187. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that he will not sign any amending Statutory Instrument changing the benefits of members of the CIÉ ‘1951 Scheme’ because the ‘1951’ Committee of Trustees’ independent actuary has confirmed that the ‘1951 Scheme’ now meets the minimum funding standard provisions of the Pensions Act 1990 and is solvent. [9456/23]
185. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule indicating the number of requests for a refund of motor tax that are outstanding by county; and the amount of motor tax refunded in the past ten years to date by county. [9413/23]
184. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will expedite the issuing of a motor tax refund to a person (details supplied). [9412/23]
270. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which she will provide data required by the CSO for the preparation of the national accounts (details supplied). [9210/23]
269. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated cost of developing the proposed national funding platform (details supplied). [9209/23]
268. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the way in which a centralised funding platform can be built in the absence of the fundamental data infrastructure of a trusted database of all Irish community and voluntary organisations (details supplied), in the context of the Pobal scoping exercise regarding a national funding platform. [9208/23]
201. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide this Deputy with a report by an organisation (details supplied). [9026/23]
116. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department has negotiated terms for the repayment of the €7.6 million loan given to an organisation under the 2020 memorandum of understanding; if not, if consideration is being given to converting the loan into a non-repayable grant; if he will provide a repayments schedule; the interest rate applied to the loan; and the date on which it is due for full settlement. [8914/23]
99. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers disqualified in each year since 2016; the number who surrendered their licence to the RSA each year from 2016 following disqualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9224/23]
749. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of NGOs to which she and bodies under the aegis of her Department suspended funding and or grant aid due to their failure to file accounts and-or because concerns arose in respect of their governance in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount of funding per NGO that was suspended. [8655/23]
727. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a new recruitment campaign for technical agricultural officers will be launched before Easter 2023. [8361/23]
660. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of NGOs to which he and the HSE suspended funding and-or grant aid due to their failure to file accounts and-or concerns arose in respect of their governance in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount of funding per NGO that was suspended. [8654/23]
632. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with a special interest in psychiatry of learning disability based in County Kildare in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [8356/23]
631. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant maxillofacial surgeons working in St James's Hospital in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [8355/23]
630. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiothoracic surgeons working in the Mater Hospital in the years of 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [8354/23]
579. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a schedule of NGOs that he and bodies under the aegis of his Department suspended funding and or grant aid to due to their failure to file accounts and or concerns in respect of their governance in the years 2019 to 2022, and to date in 2023; and the amount of funding per NGO that was suspended. [8658/23]
570. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if the recruitment plans for gardaí this year will be delayed as a result of outcome of a case that he was party to (details supplied). [8387/23]
569. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice his plans to change Garda recruitment rules in respect of the upper threshold for recruits, in view of the fact that the policy has now been determined to be ageist (details supplied). [8386/23]
567. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has been engaging with the European Parliament in relation to the proposed directive on Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation; and to detail what anti-SLAPP mechanisms his Department is considering for domestic legislation. [8366/23]
565. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases that the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau have dealt with in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [8347/23]
564. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who have been detained when arriving into Ireland and charged with travelling on a fake Canadian passport in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [8346/23]
563. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons currently in prison for the offence of careless driving and due for release in 2025 or 2026, in tabular form. [8345/23]
562. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to each divisional drugs unit as of 14 February 2023, in tabular form. [8344/23]
531. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it is proposed to increase the number of places on first-year veterinary medicine for Irish students in 2023. [8349/23]
512. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of NGOs that he and bodies under the aegis of his Department suspended funding and or grant aid to due to their failure to file accounts and or concerns in respect of their governance in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount of funding per NGO that was suspended. [8659/23]
506. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff seconded to his Department by grade in 2022 and to date in 2023. [8437/23]
505. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of staff seconded to his Department by grade in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [8436/23]
504. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young persons that are currently on remand at Oberstown children's detention campus for more than three months as of 13 February 2023. [8350/23]
496. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail any work that is ongoing in his Department in relation to non-disclosure agreement reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8367/23]
474. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications received by her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of these applications that were refused during this period in tabular form. [8358/23]
403. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional WTE behaviour practitioners for the National Council for Special Education. [8363/23]
356. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his counterparts he has spoken to since his appointment as Minister for Defence, in tabular form. [8357/23]
355. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount paid out in first party legal costs relating to relating to contamination and-or poisoning, life-changing injury and death to personnel in the Defence Forces claims in the past ten years to date; the number of cases that the third-party costs relate to; and the amount that each of the top five named legal firms received in over that same time period, in tabular form. [8311/23]
354. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount paid out in third party legal costs relating to contamination and-or poisoning, life-changing injury and death to personnel in the Defence Forces claims in the past ten years to date; the number of cases that the third-party costs relate to; and the amount that each of the top five named legal firms received in over that same time period, in tabular form. [8310/23]
353. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount the State Claims Agency has paid out in compensation in mass action, relating to contamination and-or poisoning, life-changing injury and death of personnel in the Defence Forces claims in the past ten years to date; and the number of claims the payments concern over that same timeframe, in tabular form. [8309/23]
346. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of NGOs that he and bodies under the aegis of his Department suspended funding and-or grant aid to due to their failure to file accounts and-or concerns that arose in respect of their governance in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount of funding per NGO that was suspended. [8656/23]
341. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to visit the United Arab Emirates within the first half of 2023. [8353/23]
340. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish ambassador to Australia has visited any military barracks in Australia on official business in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023; and if so, the name of the military barracks, in tabular form. [8352/23]
314. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of NGOs that he and bodies under the aegis of his Department suspended funding and or grant aid to due to their failure to file accounts and or concerns arose in respect of their governance in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount of funding per NGO that was suspended. [8661/23]
305. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will expand the way in which the urban regeneration and development fund can be utilised for use on public realm and community developments. [8439/23]
304. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline whether there is a funding stream available to local authorities to enable them to fund additional staff resources; and the amount of funding on a local authority-basis of the funds allocated in 2022. [8435/23]
272. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a schedule of NGOs that he and bodies under the aegis of her Department suspended funding and or grant aid to due to their failure to file accounts and or concerns arose in respect of their governance in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount of funding per NGO that was suspended. [8657/23]
267. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide an update on the large-scale sport infrastructure fund grant in respect of the delivery of a swimming pool to the north County Kildare. [8419/23]
266. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date on which the next Local Authority Swimming Pool Grant Programme application process will commence; the amount granted to County Kildare in respect of the scheme in the last round by location. [8415/23]
264. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has met directly with the director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art to date in 2023. [8359/23]
245. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the refurbishment works on the new Garda office in O’Connell Street, Dublin, have been completed; if so, when the OPW will transfer this building over to An Garda Síochána. [8351/23]
226. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the full-time vacancies, by job title, in the office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman as of 14 February 2023; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of these vacancies; and when each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [8362/23]
195. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount that was retained in overpaid tolls by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in respect of the M50 in 2022; and if Transport Infrastructure Ireland will develop a scheme through which it can refund and-or redistribute the excess funds. [8343/23]
194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority will provide for the installation of a bus shelter at Dublin Bus Stop Nos. 495 and 4132. [8342/23]