Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

National Transport Authority

Catherine Murphy

382. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has provided funding for a new train station and related infrastructures to Irish Rail in respect of a proposed strategic housing development in the Shankill and Bray areas; if he and or the NTA have been consulted in respect of the increased demand that will be placed on the rail network (details supplied); the date on which the new train station will be operational; if he will seek fees from the developers to fund the new station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53557/19]

Naval Service Vessels

Catherine Murphy

56. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the lack of controls in place at his Department that allowed the former Naval Service patrol ship, LÉ Aisling, to be sold on to a participant in the civil war in Libya in view of the fact that it is in breach of a UN arms embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53373/19]

Air Corps

Catherine Murphy

95. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to instances in which Air Corps personnel were engaged in employment outside of their official duties; if he has imposed sanctions on staff that are and-or have engaged in employment in the private sector while being serving members of the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52822/19]

Air Corps

Catherine Murphy

96. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which and-or the procedures the chief medical officer in the Air Corps makes requests to civilian general practitioners and-or hospitals in respect of serving officers medical files and-or medical history; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52823/19]

Air Corps

Catherine Murphy

97. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the date on which and the reason a person (details supplied) was discharged from the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53106/19]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

Catherine Murphy

117. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the external review of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland has been completed by the National Treasury Management Agency appointee; if he has received a copy of the review document; if so, if he will publish the report in full and or make it available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52709/19]

Revenue Commissioners Data

Catherine Murphy

125. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Cork and Shannon airports in each of the past three years and to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52966/19]

Revenue Commissioners Data

Catherine Murphy

126. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Dublin Port and Rosslare Port in each of the past three years to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52967/19]

Revenue Commissioners Data

Catherine Murphy

127. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated monetary value of contraband seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports in each of the past three years and to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52968/19]

Revenue Commissioners Data

Catherine Murphy

128. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated monetary value of contraband seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Dublin and Rosslare ports in each of the past three years and to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52969/19]

School Transport

Catherine Murphy

177. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 128 of 26 November 2013 and 233 of 3 December 2019, in which he stated that Bus Éireann has confirmed that it does not make a profit on school transport, the reason Dáil Éireann was not informed that there was a surplus and or profit being used in the day to day operation of Bus Éireann business according to the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52699/19]

School Transport

Catherine Murphy

178. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a cost benefit analysis has been undertaken of the school transport scheme operated by Bus Éireann; the reason for the high cost of operating the scheme compared to school transport systems in other jurisdictions; if Bus Éireann makes a profit from the scheme; the latest accounts provided to him by Bus Éireann; his views on the perceived market distortion by the presence of Bus Éireann in the school transport market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52701/19]

School Transport

Catherine Murphy

179. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount held by way of an uncommitted reserve by Bus Éireann to be used solely for the purposes of the school transport scheme which the Comptroller and Auditor General report referenced in a report as a surplus in the transport management charge element of the costs; if the uncommitted reserve that was repaid fully to his Department in December 2018 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52702/19]

Domestic Violence

Catherine Murphy

274. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the domestic violence disclosure scheme in the UK; his plans to introduce similar legislation and-or a scheme here; if he and or his officials have had engagement with An Garda Síochána in respect of implementing a version of the domestic violence disclosure scheme here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53091/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Catherine Murphy

364. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a person (details supplied) with their discharge notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52770/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Catherine Murphy

365. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has entered into litigation with a person (details supplied) in respect of care services and funding allocated to their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52771/19]

Mental Health Services

Catherine Murphy

366. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide consultant psychiatric consultation notes to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52772/19]

Health Services Provision

Catherine Murphy

484. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a treatment placement in the UK will be funded in a relevant placement for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53398/19]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

559. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the provision of technical advisory services in support of the national broadband plan was not part of the original tender process and a condition of contract award to have technical advisory services in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52816/19]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

565. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 10 December 2019, the breakdown of the value of each contract awarded to a company to include the projects and tasks undertaken in the lifetime of the awarded contracts; if a year by year approach will be taken; the measures the company delivered under the contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53057/19]

Sport Ireland

Catherine Murphy

579. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) that would be of concern to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53184/19]

Smarter Transport

Catherine Murphy

585. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure from 1 January to 31 August 2019 under headings (details supplied); and the projects funded under B8.1 Smarter Travel/Sustainable Urban Transport. [52819/19]

Smarter Transport

Catherine Murphy

586. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned and-or budgeted capital expenditure from 1 January 2020 to 31 August 2020 under headings (details supplied); and the projects to be funded in 2020 under B8.1 Smarter Travel / Sustainable Urban Transport. [52820/19]

Public Transport Data

Catherine Murphy

603. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers employed by Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Bus Éireann, respectively, on long-term sick leave as of 11 December 2019; the illnesses heading they are on sick leave under; if each of the organisations has a mental health well-being charter it subscribes to and offers to its staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53043/19]

Social Welfare Fraud Data

Catherine Murphy

681. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown by location of the 220 suspected cases of fraud that were detected by use of facial matching technology since 2013; the sanctions imposed on persons suspected of fraud during this period; the number of cases of suspected fraud referred to An Garda Síochána during the period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52712/19]

Social Welfare Fraud

Catherine Murphy

682. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specification of the facial matching technology her Department uses to detect potential fraud; the make and or brand and model of the camera used; the name of the software used in conjunction with the cameras; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52736/19]

Local Authority Housing Data

Catherine Murphy

773. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacant local authority houses permanently taken out of stock in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local authority; the number that were part of a regeneration scheme by local authority in each of the years; the number that remain to be relet in the same category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53272/19]

Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

775. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if planning permission for a development can be granted if an outstanding unenforced unauthorised development remains outstanding on the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53390/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Catherine Murphy

326. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of independent reports carried out on residential care and disability services that relate to private providers in each year since 2016; the outcome of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52389/19]

Child and Family Agency Reports

Catherine Murphy

327. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of mandated reports or CPWRS that were carried out in 2018 and to date in 2019 by professionals for those in receipt of private or disability services for those in care; the findings in each; if they were acted on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52390/19]

Children in Care

Catherine Murphy

328. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in State care placed with private providers of disability services; the number that Tusla has a service level agreement for; the number of private providers that provide such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52391/19]

Defence Forces Equipment

Catherine Murphy

102. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be secured in 2020 for a new electric target range at the Defence Forces training centre; if so, when work will commence; and the estimated time for completion. [51698/19]

Universal Social Charge Data

Catherine Murphy

143. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2020 if the universal social charge rate of 0.5% was discounted for persons earning between €12,012 and €19,000. [51690/19]

Customs and Excise Controls

Catherine Murphy

144. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners' enforcement unit at Dublin Airport in each of the past three years to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal [51691/19]

Cash for Gold Trade Regulation

Catherine Murphy

246. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of the consultation process on the regulation of the cash for gold trade from 2015 (details supplied); his plans to undertake another round of consultation; the number of submissions received in respect of the 2015 consultation; the number of cash for gold shops here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51225/19]

Garda Transport Data

Catherine Murphy

286. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to each Garda district in the Kildare Garda division as of 3 December 2019, in tabular form. [51696/19]

Proposed Legislation

Catherine Murphy

303. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to update the Casual Trading Act 1995. [51695/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

506. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 3 December 2019, if he will provide a full and detailed breakdown of fees paid to a company (details supplied); the number of projects and or assignments the company was engaged on during the entire NBP process; if he will also provide a detailed schedule of the achievements by the company in respect of the €4 million fee in the table provided in the reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51379/19]

Tender Process

Catherine Murphy

541. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a tender to construct a new national velodrome and badminton centre has been published; and if so, when construction will commence [51692/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Catherine Murphy

542. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last met the CEO of the DAA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51693/19]

Charities Regulation

Catherine Murphy

591. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation for the Charities Regulatory Authority in each of the years 2017 to 2019. [51694/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Catherine Murphy

663. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if concerns and-or issues were raised regarding the ground works and-or rising walls construction phase of a project (details supplied) in respect of quarterly meetings held between Wicklow County Council and his Department in 2019; the timeline in respect of the completion date and delivery of project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51243/19]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

54. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and-or a driver licence issued here as a method of verifying the identity of a person; if he has consulted with the company in respect of the way in which and-or the location it stores customer identification; if he has consulted with the company on the way in which it shares the information it collects from persons with third parties; if he has met with the owners and directors of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50837/19]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

61. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and or a driver licence issued here as a method of verifying the identity of a person; if he has consulted with the company in respect of the way in which and or the location it stores of customer identification; if he has consulted with the company on the way in which it shares the information it collects from persons with third parties; if he has met with the owners and directors of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50839/19]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

322. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and-or a driver licence issued here as a method of verifying the identity of a person; if he has consulted with the company in respect of the way in which and-or the location it stores customer identification; if he has consulted with the company on the way in which it shares the information it collects from persons with third parties; if he has met with the owners and directors of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50838/19]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

399. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which her Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and-or a driver licence issued here as a method of verifying the identity of a person; if she has consulted with the company in respect of the way in which and-or the location it stores customer identification; if she has consulted with the company on the way in which it shares the information it collects from persons with third parties; if she has met with the owners and directors of the company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50840/19]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

190. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) underwent a process of due diligence for its inclusion in the NBP consortium; the date on which the due diligence commenced; when it was concluded; the areas of concern regarding the company that arose; the way in which they were addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50459/19]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

191. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a service level agreement exists between his Department and the NBP contract winner; if so, the details of the agreement; if he can apply financial sanctions if the agreement is breached; the way in which progress in relation to the NBP will be tracked; if milestones and or targets have been set in the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50460/19]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

193. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which a company (details supplied) was inserted into the consortium that was awarded the contract in respect of the NBP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50504/19]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

195. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) was subject to the pre-qualifying process and other rigours in order to join in the consortium of the preferred bidder for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50533/19]

Bus Services

Catherine Murphy

206. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new buses on order by the NTA with a company (details supplied) that have passed the expected delivery data; the number of orders with the company expected for delivery in 2020 and 2021; the reason for the delay in delivering the new fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50513/19]

Office of Public Works Projects

Catherine Murphy

160. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to conciliation between OPW and a company (details supplied) in respect of Kevin Street Garda station; if the matter is being mediated; if legal proceedings have commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49850/19]

School Curriculum

Catherine Murphy

183. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if reviews have been undertaken to assess the degree of difficulty some students face in cases in which there is an apparent disparity in the way in which languages are taught and tested on the curriculum at leaving certificate level (details supplied); his plans to reform this aspect of the curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49733/19]

School Transport Provision

Catherine Murphy

233. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 26 November 2013, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was a surplus and or profit being used for day-to-day operations of the Bus Éireann business according to a special report on school transport by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50205/19]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Catherine Murphy

407. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for renovation work to commence at a dental clinic (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the clinic was not allocated capital funding for 2020 and will remain closed; if an interim solution will be provided in view of the fact that persons in the area are without dental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50185/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Catherine Murphy

482. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and or his officials attended a function at a location in the past ten days (details supplied); if so, if he will provide a schedule of costs regarding this function; the reason for the function to be held; the persons that attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49805/19]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

485. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a full historical schedule of fees paid to a company (details supplied) will be provided by the number of projects and or assignments the company was engaged on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49947/19]

Rail Services

Catherine Murphy

499. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason and-or context and the consultation Irish Rail undertook in respect of the peak time initiative; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons are bound by core hour contracts and do not have the flexibility in their employment to engage with the initiative; if he and or his officials have used Irish Rail services in the manner that Irish Rail are promoting in terms of peak time travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49790/19]

Departmental Reports

Catherine Murphy

516. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been presented with briefings, draft reports or final reports by organisations in relation to an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50133/19]

Special Areas of Conservation

Catherine Murphy

642. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of consultations between the National Parks and Wildlife Service and a private members club (details supplied) regarding the protection of legally protected plants and habitat at a special area of conservation; if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has raised concerns in this regard; if she has been provided with a report on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49792/19]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

73. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 21 November 2019, the reason each public authority listed accessed the passport office data sets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49630/19]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

74. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedures and-or protocols that were in place prior to the enactment of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 for public authorities and An Garda Síochána to gain access to the information in the Passport Office data sets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49653/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

81. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; and the cost per year of same. [49304/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

86. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49294/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

89. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49298/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

94. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49297/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

101. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by the OPW in the past five years to date; the schedule of the professions and roles the OPW hired in and-or engaged from agencies; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49286/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

102. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49302/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

109. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49295/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

122. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49301/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

123. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by her Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49290/19]

HSE Agency Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

157. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by the HSE in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49284/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

159. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49299/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

189. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49289/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

228. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49292/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

253. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49305/19]

Sports Capital Programme Data

Catherine Murphy

256. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of successful and unsuccessful applicants, respectively by sports in the context of the latest sports capital grants; the number of grant appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49441/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

259. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by her Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49291/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

263. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49303/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

272. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by her Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49296/19]

Public Services Card

Catherine Murphy

273. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which private sector companies that provide CVRT tests for commercial vehicles are compliant with schedule 5 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 in respect of the public services card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49306/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

285. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49300/19]

Housing Assistance Payment

Catherine Murphy

286. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will publish and-or provide the most recent recommendations made by the HAP practitioners forum to him and his responses to those recommendations over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49310/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

301. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by her Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49293/19]

Property Tax Review

Catherine Murphy

158. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the status of his work in the context of the publication of the scrutiny report on the review of local property tax by the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight. [48566/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Catherine Murphy

215. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the number of young persons being refused places in St. Farnan’s ASD unit in Prosperous, County Kildare, in view of the fact they reside in the locality; if alternative and suitable arrangements for such persons are being considered; his plans to provide additional resources at this school to meet the needs of persons being refused placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48984/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Murphy

216. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the proposed development of a new post-primary school in Prosperous, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48985/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Murphy

217. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the proposed development of a new boys' primary school in Clane, Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48986/19]

National Broadband Plan Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

377. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding his Department is providing in respect of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48596/19]

National Broadband Plan

Catherine Murphy

391. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a marked signed copy of the contract and associated documents he signed with the preferred bidder of the national broadband plan will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48806/19]

Property Tax Review

Catherine Murphy

505. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress the baseline review group has made regarding the local property tax to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48566/19]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

52. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nominated public authorities that can access the Passport Office data set; the sections within those public authorities that have accessed the data in the past year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48400/19]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

53. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if nominated public bodies and An Garda Síochána have access on request to the data contained on a passport application form; if they have access to the data on the printed passport document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48401/19]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

54. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of the information requested by public authorities and An Garda Síochána from the Passport Office data set in the past year to date; the number of requests for access to data in the past year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48402/19]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

55. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process and procedures in place for handling data access requests from public authorities and An Garda Síochána; the way in which the data is requested and released; the decision maker in the context of deciding whether to release or refuse data requests from the bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48403/19]

Office of Public Works Staff

Catherine Murphy

64. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of external quantity surveyors that are engaged by the OPW across each active and proposed capital projects and renovation and-or restoration projects; the costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48316/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Catherine Murphy

81. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements being put in place to accommodate 86 pupils that failed to obtain a place in a school (details supplied); when building will commence on the school extension; when the extension will be complete; the capacity the school will increase to following the completion of the extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48380/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Murphy

82. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the stages for the extension of a school (details supplied) from initiation, including dates for each stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48381/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Murphy

83. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the new secondary school for Enfield, County Meath is expected to open; if the patronage has been decided; the catchment for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48382/19]

School Admissions

Catherine Murphy

84. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which pupils that have been turned down for a school place due to capacity issues and have accepted a place in another location can be reconsidered if a place becomes available in the original location; if such arrangements are school specific; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48383/19]