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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: May I mention our timing in relation to the nursing home and disability issues? We are aware of the timeline the Department or Minister is working to. Maybe we should timetable our meeting for when the reports are likely to be produced, because at least then we will have a substantial amount of information to go on. There is no point in doing anything in advance of the publication of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the body that is responsible as a designated entity in the Planning and Development Act 2000 that can make a determination in respect of a proposed development that would and-or could be contrary to Ireland’s climate action plan. [6329/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (9 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the changes to the criteria for teachers partaking in online summer courses in view of the fact that it will negatively impact those wishing to participate; and if she will set out the rationale for the proposed change. [6238/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (9 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a rationale for the changes to the EPV summer courses for primary teachers, particularly the abolition of asynchronous courses and the reduction of offline hours; if she consulted with educational stakeholders on this change; if she considered the caregiving commitments of teachers in this process; if she is committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify whether the NCT operator has a sanctioned derogation in respect of the qualifications that testing staff must have in order to test vehicles in the European Union. [5599/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Code (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to review the degree to which the change in benefit-in-kind is impacting on persons that require the provision of a vehicle as part of their work; if he will set out the rationale for applying the charge on the end user rather than the provider of the vehicle; and if he plans to mitigate increased charges on workers in the context of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Bodies (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount in dividend payments made to the State in the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and year end 2022, by commercial semi-State companies and non-commercial semi-State companies, in tabular form; and if he will provide individual sums by company for those years. [6091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and approve an application by a person (details supplied) in respect of incremental credit. [5813/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional resources and capitation in respect of a school in Maynooth, County Kildare in order for it to accommodate increased demand on the school for places (details supplied). [5966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide schools in Leixlip, Celbridge and Maynooth with additional resources to assist with their ability to provide education for persons seeking international protection. [5967/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unfilled and-or vacant teacher positions at primary and second level in County Kildare, by school and number of vacancies. [6110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of additional supports, resources and funding for the towns of Leixlip, Celbridge and Maynooth; if he will liaise with his colleagues in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Department of Education regarding the provision of extracurricular...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the amount provided for in Communities Integration Fund in 2023; the way in which this fund can be accessed; if the fund provides for the provision of spaces that is, use of locations for education and English language lessons for persons seeking international protection. [5969/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unpublished chaplaincy reports from Irish prisons that are outstanding in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; if he will provide a schedule by prison location that the unpublished reports originates from; and if he will outline for the reasons for not publishing the reports. [5976/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (8 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of each bonus payment to employees of Coillte and Greyhound Racing Ireland in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [6094/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: We have just seen the announcement for the St. Patrick's Day visits. The Attorney General is normally part of the visit to Washington D.C. with the Taoiseach, which is a very important visit. In a breach with that protocol up to now, the list today shows that the Attorney General will be a solo dignitary to Argentina and Chile. There seems to be a deviation from the Attorney General being...

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: Last year, the six largest western oil companies made more money than in any year in the history of that industry. A combined €204.24 billion in profits meant last year was a fantastic year for the shareholders of BP, Chevron, Equinor, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies. The shareholders received €102.6 billion in dividends last year. In the midst of a war in Ukraine and an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (14 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of learner drivers per year in each of the years 2019 to 2022 that failed to turn up for their scheduled driving test appointment; the number of driving tests lost per year through no-shows; his plans to introduce measures to ensure that learner permit holders sit a driving test before they can obtain a subsequent learner...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (14 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify, in the context of voluntary school contributions that are of €250 or more, whether it is the patron or school board of management that is the designated charity organisation that benefited from tax relief as a result of the submission of the CHY4 form. [7367/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Feb 2023)

Catherine Murphy: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a fund for schools that cannot meet their running costs in order to end the practice of demanding voluntary school contributions. [7368/23]