Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Third Level Fees

Paul Murphy

264. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 21 February 2024, if he will ensure that the university accepts that the person should be on the Irish/EU rate since they first applied for IPO, and that the university accepts the €6,750 he paid as payment for his first and second year of the degree; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15803/24]

Tax Data

Paul Murphy

14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the projection for corporate tax revenue in 2024 and 2025 is €24.5 billion and €25.8 billion (details supplied) respectively; the estimated gross trading profit before taxation in 2024 and 2025; to provide a monetary breakdown of projected total capital allowances and deductions before taxation in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/24]

Vacant Properties

Paul Murphy

25. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is planning any further taxation measures to address the problem of vacant and derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15246/24]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Murphy

57. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that a response is provided to an email in relation to the disabled drivers scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15540/24]

Legislative Programme

Paul Murphy

74. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends legislating for higher minimum BERs as part of minimum rental accommodation standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15689/24]

Energy Conservation

Paul Murphy

75. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the social housing retrofitting programme to Approved Housing Bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15690/24]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. reference 1188 of 17 January 2024, the reason the accounts still have not been published for HRI and IHRB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15543/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

113. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2024, if, given that the December 2022 mining policy states that no damage may be done to the environment and its protection is “paramount”, he can cite any location where lithium has been mined without severe damage to the environment. [14684/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

114. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2024, if he will comment on how, in its literature the company states that it will remove the settled rock sediment from the drilling site ‘for appropriate disposal’, by saying this acknowledges that its drilling has produced material which is now in a toxic or dangerous state - otherwise why should it have to be removed. [14685/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2024, if he will assert that a drilling, two rigs working 12 hours a day, six days a week, will not damage the amenities (details supplied). [14686/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

116. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2024, if, given that in the response he mentions “working with Member States and stakeholders”, he considers that people who live and work in mining/prospecting areas are not stakeholders and that their water supply could be compromised. [14687/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

117. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 5 March 2024, the reason the Government is favouring the mining of lithium with its many problems over development of truly sustainable systems. [14688/24]

Defence Forces

Paul Murphy

146. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware of a recruitment drive by the Air Corps and Defence Forces (details supplied); his views on whether Ireland as a neutral country that a method of recruiting children in schools is not appropriate; and if he will instruct Defence Forces to remove any recruitment propaganda from schools. [13989/24]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

181. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will act to ensure that a public bus service is reinstated between Galway and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13726/24]

Transport Policy

Paul Murphy

182. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to progress plans in the Green Party's transport policy to regulate advertisements that glamourise unsustainable modes of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13727/24]

Transport Policy

Paul Murphy

183. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport what action he has taken, including by liaising with his Cabinet colleagues as appropriate, to restrict advertisements that are misleading with regard to the impact of motoring on the environment, on urban congestion and on road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13728/24]

Transport Policy

Paul Murphy

184. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will support a ban on advertising of new fossil-fuelled cars, in order to reduce the demand for unsustainable modes of transport in line with transport and climate policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13729/24]