Results 15,441-15,460 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49292/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49305/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of successful and unsuccessful applicants, respectively by sports in the context of the latest sports capital grants; the number of grant appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49441/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 259. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by her Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49291/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 263. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49303/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by her Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49296/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which private sector companies that provide CVRT tests for commercial vehicles are compliant with schedule 5 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 in respect of the public services card (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49306/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49300/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish and-or provide the most recent recommendations made by the HAP practitioners forum to him and his responses to those recommendations over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49310/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 301. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by her Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49293/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, we need time to fully absorb that report. We had expected that it would be available long before this. It looks like there will be a need for a second meeting and that will post-date the reconvened AGM of the FAI which is due to take place on 21 December. We will have to do that in the new year. It is really important that we put it in context. The context is that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I have got to say that I would hold back on making that kind of statement as yet. That is the ideal situation but the loss of confidence in terms of the finance of the FAI was really brought about by the lack of proper governance and oversight. We absolutely have to be confident that this situation is rectified and that we can be confident that public money is spent in the way it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: Correspondence No. 2019/561 falls into the same category. It is in relation to the Voice of Vision Impairment, in terms of the hierarchy of vulnerable road users. Maybe we can dispose of that at the same time.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits Eligibility (28 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this matter for discussion. We all appreciate that the critical skills visa is an important one and we all want it to function. It has criteria, including an income threshold, a guaranteed contract or an offer of a contract of employment etc. I will provide an example because, when people approach Deputies with a problem, trying to resolve...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits Eligibility (28 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We are talking about a small number of people, but they have important skills. If we are to attract other people with that skill set, they must not become bound up in a lot of unnecessary bureaucracy. I acknowledge that there have to be safeguards, but this skill set is undoubtedly required. Is there ongoing engagement with the professional bodies on this matter, specifically as it...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Protection (28 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 21 November 2019, the reason each public authority listed accessed the passport office data sets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49630/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Protection (28 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedures and-or protocols that were in place prior to the enactment of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 for public authorities and An Garda Síochána to gain access to the information in the Passport Office data sets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49653/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I have an ancillary point. This is happening at a time when there is very serious pressure on other countries, particularly given what has been happening in the Mediterranean over the past few years. We have got to see this backdrop also.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: In the absence of this information how would SUSI make a determination? We do not want to end up excluding people who should be funded for college places. We might ask about the challenges in doing this where an exception is made.