Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Programmes

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [7690/22]

Departmental Data

Paul Murphy

77. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to the public finances of renting and leasing buildings from private property owners in total and broken down by Department or State agency over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11496/22]

Semi-State Bodies

Paul Murphy

79. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that outstanding increases to pensions for semi-State workers are being authorised and paid over to pensioners by all Departments and State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11498/22]

Public Sector Pay

Paul Murphy

80. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered revisiting the current public sector pay agreement before the expiration at the end of 2022 considering the real difficulties faced by low and middle income workers in the view of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11497/22]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Paul Murphy

111. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the impact on public finances of the of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the likelihood that that impact will grow ever greater over future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11495/22]

Traffic Management

Paul Murphy

194. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider a ban on horsedrawn carriages in Irish cities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10855/22]

Credit Unions

Paul Murphy

248. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by the Irish League of Credit Unions which is calling for his Department to make the necessary regulatory changes to enable credit unions to significantly increase their footprint in the mortgage market and honour the commitment in the Programme for Government for credit unions to become a key provider of community banking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10934/22]

National Cultural Institutions

Paul Murphy

334. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the demonstration (details supplied) to demand that the contract between The National Gallery and a company (details supplied) be revoked; his views on the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11610/22]

Foreign Policy

Paul Murphy

394. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10856/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Paul Murphy

430. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will establish guidelines in relation to the use of diplomatic bags; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11650/22]

Diplomatic Representation

Paul Murphy

431. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the breakdown of the total cost of sending and receiving diplomatic bags over the past five years with individual costs associated with each expedition laid out (details supplied). [11651/22]

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

436. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 22 February 2022, the steps that his Department has taken to ensure that persons can come to Ireland from Ukraine in the quickest way possible given the current urgency of the situation. [11740/22]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Murphy

623. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when those in the 12 to 15 years of age cohort who received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine over three months ago will be given access to booster vaccines [10883/22]

Medical Register

Paul Murphy

643. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to register with the Medical Council Ireland; and if the application will be expedited urgently in order that they can work in the health service in Dublin. [10935/22]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

824. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 932 of 15 February 2022, if he will provide specific details regarding each of the racing fatalities at tracks in 2021; if any were caused by broken necks and or heart attacks; and if he will provide full details of the post-mortem results and the locations at which the related dogs died. [10853/22]

Energy Prices

Paul Murphy

160. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the proposed energy grant will be reviewed in light of ongoing inflation in energy prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10280/22]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [9709/22]

Good Friday Agreement

Paul Murphy

24. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the shared island unit will hold its next dialogue. [9710/22]

National Broadband Plan

Paul Murphy

72. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has costings or projected figures for the additional cost of the National Broadband Plan as a result of the poor infrastructure of the existing network (details supplied); if additional costs attributable to this will be met solely by the State or the winning tenderer for the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10359/22]

Departmental Data

Paul Murphy

197. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the actions his Department has taken to ascertain the number of persons that are dealing with a vaccine (details supplied) related narcolepsy in Ireland. [10141/22]

Census of Population

Paul Murphy

2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plans of the CSO for census 2022. [6397/22]

Tax Yield

Paul Murphy

219. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue raised by VAT, by quarter, in each of the years 2015 to 2021. [9108/22]

Tax Yield

Paul Murphy

220. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue raised from excise duty on energy products and electricity, by quarter, in each of the years 2015 to 2021. [9109/22]

Tax Yield

Paul Murphy

221. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue raised from VAT on energy products and electricity, by quarter, in each of the years 2015 to 2021. [9110/22]

Tax Yield

Paul Murphy

222. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue raised from the carbon tax, by quarter, in each of the years 2010 to 2021. [9111/22]

School Inspections

Paul Murphy

488. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there has still been no contact made between staff and the external support in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will take action to ensure that the recommendations from the whole school evaluation are implemented urgently. [9874/22]

Social Welfare Rates

Paul Murphy

548. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the increasing number of older persons falling into poverty as a direct result of the cost of living increases; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact the value of the €5 increase agreed for the State pension in Budget 2022 has already essentially been wiped out with the rise in carbon taxes, fuel costs and cost of living; if she will commit to a secured annual increase in the State pension to address the increasing cost of living for those in receipt of the pension given that almost 70% of persons reliant on the State pension did not qualify for the extension of the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9846/22]

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

637. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the two-month visa process in relation to vulnerable Ukrainian family members of Irish citizens to travel to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9301/22]

Departmental Inquiries

Paul Murphy

716. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent revelation in the media (details supplied) that a critical peer review by a person of a key section of the Askeaton Inquiry Report was not published at the time of the report in 2001; if an inquiry will be conducted into the reason this happened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9258/22]

Disease Management

Paul Murphy

724. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for improving podiatry services for persons in south-west Dublin and nationally in relation to the HSE model of care for the diabetic foot (details supplied). [9293/22]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

784. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his plans for dedicated Huntington's disease clinics, staffing and funding; if he will establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the integrated care programme ensuring that the work is completed within the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9551/22]

Legislative Measures

Paul Murphy

83. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider changing the law to make the expression of non-violent protest a defence against a charge of criminal damage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8734/22]

Immigration Policy

Paul Murphy

101. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants scheme to ensure those who are unsuccessful in their application to the scheme will not suffer targeting and deportation as a result of their attempt to become documented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8732/22]

Judicial Council

Paul Murphy

135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the steps that will be taken to put protections in place for persons who are engaged in the legal system from possible harassment and abusive behaviour by judges. [8733/22]

Immigration Policy

Paul Murphy

155. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants' scheme for undocumented persons to reduce the €850 application fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8731/22]

Immigration Policy

Paul Murphy

160. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will amend the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants' scheme to include all persons in need of regularisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8730/22]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

169. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the issues with the 175 bus route (details supplied); if he will ensure that a company resolve this issue with its service; and if he will request that the company offers a customer comment form in order that customer feedback can be provided. [8818/22]

Driver Test

Paul Murphy

180. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of motorcycle licence tests, compared with car licence tests, that have been completed since the start of 2021, by test centre. [8877/22]

Teacher Training

Paul Murphy

221. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her Department will allow trainee teachers to complete an online alternative to their mandatory Gaeltacht placement in summer 2022 (details supplied). [8855/22]

Dental Services

Paul Murphy

290. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty experienced by those who hold a medical card and are seeking root canal treatment; and the way a family can proceed in order to receive this urgently needed treatment for a 17-year-old medical card holder from a low-income family who cannot afford the treatment given that the dentists they contacted have quoted up to €850. [8862/22]

Covid-19 Tests

Paul Murphy

292. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 9 February 2022, if he will address the issue that this lack of access to recovery certificates is due to a failure of the HSE to provide PCR tests to potentially many thousands of persons therefore they are unable to obtain recovery certificates in lieu of a booster dose; and the way that his Department plans to resolve this issue for these persons. [8871/22]

Nursing Homes

Paul Murphy

294. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 8 February 2022, if this combined briefing report on the three nursing homes by HIQA to the Minister for Mental Health and Older People contains information that is not in the published inspection reports; and if he will consider publishing the report without redactions. [8876/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [7684/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department’s Covid-19 and health unit. [7685/22]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

72. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the commitment made by the NTA in 2021 for route A of BusConnects from Rathfarnham to pass by the National Concert Hall, St. Stephen's Green and Kildare Street (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8582/22]

State Examinations

Paul Murphy

135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if there is a process for receiving information from schools regarding teachers who have been unable to attend school due to illness or being a Covid-19 close contact; if these numbers were examined and taken into account when making decisions regarding the State examinations for summer 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8549/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Paul Murphy

156. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will consider implementing a policy that would see those on the disability allowance automatically entitled to the fuel allowance rather than basing the payment on a means test. [8581/22]

International Protection

Paul Murphy

190. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to a person’s (details supplied) case; and if she will instruct the IPO to prioritise this application due to the high risk facing his family in Palestine. [8566/22]

Social Partnership Meetings

Paul Murphy

3. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [6396/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent communications with the President of the United States of America. [7683/22]