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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Expenditure (14 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 1127. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year current and capital costs of extending the period the sleep clinic is available at Naas General Hospital from half a day per month to two full days per month. [15272/20]

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (9 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I also congratulate the Minister and Minister of State on their appointments. I wish them well in the coming years. I am pleased that the Minister represents a constituency in the commuter belt, particularly as the lowest ratios of gardaí to population are in Meath and Kildare, respectively. I know it is down to the Garda Commissioner to deploy resources but I am sure that fact will...

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I will support the amendment, although I accept the points the Minister of State made about where the details are decided. The greatest risk will be people not being able to go back to work. The cost of that includes unemployment payments. Then there are the secondary aspects of this, namely, the jobs that will be lost directly and the knock-on effects for suppliers, including the loss of...

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I also wish the Tánaiste well with his new Ministry. It will be one of the very important offices if we are to stabilise the level of unemployment and grow in a different way that is more sustainable for our environment, the well-being of people employed here and the businesses themselves. The small-to-medium business sector is a huge employer. If we are to avoid high levels of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: I take it then that the Taoiseach will be talking to HIQA to ensure that that report is done and will be produced for that tragic case. The Taoiseach did not address the issue of the reduction of funding. Will he address that in his response, and if there is a report or evaluation, that that will be provided to the Dáil? Is the Taoiseach surprised about the kind of warnings that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: We note from the number of clusters and deaths from Covid-19 in the nursing home sector just how exposed that sector was and the tragic consequences that followed from that exposure. At the height of the crisis, the sector's lack of preparedness was raised in the House on numerous occasions. We heard concerns raised by Nursing Home Ireland as early as the beginning of March, including...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the business supports available that are specific to the taxi and small private bus hire sector in the context of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13849/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Football Association of Ireland (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to meet an association (details supplied) in respect of ongoing governance issues and the referral of a report to An Garda Síochána and the ODCE. [14099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the tourism and hospitality sector in the context of Covid-19 [14100/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the rate of VRT due on vehicles that are being purchased for use as a taxi and or private limousine service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13848/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 536. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which a project (details supplied) links in with the national broadband plan; her plans to expand the project to other locations outside of the five chosen as bases to deploy the scheme; the way in which the five bases were selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13963/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 537. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the costs incurred to date with a project (details supplied); if she consulted with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13964/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Broadband Plan (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 538. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the duration of the contract with a supplier (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13965/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an itemised schedule including headings of grants and or funding provided to the Irish Greyhound Board in 2019 and 2020 will be provided; the way in which funding is released to the board; the measures in place to ensure funding is used correctly; and the terms and conditions attached to the funding. [14088/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Correspondence (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 925 of 5 March 2020, the number of investigative officials in his Department in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the locations of the office of each; the number of investigations carried out in each of the years; the number that were successfully prosecuted; the number that failed; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Decision-Making (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the decision support service in the context of wards of court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14267/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 681. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which construction will commence at the national children’s hospital; the reason for the delay in the recommencement of construction activity on site; the cost of the closure of the site due to Covid-19; if there are penalties in the context of costs accruing as a result of closure of the site; the reason for the continued closure of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 737. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his implementation of all aspects of the Sláintecare plan. [14101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reform (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 738. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue with the regionalisation of the HSE into separate health boards. [14102/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Jul 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 811. To ask the Minister for Health the number of investigations being conducted by the HSE regarding Covid-19 related deaths in nursing homes: the locations of the nursing homes that are being examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14283/20]