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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 213. To ask the Minister for Health the amount provided to date for the implementation of the National Cancer Strategy; and the date on which it will be fully Implemented. [50336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the way in which his Department is working towards reducing in-patient charges in the health system. [50335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Parking Provision (14 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the amounts directly collected by all HSE hospitals and primary care centres in respect of car parking charges for visitors and patients in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; if he will also provide the amounts collected by contracted companies to run and manage car parking facilities at HSE hospitals and primary care centres...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Yesterday at the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform framed their speeches in the context of the global pandemic. While Covid is still very much with us, the development of vaccines and the vaccination programme has thankfully dramatically changed things for the better. During the first lockdown, it became all too obvious who our essential workers were. It also became...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The previous speaker stated that smokers do not interfere with anyone other than themselves but that is not the case. If the Deputy meets representatives of the Irish Heart Foundation, they will tell him that the single most important health initiative that would make a difference in terms of heart health and stroke is people giving up cigarettes. There is a wider benefit. It is not down...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to engage with payroll software developers in the planned roll-out of statutory sick pay for 2022; the degree of engagement that has taken place; his plans to open a consultation in advance of the roll-out; if his attention has been drawn to a perceived absence of a detailed specification of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to directly engage with an association (details supplied) in 2021 in the context of the roll-out of statutory sick pay. [49490/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a full update in respect of completion of the pedestrian and cycle connections on all sections of the Sallins bypass; and the amount required in order to complete these works. [49153/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test application by a person (details supplied) will expedited given the applicant requires the test for work purposes; and if he will make additional resources available to the RSA to assist with the clearance of a backlog as a result of public health restrictions imposed over the past year. [49653/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in respect of public liability insurance in the context of start-up businesses and existing businesses (details supplied) being quoted extremely high premiums placing an unnecessary burden on their ability to trade and or continued existence; and if he has engaged with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 124. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the engagements his officials have had with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the IIP in the context of common reporting standards in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the dates on which engagements occurred over the same time period. [49543/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure a bank must follow in instances in which it proposes to close a retail bank premises in which the State has an interest; and the degree to which it must consult with the Central Bank in this regard. [49671/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure a bank must follow in instances in which it proposes to automate a retail bank premises in which the State has an interest; and the degree to which it must consult with the Central Bank in this regard. [49672/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 410. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of the supports and services available to the plaintiff following a court case that involves persons that suffered physical violence, psychological abuse and sexual assault; and if she plans to enhance the supports to persons that are victims of crime following the verdict of a court case. [49156/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (12 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 257, 258, 259 and 260 of 27 May 2021, if she has considered the second phase of the IIP review; and the actions she will now take based on the review in its entirety. [49542/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I want to go back to the matter of the State Claims Agency and the contingent liability. Mr. Breen tells us that there are 12,000 active claims. Is a solicitor involved in every one of these cases to get them to the point that they arrive at the State Claims Agency?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Is a solicitor involved? How do claims become active and arrive at the State Claims Agency? I am referring to clinical claims.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. Breen. I want to be efficient with the time so I would appreciate if we can keep the answers short. The contingent liability is in the region of €4 billion but that does not crystallise until the claim is actually paid. Claims are paid as they arise. Will Mr. Breen give a breakdown, for the last three years, of the number of claims that crystallised and were mediated as...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: What accounts for that change?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapters 15 and 16
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 16
National Treasury Management Agency - Financial Statements 2020 (7 Oct 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is heartbreaking to see a family on the steps of the courts after years of legal wrangling. We saw such a case this week. No amount of money can undo damage that is done at birth, in the case of cerebral palsy. Where that damage is caused by neglect or not following up on something, people want apologies and a mediated settlement that is about more than the finances to cover the cost of...