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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (27 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenships by naturalisations that have lodged on foot of the Immigrant Investor Programme historically; and the number of those approved and refused, respectively. [29005/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (27 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of the overall applications by country of origin under to the Immigrant Investor Programme historically. [29008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (27 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of engagements she and or her predecessor has had with the Central Bank, the Minister for Finance and the Revenue Commissioners in respect the Immigrant Investor Programme; if she plans to reform the programme in respect of the investments made in the provision of social housing. [29009/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: Since last March, our response to Covid has been one of emergency thinking, with a heavy reliance on secondary legislation. We rushed legislation through last March in a very different environment. The Minister described that legislation as draconian and I agree with that description. In a million years I would not have expected to have to vote for that kind of legislation but the Covid...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: And rightly so.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is Hobson's choice.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I also want to be associated with the remarks in relation to the gardaí and send my party's well wishes for a speedy recovery and solidarity to both the gardaí and the community who have been traumatised by this. Whenever the Government's housing policy comes under attack, the Taoiseach consistently tells us that the State, and not the cuckoo funds, is the biggest player in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I am on the record, in 2014, when HAP was introduced, as saying that unless it was accompanied by substantial building what would happen would be that we would be paying in perpetuity rents to the private sector. Essentially, that is what we are seeing because the scale of what is being built is being outstripped by the amount that is being spent on rents. If long-term leasing is bad,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cybersecurity Policy (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 52. To ask the Taoiseach if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver the services and or system. [27422/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the cessation of a discount on Bus Éireann services for persons with epilepsy; if he has engaged with the NTA on this issue; and his plans to reinstate the discount benefit. [28547/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite the work underway in respect of the transfer of lands to a local authority via the Chief State Solicitors Office in order for the process to build additional school buildings dedicated to the needs and education of children with autism (details supplied); and the details of any impediments that may be causing an undue...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding as part of the UBU scheme administered in 2019 and 2020 per county and per capita in terms of youth population in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28543/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the grounds on which a public servant may be granted early retirement and pension entitlement (details supplied). [28611/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will engage with the Director General of the Irish Prison Service in respect of a prison officer that is not permitted to return to work and also will not be permitted to be medically retired (details supplied). [28612/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (26 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 12 May 2021, the number of drivers summoned to court for failure to pay a fixed charge notice within the statutory payment timeframe for the offence of holding a mobile phone while driving by District Court in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of drivers convicted per year...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We need to seek that report from the Department of Education and finalise the outstanding issues in terms of the transfers. We did get a report on that in relation to this piece of correspondence. As was said, this goes back to the indemnity agreement. The nation was appalled by the Ryan report where there were voluntary transfers. People took it at face value that there would be goodwill...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: To be honest, sometimes I find it difficult to figure this out. Usually when there is a claim against the State, the State Claims Agency takes that on board. It is difficult to attach a claim to a particular Department in that context. Mr. McCarthy might help us out on this matter. Where exactly is the claim stated? Obviously, the State Claims Agency takes over. We may well be asking...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: It is important we gather the information and set aside time to consider this. Having engaged with some people who have made protected disclosures or who are whistleblowers, I know that not everyone who makes a protected disclosure will be found to be 100% correct or whatever. We are now at a point where it is unsatisfactory for many people who make protected disclosures, and this committee...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: We are told that public consultation dating back to June and July of last year helped to inform the approach to the transposition of the directive. It might be worth asking whether people who made protected disclosures were specifically asked to comment on their experience because there is nothing like people who have had direct experience telling you what worked and what did not. At this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: That is the point. Sizeable amounts of public funds have been transferred to HRI. The origin of this is the gambling tax. Essentially, we know this industry employs many people. It is an industry that needs to be protected. I would have thought this was one of the basic issues identified. We had queries on the letter of 7 May. It was unclear whether the reference was to three quarters...