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Loan Guarantee Schemes Arrangements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: This is a short technical Bill that is quite limited in scope. It is certainly one that should be supported. It relates to the agreement between the Ministers for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the SBCI, which the Ministers must sign before the end of this month to deliver Brexit impact loans by the end of quarter two. The effects of Brexit are...

Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I support the legislation. Evictions and court orders are not covered by the Private Security Services Act 2004 as it stands and therefore do not fall within the remit of the Private Security Authority. There was probably an expectation that these would be covered but it is only when something occurs that one sees gaps in legislation. The legislation was originally introduced in 2004, at...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: If I told the Taoiseach that cuckoo funds have been betting on this Government to the tune of €53 million every week this year, he would probably say I am being overdramatic. It is true, however. Despite its claims of ignorance about the activities of these cuckoo funds, the Government is up to its neck in it. Last year, GillenMarkets, a financial advisory firm based in Dublin,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: What about apartments? Are they not people's homes too? What about affordability?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: How is it factored into the Government's model? Why are the funds favourable towards a policy that they claim lacks an interventionist approach which is what they fear?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: If there was not a pandemic, there would be boots on the streets with people protesting. A whole generation has simply had enough and is not going to take that kind of response. I acknowledge a lot of money is being spent by the Government on our behalf. However, we must look at what it is spent on, such as long leases for 25 years. Dublin City Council is in the market for 1,000 units...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: I do not see affordability in the Taoiseach's plans. I do not understand what the Taoiseach thinks affordability is.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the RSA's plans first proposed in 2015 to name and shame disqualified drivers; the outcome of the latest research commissioned by the RSA in 2019 due to be completed in March 2021 whereby disqualified drivers were given €150 vouchers to take part in the project; the timeframe for publication of the findings...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that manual notices continue to be sent to the Road Safety Authority with details of drivers disqualified in court when the Minister for Justice responded to a Parliamentary Question in February 2021 stating that the Courts Service has been ready to automate the electronic transfer of disqualifications to the National Driver...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 10 February 2021, if he has received the requested report from the Road Safety Authority regarding learner drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24799/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 10 February 2021, if he has received the requested report from the Road Safety Authority regarding disqualified drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24800/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 10 February 2021, if the report requested form the RSA is now available regarding disqualified learner drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24803/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 10 February 2021, if he will report on the 29 action plans from the 2013-2020 Road Safety Strategy that were not completed by the end of the strategy term on 31 December 2020; the reason he reported that there were only seven action plans incomplete by the end of the strategy term in his...

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

Catherine Murphy: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce the necessary legislation to close a loophole discovered in 2013 which allows learner drivers to continually renew their learner permit without ever having to sit a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24802/21]

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

Catherine Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 10 February 2021, if he will provide additional details relating to the grounds on which he plans to provide for the power to revoke a driving licence; if he now plans to include a proposal to include the revocation of learner permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his engagements with Córas Iompair Éireann regarding the 1951 pension scheme. [24985/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his engagements with members and plans for houses with an association (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that loans on these properties will mature in five years; and if a handover or option to purchase will be considered by him. [24991/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers by county; and the current capacity of same by county in tabular form. [25026/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare providers in County Kildare; the current capacity of each in tabular form; and his plans to increase provision of childcare services in the county in view of the expanding population and development in the county. [25027/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 May 2021)

Catherine Murphy: 186. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of facilities in north County Kildare in receipt of ECCE funds and the other childcare schemes supported by his Department. [25028/21]