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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Key Priorities and Legislation of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (24 Nov 2021)

Catherine Murphy: As I said earlier, it is open to anyone to apply for a position on the Fáilte Ireland board. It is an open and transparent process. The voice of the industry is heard already in the hospitality and tourism forum. As I said, it is an open and transparent process and anyone can apply to it. The work of the Future of Media Commission has been completed and the report of the commission...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: We know we are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. We know that inflation has surged by 5.5% and stands at a 21-year high. Families are struggling with basic necessities. It is getting more difficult for a very large number of people to put food on the table and at the same time heat their homes. An increasing number of households can no longer afford to do both. Every facet of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I accept that some of this is generated from outside the State, particularly in respect of energy. Let us look at how Ireland was doing before this inflationary pressure kicked in. The cost of living in Ireland was 36% above the EU average. Our cost of housing is the highest in Europe. The cost of goods and services in Ireland is the second highest in Europe. Our fuel costs are the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: It should be progressive rather than regressive.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 48. To ask the Taoiseach if it is planned to amend the manner in which questions in the census are answered for all in a house, hotel or other establishment by one person; and if he plans to review the census form ahead of the next collection of information. [1053/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 67. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer-facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1808/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer-facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1797/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that there is a system to refund the prepay power metered households allowing them to avail of the proposed €100 refund of electricity costs incurred and is proposed for bill pay customers; the mechanism that has been put in place to ensure that all households will benefit from this refund;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1798/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1810/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to parliamentary question No. 64 of 12 May 2021, the cost of the research and surveys commissioned by the Road Safety Authority, RSA, on the naming and shaming project regarding the RSA proposals since 2015 to set up a database to name and shame disqualified drivers; the cost incurred in setting up the relevant database and all...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his programme of work to streamline the process of court information on drivers disqualified in court; his plans to automate the current manual process of receiving notification of driver disqualifications from the Courts Service via the National Driving Licence Service; the timeframe for his Department and the Road...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to produce the road safety Crashed Lives campaign advertisement by the Road Safety Authority on unaccompanied learner drivers featuring a person (details supplied) in December 2018; the cost to have the advertisement broadcast; the number of weeks the advertisement was aired; the reason the advertisement was discontinued...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 317. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Revenue Commissioners plan to review the list of tax exempt charitable organisations in order that climate and environmental charities are better represented. [1050/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 318. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position regarding an individual donor for tax relief on donations to a charity that does not currently have tax-exempt status in the State (details supplied). [1051/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 328. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in stamp duty in respect of bank and credit cards since the levy was introduced to date in 2022, by year. [1275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 341. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1799/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 342. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to situations in which lenders refuse to and or will not release funds to persons that work in companies that are receiving State supports due to the ongoing public health situation; if he will engage with lenders in respect of this situation in order to resolve the issue; if he has engaged with the Revenue Commissioners on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 380. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in respect of the salary scale related to the post of the Secretary General of the Department of Health; and if he has engaged with the Secretary General regarding the continuation of a waiver and or acceptance of €81,000 related to the pay scale in 2021 or to date in 2021. [1213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 381. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered the recommendations contained in a report by the Houses of the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts and the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach regarding the way in which an annual salary for the Secretary General of the Department of Health was developed and awarded. [1214/22]