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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Collection (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of data-access requests the Passport Office has made to telecommunications and social media companies here in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies from which the data were requested; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 470. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of data access requests the Defence Forces and the Directorate of Military Intelligence have made to telecom companies and social media companies here in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed development of a new post-primary school campus in Prosperous, County Kildare; and the timeline from design to completion dates. [38739/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the outstanding amount in arrears of the pandemic unemployment payment will issue to recipients of the payment; the number of persons who are waiting on arrears of the payment; the reason for the outstanding arrears; and the steps she is taking to have the payments made in a timely manner. [38058/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Collection (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of data access requests her Department has made to telecoms companies and social media companies here in the past three years to date under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies from which the data was requested; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Data Retention (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 630. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of data access requests his Department has made to telecom companies and social media companies here in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the data was requested from; and the reason the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional financial supports that are available to first and second year trade apprentices in view of the fact that wages at this stage of their education are very low. [37814/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 744. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will engage with the Irish Prison Service in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been assigned to other important duties in order to secure a working from home arrangement without prejudice in view of the fact that they have a diagnosed and well-documented underlying health condition. [38675/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 751. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the communications (retention of data) Bill. [38800/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 754. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of data access requests An Garda Síochána has made to telecom companies and social media companies here in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the data was requested...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 755. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of learner drivers detected driving while unaccompanied under the Clancy amendment law since 22 December 2018; the number of learner drivers who had their vehicle seized under the Clancy amendment for driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38859/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention or that of his predecessor and officials has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the steps he is taking to remedy the issue; and if he has considered making an interim payment of salary to the person while issues are resolved. [38637/20]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: It is really quite insulting to say Private Members' time should be used for this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The Tánaiste knows that the way in which it rotates does not result in the kind of scenario we would want for questions and answers. He knows that. He knows there is a precedent because a former Minister, Ms Fitzgerald, came in here and answered questions. There was a back-and-forth exchange. Therefore, the Tánaiste should not insult us with the throwaway remark that it is our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The Deputy is just worried about the greyhounds. He should not worry about this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Is my time being taken up by this?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The reality is that we were told there was one process, and the one process was a JAAB process. To me, that sounds like everything else was binned and there was a foregone conclusion, which materialised because there was one process and individuals were excluded from it. That is the only thing we can take from what the Taoiseach said during the week. Does the Tánaiste concur with that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: Good process.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I also want to raise the issue of the appointment of a Supreme Court judge and the process around that. The Government obviously has a role in the appointment of a judge but it is the responsibility of the Opposition to hold the Government to account. We should not be blocked in doing that. As has been pointed out already, there has been precedent in the discussion in this Chamber of an...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 9 – Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Central Fund Related Accounts - Revenue Account 2019 (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: The witnesses are very welcome to the Committee of Public Accounts. In the previous Committee of Public Accounts one of the issues we considered was whether it was Revenue's role to collect carbon tax, how it is spent and whether it is spent on what it was intended for, which is a policy area. We know, however, that the increases in carbon tax are ring-fenced but not the base, so to speak....