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General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Essentially this is in a field where the Tánaiste has very close connections. He has outlined that to us. He would obviously pay attention to an organisation that he was going to use in trying to sell a document. He would surely know that this was a basket case at this stage. That will not come as a surprise to the vast majority of people. I think it was in the public domain that...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is this the standard that we can expect from the Government, that something can be justified on motivation, that it is okay to leak internal, confidential documents based on the public interest?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 188. To ask the Taoiseach the consideration given to the five-year census of population, which would have been due to take place in 2021; if preliminary work has taken place; if resources have been provided; if a formal decision has been made to postpone the census; and if so, when it will be delayed until.. [33906/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Employment Rights (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 222. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of progress to introduce a right to disconnect in 2020; the level of engagement he has had with the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, regarding its role in drawing up a code on the right to disconnect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32928/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Programme for Government (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 224. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the establishment of sectoral task forces as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32951/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Local Enterprise Offices (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 225. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the expanded new role of the local enterprise offices as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32953/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and-or his predecessor have conducted a costing regarding the doubling of the rail line from Maynooth to Kilcock, County Kildare; if not, if he plans to do so; if consideration has been given to the idea of doubling the section of line if in the context of the DART+ plan; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the establishment of the national public transport forum; if he has identified the groups he will consult as part of the establishment of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32947/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of establishing a commission to conduct an economic evaluation of higher speed rail links between the main cities in view of the commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32949/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 327. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans to legislate for e-scooters and e-bikes as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32950/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to issues related to the reduced capacity on public transport services: his plans to address the issues; and if he has considered the allocation of additional resources to transport providers such as the rental of additional fleet as a temporary measure. [33091/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to issue refunds if requested by the person (details supplied); if he plans to minimise the waiting times in view of the restrictions in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33188/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 376. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers arriving and departing here on a weekly basis from 1 August 2020 to date on 29 October 2020 by country including seaports and airports in tabular form. [33910/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Bodies (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 384. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of and position regarding a developmental role for NewERA in view of the commitment in the programme for Government; if it will evolve strategies to leverage the balance sheets of State companies to drive new economic opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32952/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Census of Population (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 519. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the preliminary work that has taken place with respect to the publication of the 1926 Census of Population; the lead in time needed to enable publication in that year; if funds have been made available to complete the project; the work already undertaken to achieve the release of the data; and if a release date earlier than 2026...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; if she has identified the groups that he will consult with as part of the review; if she will provide this Deputy with a schedule of those groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32948/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place can be made available in a special school for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33707/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the calculated grades process and the Reasonable Accommodations at the Certificate Examinations, RACE, students that for the predicted grades purposes required the use of a reader or scriber, it did not allow consideration for other RACE student's needs, she will clarify whether in the context of the November 2020 written exam,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Services Card (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 974. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person needs to hold a public services card in order to access the national childcare scheme and its financial assistance element; and if payments can be backdated for those who could not access the scheme due to reasons impacting his Department as a result of Covid-19 restrictions and changes in his officials' work patterns. [33648/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 976. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which persons will be able to make paper-based applications for the new national childcare scheme. [33669/20]