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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Correspondence (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a response will issue in writing to an organisation (details supplied) in respect of its letter to him dated 26 August 2021. [44964/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Correspondence (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address all seven points raised by an organisation (details supplied) in its letter to him dated 26 August 2021. [44965/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the eligibility criteria for those in need of a primary medical certificate; his plans to include persons impacted by stroke to be included in the eligible criteria; and if he will expand on the eligibility of the certificate. [44554/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of commitment 13 and 14 in the context of the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2016-2018; and his plans to establish a public consultation in respect of open government partnerships in 2021 or 2022. [45048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Housing for All plan has been subjected to a carbon impact assessment in the context of the carbon budgets required pursuant to the Climate Change and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44966/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the community employment scheme that had been extended from 2020 to 31 October 2021 will be extended further due to the continued public health restrictions that were imposed on many aspects of the operations of her Department. [45102/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the process in respect of part-time workers who during the academic year require the support of jobseeker’s benefit on weeks in which the school or college is closed (details supplied) will be examined; if consideration will be given to a specific school staff streamlined way to support part-time workers who work...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options returning citizens from outside of the EU can avail of regarding upskilling and or further education. [44629/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to barriers regarding further education options for returning citizens from outside of the EU (details supplied); if this cohort can avail of Springboard courses; and if any alternative routes exist for entry to these courses. [44630/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the number of front-line vacancies currently at Naas General Hospital; the type of vacancies that are available; the measures that are in place to fill those vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44487/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-person newborn and infant developmental checks carried out by public health nurses by CHO region in 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of checks carried out by phone; the number of checks not conducted; and the backlog of same. [45111/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 647. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which public health nurses will resume in-person checks; and the number of days public health nurses have been not in regular active service since March 2020 to date. [45112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (21 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 692. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update regarding Food Vision 2030; if it has been formally adopted as policy; if it is a policy that a planning authority must have regard to under section 34(2)(ia) and or (iv) of the Planning and Development Act 2000; if it automatically supersedes and replaces Food Wise 2025; and if he will make a statement...

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (16 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome this legislation, which is long overdue. It seems that every time we have a debate on European legislation, I can use a copy-and-paste paragraph about the flagrant disregard for the need to transpose European framework decisions in a timely manner. It is 13 years since this framework decision was written and ten since the deadline for transposing it passed, yet here we are in 2021...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: The Minister, Deputy Coveney's, botched appointment of Katherine Zappone was a scandal for many reasons, one of which was his inconsistent and contradictory statements to the Oireachtas foreign affairs committee. This necessitated two visits to the committee by the Minister so that he could clarify and expand on remarks he had made. It seems that Ministers giving incorrect information to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I want to clear something up with the Tánaiste. I accept that people come in and make mistakes. Nobody is infallible. However, the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, came in yesterday and made a very brief comment to the House, with no reference to the statement he made about the Central Bank. It is essential that the record be corrected. This is not just some mistake. It was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Some of us have been saying that for years. We have to build it in the quantities that are required.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Does the Tánaiste believe the Minister should come in and correct the record in regard to the Central Bank?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome Mr. Reid and his team. I appreciate that there was certainly a context to the events. That is important to note. We remember the sharing of ventilators in Italy and we appreciate that ICUs have been hugely under-resourced. Let us accept that that is the scenario we are talking about. I think every member of the committee appreciates all of the work done, particularly by those...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statement 2020 and Related Matters: HSE (16 Sep 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Reading the KPMG report, a lot of the sourcing of PPE was done by desktop. I believe masks were the only items of PPE that were inspected. For example, there was an issue with 1 million units that were issued to healthcare settings. That related to hand sanitisers. Are there other issues? We saw all the efforts made, the Aer Lingus flight and all the rest of it, to get the PPE. I...