563. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the resumption of pre-immigration passport checks on flights arriving at Dublin Airport; the purpose of these checks; the legislative basis for same; the number of arriving flights which have been subject to these checks, the origin of these flights; the number of persons who have been refused disembarkation from an aircraft as a result of these checks in each of the past 12 months in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57962/22]
562. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to reopen the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants' scheme in the future; and, if not, if she intends to introduce a permanent legal framework to regularise the status of children and families in irregular migration situations. [57945/22]
561. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to introduce an appeals mechanism for applications of citizenship which are refused on grounds other than national security; and, if not, the rationale for same. [57944/22]
560. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of appeals that the single person committee of inquiry for refusal of application of Irish citizenship on grounds of national security has processed since its establishment; and the number of successful appeals in tabular form. [57943/22]
559. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she has been in contact with representatives of the European Commission in relation to the way the proposed EU Artificial Intelligence Act will interact with the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022; and, if so, if she will provide details of the issues raised. [57942/22]
558. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to bring forward the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022 for Second Stage debate. [57941/22]
519. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for CCTV schemes; and the amount of funding drawn down, in tabular form. [58043/22]
489. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HIQA inspections that have taken place at emergency accommodation facilities, family hubs, centres, hotels and guesthouses accommodating persons seeking international protection in the years 2020 and 2021, and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57862/22]
481. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of funding for the refurbishment and retrofitting of playgrounds by local authority in the years 2021 and to date in 2022; the estimated funding for same in 2023; and the funding that has been made available to make playgrounds more inclusive for children with additional needs. [57326/22]
388. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if it is permitted to introduce and implement a non-school jacket policy; and the protocols in respect of schools and their uniform policy. [57476/22]
387. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to instances of bag searches by teaching staff at a location (details supplied); and if advice from her Department is available to teachers and or students in respect of this practice. [57475/22]
362. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in training to become qualified air traffic controllers; and when these persons will be qualified in tabular form. [58030/22]
311. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has been monitoring the effects of the climate crisis on bird nesting habits; if so, if he will detail the findings; and if his Department has considered the future need to adjust the hedge cutting ban to correspond with changing nesting habits. [58008/22]
247. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated if the local property tax rate increased to 0.50% for properties valued at over €1.05 million and 1% for properties valued in excess of €1.4 million. [58028/22]
242. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which in a person’s tax liability in respect of PUP is calculated if they are married and self-employed; if he will clarify the person liable to cover the liability (details supplied). [57871/22]
232. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department and the NTA conduct gender and age audits of the NTA’s transport projects in the context of bus, rail, light rail, PSVs and sustainable travel methods, including walking; and if he will provide a schedule of audits and the dates on which they were conducted and locations. [58160/22]
228. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount that Transport Infrastructure Ireland has spent on road remarking and maintenance works on both the M50 and M4 in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [58020/22]
227. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number and percentage of the Dublin Bus fleet that is aged zero to one years old, between two and four years old, between five and eight years old, between nine and 12 years old and over 12 years old as of 16 November 2022, in tabular form. [58019/22]
163. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full-time staff vacancies, by job title, in the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court; the estimated full-year cost of filling each of these vacancies, in tabular form; and when these vacancies will be filled. [58029/22]
270. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of fatal road traffic collisions in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the number of drivers involved per year; the number of drivers in which the status of their driver licence or learner permit is unknown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57200/22]
244. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has advice, a circular or memo for ECCE providers in respect of human resource management or procedures that they should follow. [57189/22]
243. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can provide a mediator in instances in which an ECCE provider and or an employee in an ECCE provider require mediator in cases before the WRC [57188/22]
195. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of naval vessels that have been bought from New Zealand in 2021 and 2022; if he is satisfied that the State has the capacity to store and / or moor the ships; and if there is an adequate number of fully-trained personnel to service the ships. [57170/22]
149. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of driver disqualifications received from the Courts Service per year from 2017 to date in 2022 which resulted in mismatches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57199/22]
148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the automation process for sending notification of driver disqualifications by the Courts Service to Transport, which went live in September 2022 in phase 1 of the programme of work, will only automate records of disqualified drivers where a driver number has been captured; if he will report on the progress of phase ll of the programme of work which will cover all remaining records and the date set for completion of phase ll; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57198/22]
147. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of disqualification court orders received from the Courts Service per year from 2017 to date in 2022 in which the RSA could not match a disqualification against drivers who have an Irish driving licence or learner permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57197/22]
133. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the holiday entitlements of employees under the employment wage subsidy scheme; and the way in which it should have been calculated. [57190/22]
74. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance in the context of insurance reform if he will outline the steps that he has taken to ensure that persons that make a claim in respect of their stolen motor vehicle receive market value equivalent payments to cover their loss rather than the estimated value provided by the policy holder; and if his attention has been drawn to instances in which persons are at a loss due to the inflationary impact on the second-hand motor vehicle trade. [56931/22]
56. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been contacted or engaged by a company (details supplied) in respect of job losses at the company; if so, the nature of those discussions; and if he is satisfied that the company has complied with communication protocols in respect of redundancies. [56812/22]
55. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been contacted or engaged by a company (details supplied) in respect of job losses at the company; if so, the nature of those discussions; and if he is satisfied that the company has complied with communication protocols in respect of redundancies [56811/22]
461. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of camera zones in operation under the Garda safety camera contract; and the number of hours of monitoring and surveying vehicle speed which they provide annually. [56143/22]
460. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of community-based CCTV schemes in operation throughout the State; and the number of cameras involved which the gardaí have access to. [56142/22]
459. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda CCTV schemes in operation throughout the State; and the number of cameras used. [56141/22]
445. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of ECCE providers that have provided him with notice that they will cease with service provision since the introduction of core funding. [56711/22]
444. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 8 November 2022, if he will clarify the way in which the building referenced was identified and or the way in which the attention of his and his Department was drawn; if he and or his Department were offered use of the premises by the owner or by a third party; and if he and or his officials will provide minutes of meetings and or conversations that were had with the owner or persons acting on their behalf [56710/22]
207. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify his taxation policy for biofuels; and if biofuel value added tax and levies will be amended. [56437/22]
198. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the way in which local authority members may access the bike-to-work scheme in their capacity of elected representatives at local government level; and if he has engaged with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of their eligibility for the scheme. [56185/22]
179. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of learner permit holders disqualified in each year since 2016; the number who surrendered their learner permit to the RSA each year from 2016 following disqualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56312/22]
149. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention or that of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities has been drawn to the lack of a comprehensive data protection impact assessment by ESB Networks regarding information that it gleans from smart metres (details supplied). [56311/22]
148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he and-or the Commission for Regulation of Utilities granted ESB Networks permission to extract granular data from electric smart metres; if he will provide the process that persons can follow to opt-out of this practice; and if he will provide the point at which persons could avail of an opt-in. [56310/22]
345. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of the supports her Department provides to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of assisting persons living in Ireland who have fled Ukraine following its invasion by Russia. [56007/22]
344. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to enhance and expand existing youth and older persons services in Kildare north. [56006/22]
341. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of the NGOs and charities that have been closed down and sanctioned by the Charities Regulator in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, including the reason for the closure order and-or sanction imposed, and the name of the NGO and or charity. [55920/22]
340. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she engaged with the Charities Regulator in respect of an NGO (details supplied); and if so, if she will outline the nature of those engagements. [55919/22]
315. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the rationale for the rehiring of a person in the health system in Ireland (details supplied).
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