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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Auto-enrolment, of course, is something that is to be welcomed and, in fact, I said in my contribution which the Taoiseach must have missed. However, it was also reported in the Irish Independent that a confidential Cabinet memorandum stated that the new auto-enrolment pension scheme is particularly important because an increasing number of older people will need sufficient income to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the income from renting garden shed-type accommodation is treated from a taxation perspective; if it is treated as a registered standalone private dwelling at the same address; if it is treated as a rent a room in a dwelling context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16898/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has plans to regulate the renting out of garden sheds as accommodation at market rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16896/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP applications that have been rejected or not processed due to the quality of the accommodation being at an unacceptable standard. [16897/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of urgent passport query forms his Department has processed per month in 2021 and to date in 2022 from Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16893/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of calls to the Oireachtas members query line that were processed per month in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16894/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of parliamentary questions he has answered in regard to individual passport applications as opposed to systematic processing queries in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16895/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 161. To ask the Taoiseach if he has engaged a company (details supplied) in respect of the services it provides from 2011 to date in 2022; the number of times he has engaged this company; the services used; and the total cost of all engagements with this company. [15229/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Energy Conservation (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of offices his Department use by location and include the display energy certificate, DEC, rating for each; the amount his Department has received historically from the public sector energy efficiency programme; and if he consulted with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in respect of a minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention or that of his predecessor and that of officials has been drawn to instances in which the organisation failed to file accounts on time in the past; and the action they initiated on foot of same. [15792/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the situation in respect of fee caps being linked to core funding in the early child education sector; if providers will lose funding if they fail to sign up to fee caps; and if he will provide the advices he received in respect of this direction. [16634/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify if Ireland is accepting the entry of people fleeing Ukraine who do not have Ukrainian or EU citizenship; the legal status they are entitled to; and the specific arrangements that are being put in place for same. [16036/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by his Department and the HSE to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention or that of his predecessor and that of officials has been drawn to instances in which the organisation failed to file accounts on time in the past; and the action they initiated on foot of same. [15790/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: 615. To ask the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) has provided his Department or the HSE with an update in respect of the non-filing and or filing of overdue accounts. [15791/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: The witnesses are very welcome. The Chair has already outlined that we have a short time in which to put questions and get responses, so I will try to bear that in mind. The staff complement in 2020 was 93, which was up two from 2019, when it was 91. What is the current staff complement? What are the positions SEAI is funded to fill?

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Whatever we spend, we have to spend it wisely, but we really do need to spend at scale given the challenge in front of us. I presume we will see the roll-out of the one-stop shops and all of that. Will that be this year?

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Is there a sufficient number of staff to deal with the plans?

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: So it will be ongoing. Obviously, this will be dependent on having contractors registered. What kinds of numbers is SEAI at at this stage?

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. Walsh said SEAI does modelling. Obviously, it will be advising the Government on public policy. The kind of stock local authorities will be retrofitting will include old local authority houses from the 1950s with two or three bedrooms. What is the cost of a deep retrofit of a house fitting that profile?

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Local authorities have been allocated €27,000 to retrofit individual homes. They do not have another income. Would that be sufficient to carry out a retrofit? I know there can be economies of scale but is that sufficient?