that have taken place in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in the context of the owners log being updated; and if his attention or that of his officials has been drawn to instances in which vehicle owners cannot sell their vehicle due to it not having an up to date NCT [17763/23]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

337. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for the installation of a bus shelter at Dublin Bus stop No. 494. [18039/23]

Customs and Excise

Catherine Murphy

361. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule indicating the number of revenue customs inspections conducted at each aerodrome location in the State including military sites since 1 January 2021 to date in 2023; the value of cash and items seized; the value of cash and items returned on appeal; and the amount collected in excise and duty inspected. [16800/23]

Tax Yield

Catherine Murphy

362. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised from a 5% surcharge on all taxable income above €400,000. [16929/23]

Tax Yield

Catherine Murphy

363. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised from increasing the rate of capital gains tax to 50% for persons earning over €375,000. [16930/23]

Tax Yield

Catherine Murphy

372. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost to reduce the second rate of USC from 2% to 1%, together with increasing the upper band limit for this proposed second rate of USC from €22,920 to €24,900. [16928/23]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

416. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has spoken with his Canadian counterpart to date in 2023. [18040/23]

National Botanic Gardens

Catherine Murphy

445. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current funding that would be required to extend the opening hours of the National Botanic Gardens until 8pm during the summer months. [16919/23]

Trade Missions

Catherine Murphy

493. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the locations of trade missions in Quarters 2 and 3 of 2023 where he will participate, in tabular form. [18046/23]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

513. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education If she met the Governor of Pennsylvania during her recent visit to Philadelphia for St. Patrick’s Day. [16920/23]

Special Educational Needs

Catherine Murphy

646. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 21 March 2023, if she will again review the case of the person in view of the fact that there will now be a significant increase on their skill-set in the special needs department due to the amalgamation of three schools into one. [16534/23]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

894. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff by grade working in the special investigations unit of her Department as of 30 March 2023; and if she will provide same figures as of 1 January 2021, in tabular form [16935/23]