Results 17,821-17,840 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Broadband Plan (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline in respect of an upgrade regarding broadband services at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will expedite the required works to enhance the schools access to a reliable high speed service with increased capacity in view of the fact that the school has invested in class sets of laptops,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Broadband Plan (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to upgrade and-or reform the high-speed broadband programme for schools; if she and-or her officials have engaged with National Broadband Ireland In respect of same; and if she will provide a schedule of all schools in County Kildare that will have broadband service upgraded in 2021 and 2022. [16760/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Circulars (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the circular and-or correspondence her Department issued to the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, in respect of not transitioning NEPS assessments on returning to school in September 2020 following lockdown (details supplied); and the reason she did not address this important decision with secondary schools...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 791. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal injury claims that have been taken by prison staff against the Irish Prison Service for injuries sustained in prisons in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the breakdown of the claims finalised; the injury sustained in each case; the amount paid in legal costs; and the estimated claim...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 792. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of personal injury claims that have been taken by prisoners against the Irish Prison Service for injuries sustained in prison in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the injury sustained in each case; the amount paid in legal costs; and the estimated claim costs for claims yet to be finalised in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 824. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Border management unit inspections and site visits to airports (details supplied) in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; if any breaches or concerns were flagged with airport operators; and if any sanctions ensued as a result. [17259/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Negligence Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 898. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid in legal costs to each of the top ten legal firms representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in 2020; the number of cases that payments relate to in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Negligence Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 899. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out in legal costs to each of the top ten named legal firms representing the agency in medical negligence cases in 2020; the number of cases that payments relate to in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16468/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 900. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims ongoing by the State Claims Agency in relating to late diagnosis and missed diagnosis relating to failings in the CervicalCheck screening programme; the number of cases settled; the total amount paid out in claims to date; and the legal costs of the cases to date. [16469/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 1101. To ask the Minister for Health if a schedule will be provided of outbound and inbound international flights in respect of airports not listed on the passenger locator form field (details supplied) and or place of arrival from 1 to 18 March 2021; the number of passenger locater forms processed in respect of these airports as an entry point to the State over the same time period; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 1139. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to change the policy on amending the return to work of staff members (details supplied) that are classed as highly vulnerable in cases in which they have been fully vaccinated and are willing to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17343/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (31 Mar 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 1221. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols for birth partners in respect of attending all stages of pregnancy including check-up appointments; and his plans to allow partners to attend all stages from 5 April 2021. [17574/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Since the Beacon story broke last week, as I am sure other people have done, I have spoken to people with significant underlying conditions who would qualify for vaccination under cohort 4. Every one of them has said that if they were on a backup list and got a call at short notice, they would drop everything and go. They want the vaccines that were designated for cohort 4 to be given to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I ask the Tánaiste to tell us about the 150,000 doses and about the number of vaccines for April. Will he commit to a backup list for people in cohort 4?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The last time I looked, the Minister for Education was a member of Cabinet. There is no point in throwing it back on the Opposition. Certainly, the evidence is incredibly important, and I do not diminish that. We are getting mixed messages here. Who is in charge? The Tánaiste did not answer my question about 1 million doses in April. Is it 860,000 doses or 1 million doses? Are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2021)

Catherine Murphy: In giving information, I am quoting media outlets because we do not get briefings. It would be very helpful if we did rather than relying on a variety of sources.

Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Apr 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I listened to the Minister's contribution. It is important that she has been very clear about what is intended. That helps to reduce the doubt that may well exist and it was necessary that she put her comments on the record. I feel a lot better about the Bill because I had some concerns about whether we would go back to the situation we had before the relevant court judgment. I thank the...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 Apr 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I agree with nearly everything Deputy Boyd Barrett said. The Social Democrats also lost out on the opportunity to make a contribution on that important legislation. There were to have been several speakers before my party was due to contribute. It is entirely predictable that this kind of thing would happen. There is an opportunity to extend the debate that follows Private Members'...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a schedule will be provided of the data sets, databases and file types his Department has shared with the Department of Health since 2000. [17970/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: General Data Protection Regulation (1 Apr 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of complaints his Department has received from members of the public under the heading of general data protection regulation, GDPR, and data information requests from 2018 to date in 2021; the number of data information requests that have been refused and accepted, respectively; the number of GDPR requests refused; and...