Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Employment Rights

Paul Murphy

71. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is planning any changes to the current statutory sick pay scheme; if paid sick leave days and the maximum sick leave pay will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17045/24]

Financial Irregularities

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the action taken by his Department in response to important information given in a letter to the then Minister in relation to loans to a company (details supplied). [16800/24]

Financial Irregularities

Paul Murphy

14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has concerns about a non-bank lender being supplied with State funds, given allegations reported in the media of its involvement in lending money to an apparent front organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16802/24]

Financial Irregularities

Paul Murphy

15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the reason the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund divested from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16803/24]

Financial Irregularities

Paul Murphy

25. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned about the ruling of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission requiring a bank to make €500 million in new funding available to an organisation (details supplied) in light of allegations reported in the media and in a letter sent to his Department that the organisation lent money to a front organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16805/24]

Financial Irregularities

Paul Murphy

26. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action taken by his Department in response to important information given in a letter to the then Minister in relation to loans by an organisation (details supplied), a body financed by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, to a company. [16806/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [10628/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

20. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [15147/24]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

29. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent Munich Security Conference. [15148/24]

Energy Usage

Paul Murphy

181. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how many times EirGrid has issued a demand to large energy users to reduce their consumption to maintain grid stability in each month over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16556/24]

Departmental Data

Paul Murphy

250. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline, in relation to the protest barriers used outside Kildare House, where these barriers were sourced; the name of the company; the amount each of these barriers has cost; and the total cost, since 2022, in tabular form. [16566/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

342. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the pressing need for moderate ID places in the Dublin south west area; if she will urgently ensure that additional spaces are created in a local special school or a class for moderate ID is set up in the area; if she agrees with the need for swift action on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16564/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

343. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will request that a reason is given for a special school rescinding an offer (details supplied); and if she will ensure that this error is corrected, and this child offered an appropriate space for September 2024. [16565/24]

Local Authorities

Paul Murphy

387. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the rule regarding local authority housing list transfers will be changed, ensuring that those who have been on a local authority housing list for a number of years do not go to the end of the list if they transfer to a different local authority's list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16029/24]

Insurance Coverage

Paul Murphy

388. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what actions are being taken to ensure that owner management companies are not faced with punitive insurance cost hikes as a consequence of discovering construction defects in apartments or duplexes. [16049/24]

School Meals Programme

Paul Murphy

453. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he agrees that in Budget 2025 there should be funding allocated to develop and fund a pilot initiative for the expansion of school meals during holiday time by leveraging existing community infrastructure and relationships between schools and summer camps; if he will ensure that this initiative is funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16755/24]

Legislative Process

Paul Murphy

34. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he anticipates that legislation to support the remediation of apartments and duplexes with fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects will be passed while he is still in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15693/24]

Penalty Points System

Paul Murphy

100. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of penalty point court cases where it has not been possible to apply the penalty points to the appropriate driving licence record; and the number of driver disqualification court cases where it has not been possible to apply the disqualification to the appropriate driving licence record over the past ten years, since the Garda Inspectorate recommended that this shortcoming be addressed immediately (2014 Garda Inspectorate Report "Fixed Charge Processing System – A 21st Century Strategy"). [15790/24]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Murphy

179. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether he will give a commitment that funding will be maintained for therapeutic interventions for survivors of abuse at an institution (details supplied), regardless of the institution's financial situation. [15809/24]

Suicide Incidence

Paul Murphy

198. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health how many patients of the National Gender Service have died by suicide since the inception of the service, broken down by year. [15808/24]