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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update in respect of the progress that has been made since the publication of a white paper to end direct provision; the number of international protection applicants that have transitioned into the new model to date in 2022; and if he will provide an update in respect of the work...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Statutory Instruments (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has amended certain statutory instruments in Section 9 of the Garda Síochána Functions and Operational Areas Act 2022 since its enactment (details supplied). [52297/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (20 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill 2022. [52553/22]

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. It is not possible to separate land use from transport planning and we must look over a long horizon to see what the trends are. In the mid-1990s, there was scenario testing for how the greater Dublin area was going to develop. It was intended that there would be a greater concentration of development in the city centre and, further...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: There is finally some good news on energy prices. Gas prices have dropped by more than two thirds since the summer. Yesterday's benchmark futures dropped to €92 per MWh, down from an astronomical €340 per MWh in August. A number of factors are feeding into this. The EU set a target for having its gas stockpiles at 80% by 1 November. This figure has been exceeded, with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It will only be good news if that is passed on. That was the key point in the questions I asked the Taoiseach. The market looks more like a cartel arrangement. There is now only a minuscule benefit to switching provider. Will the Taoiseach address the issue of standing charges? Has the regulator the power to deal with that? The Taoiseach might also address the following point. It...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with the Minister for Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of reviewing and or amending planning guidelines or regulations in respect of SEAI-funded solar installation on houses; if his attention has been drawn to the requirement in some instances in which an applicant for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and or his officials will review the planning requirements for the installation of solar panels on houses. [53307/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the “exceptional file” also known as the ghost file generated by his Department’s driver and vehicle computer services division; the number of disqualifications received from the Courts Service each year since 2017 that were inputted to the exceptional file due to the fact that the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 256. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with banks and or the Central Bank in respect of the timeframes that the banks have set for borrowers to draw down mortgages once approval has been sanctioned; if his attention has been drawn to the issue for borrowers facing interest rate increases on loans that cannot be drawn down due to building works on properties not being completed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available from her Department for those completing educational psychology trainee courses who are on placement in the children's disability network team. [52699/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding increases, if any, that have been made to the early childhood care and education scheme since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53412/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 515. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of profitability for sessional services funded via the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53414/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 516. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the circumstances of the closure of a montessori (details supplied) in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53415/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which many early learning and care services have engaged with county childcare committees in relation to financial sustainability in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are available to services, either private or community, to support them with financial sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53416/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (25 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Multi Unit Development Act; if he will provide guidance on the criteria and thresholds that must be met in order to make a determination that an estate is unfinished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in respect of its refusal to pay a grant to a person who they approved for grant aid in respect of a roof solar installation (details supplied); and the steps that the applicant may take in respect of an appeal and or a complaint. [53674/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide a schedule of EU Directives that his Department is not in compliance with; the reason for same; if he will take immediate steps to ensure that the State complies with 2006 European Union bathing water Directive; the steps that he is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (26 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide a schedule of EU Directives that his Department is not in compliance with; the reason for same; and if he will take immediate steps to ensure that the State complies with 2006 European Union bathing water Directive. [53819/22]