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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Investigations (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1975 of 6 September 2019, if a full report (details supplied) will be published regarding alleged serious planning irregularities in County Donegal; the reason for the delay in publishing same; if a full unredacted copy of the submission composed by his officials for his consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protected Disclosures (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures examined to conclusion by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5308/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1306. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a location for the An Gorta Mór Ulster NFMD Commemoration 2020 has been selected; her plans and or vision for the commemoration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3917/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1309. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown of online and hard copy subscriptions including the publications that her Department subscribes to; if consideration has been given to using a banded set of IP addresses for online...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via hardware provided to them by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4019/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Protected Disclosures (13 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1334. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of protected disclosures her Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures examined to conclusion by year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5301/20]

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (14 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I too express my sympathies with those who have lost their lives. Those deaths are an individual tragedy for the families themselves and it is all the more incumbent on us to make sure we minimise the risk into the future. We all agree that we want to move forward as quickly and as safely as possible to a situation where we reopen as much as possible of our society and our economy. The...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (14 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Many firms and workers based in Northern Ireland are working on construction sites in the South. There is an issue with driving and moving between the two, because two different arrangements are in place. Is the Taoiseach in discussions with his Northern Ireland counterpart regarding that issue? Are there specific arrangements about next Monday and how that will be handled?

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (14 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Are there additional financial resources available in respect of the Health and Safety Authority or is this just about moving environmental health officers across to undertake that function? Are there financial resources associated with that scaling up and are there real consequences for those who do not abide by the rules and standards?

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (14 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I raised with the Taoiseach this morning exactly that same issue of the specific resources that would be available. It is intended that phase 1 will happen on Monday and provisions must be in place for Monday. I was told by the Taoiseach that I would be better to address it to Deputy Humphreys because she is the line Minister. I refer to the specific information on the number of staff who...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I asked the Minister specifically about the numbers relating to the Health and Safety Authority. The Taoiseach suggested that I ask Deputy Humphreys directly because she is the line Minister. Do we have any knowledge of the additional resources or additional numbers of people that will be available to the Health and Safety Authority?

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: When the lockdown first happened, we were all getting phone calls about whether some employment was on the essential list.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I understand that. I am making a point. We will get phone calls on Monday, telling us that such and such a company in the construction sector is not complying with the protocol. Will there be enough people to go out and inspect if that is the case?

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Some 200 cases have not been dealt with.

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to ask three groups of questions. I will try to make my questions as short as possible. On maternity leave, I note the Minister's comments to other Deputies on the legal aspect being under consideration. Is consideration being given to extending maternity leave as part of that process? Could that be done? It is not an ideal time to have a baby as the support that would normally...

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I raised it as a separate matter. When we were dealing with the legislation, I raised the fact that it appeared to be an anomaly that the issue of persons with very compromised health whose workplace was open was not addressed. The Minister is not giving consideration to such issues.

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I will revert directly to the Minister on that issue. Deputy Howlin raised the issue of a unified Europe-wide approach. That does not necessarily involve countries taking an individual approach but, rather, having the same approach across the European Union. All Members are paying great attention to the matters currently under discussion at European level. There have been several very...

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is a two-pronged approach being considered? Clearly there is the crisis impact, the crisis period of Covid at the extreme end and then there is the recovery component. Is a relaxation of the rules on the excessive deficit procedure being considered? Living within the fiscal rules would be a bit of a straitjacket in terms of investing or providing a stimulus in the form of capital spending...

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to move to a different topic now, namely the construction industry and the warnings we heard yesterday about the cost of capital projects. Given that has now been stated publicly, controls such as enhanced oversight of capital projects will be necessary pretty quickly. Is the Minister enhancing that capacity within the Department or are there plans to enhance that capacity? Is he...