Results 41-60 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fire Safety (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1191. To ask the Minister for Health the last dates each external in-person fire safety audit was carried out on behalf of the HSE in each hospital part of Dublin Midlands Hospital Group; the frequency with which these audits are carried out; and if the reports from these audits are published online. [44833/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1192. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of WTE psychiatrists that are based in primary care centres within CHO9 in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [44834/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1193. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of theatre utilisation for St James's Hospital to date in 2024. [44835/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented at Smithfield minor injuries unit at the weekends to date in 2024. [44836/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances, motorcycles and rapid response vehicles that came into the National Ambulance Service fleet in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of those vehicles that were withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [44837/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Equipment (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mobile phones issued to staff in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total costs expended by his Department on handsets and phones bills over the same timeframe. [44863/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Museum Projects (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with the OPW in respect of the delivery of a children’s science museum in view of the fact that his Department is the record holder of files associated with the project; if he will provide copies of the files and records referenced (details supplied); and if he has or will be funding the delivery of this project....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in level 5 pre-nursing courses in the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years, in tabular form. [44839/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Equipment (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mobile phones issued to staff in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total costs expended by his Department on handsets and phones bills over the same timeframe. [44862/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1335. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects that were funded under the town and village renewal scheme in County Kildare in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [44838/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Equipment (5 Nov 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 1336. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of mobile phones issued to staff in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total costs expended by her Department on handsets and phones bills over the same timeframe. [44867/24]

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Service Executive (24 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome all the witnesses. Mr. Gloster, in his opening statement, mentioned the number of staff in August 2024 and said that the "growth is 23.3% since December 2019". Has the WRC change from a 39-hour week to a 37.5-hour week been part of the calibration?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Service Executive (24 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Has Mr. Gloster responded to the INMO with that information?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Service Executive (24 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: On the 2,000 posts that were suppressed in advance of the embargo being lifted, Mr. Gloster gave us the figure for August 2024. Will he please give us the figure for December 2023?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Service Executive (24 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Yes

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Service Executive (24 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I, too, picked up on the overtime payment and wonder how it happened. During a weekend night call-out in 2023, the employee was paid a rate of six hours' pay per patient for each of the four patients treated in a single period of 60 minutes. That same point was made by Deputy Kelly. It cost in excess of €2,800 for the call, which is an extraordinary amount. I can see the HSE's...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Service Executive (24 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: This situation happens when the consultant is called in to a hospital, I presume, to see patients and there is nobody else to cover that. This person would have come in and seen four patients, and that is essentially how it happened.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Service Executive (24 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: The second item I want to deal with - I hope I will be able to come back in on a few other matters later - relates to the settlement of the employment case. This cropped up in the C and AG's report. It jumped out to us. I understand that there is a mediated situation and that this constrains what can be said. The settlement comprised €1.37 million for a loss of potential private...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Service Executive (24 Oct 2024)

Catherine Murphy: It is astronomical. It really is-----