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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (5 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which her Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and-or a driver licence issued here as a method of verifying the identity of a person; if she has consulted with the company in respect of the way in which and-or the location it stores customer identification; if she has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (4 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) underwent a process of due diligence for its inclusion in the NBP consortium; the date on which the due diligence commenced; when it was concluded; the areas of concern regarding the company that arose; the way in which they were addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (4 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a service level agreement exists between his Department and the NBP contract winner; if so, the details of the agreement; if he can apply financial sanctions if the agreement is breached; the way in which progress in relation to the NBP will be tracked; if milestones and or targets have been set in the contract;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (4 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which a company (details supplied) was inserted into the consortium that was awarded the contract in respect of the NBP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50504/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (4 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a company (details supplied) was subject to the pre-qualifying process and other rigours in order to join in the consortium of the preferred bidder for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50533/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new buses on order by the NTA with a company (details supplied) that have passed the expected delivery data; the number of orders with the company expected for delivery in 2020 and 2021; the reason for the delay in delivering the new fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50513/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I move: “That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the most recently published homeless figures stand at a record 10,397, with 6,524 adults and 3,873 children classified as homeless; — the number of homeless families has increased by 354 per cent since September 2014, and more than one in three people in emergency accommodation is a child; — these...

Freagra ar Eascairí - Return of Writs: Cork North-Central, Dublin Fingal, Dublin Mid-West and Wexford - Introduction of New Members (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the four new Members, Deputies Malcolm Byrne, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Mark Ward and Joe O'Brien, and their families. It is not just today that their families will be aware of the effort that goes in to getting elected. Most people become an overnight success after 15 or 20 years and usually much time goes into this feat. This is a memorable day. Like Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to conciliation between OPW and a company (details supplied) in respect of Kevin Street Garda station; if the matter is being mediated; if legal proceedings have commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49850/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reviews have been undertaken to assess the degree of difficulty some students face in cases in which there is an apparent disparity in the way in which languages are taught and tested on the curriculum at leaving certificate level (details supplied); his plans to reform this aspect of the curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 26 November 2013, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was a surplus and or profit being used for day-to-day operations of the Bus Éireann business according to a special report on school transport by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 407. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for renovation work to commence at a dental clinic (details supplied) in County Kildare in view of the fact that the clinic was not allocated capital funding for 2020 and will remain closed; if an interim solution will be provided in view of the fact that persons in the area are without dental health services; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Meetings (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 482. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and or his officials attended a function at a location in the past ten days (details supplied); if so, if he will provide a schedule of costs regarding this function; the reason for the function to be held; the persons that attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49805/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 485. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a full historical schedule of fees paid to a company (details supplied) will be provided by the number of projects and or assignments the company was engaged on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49947/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason and-or context and the consultation Irish Rail undertook in respect of the peak time initiative; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons are bound by core hour contracts and do not have the flexibility in their employment to engage with the initiative; if he and or his officials have used Irish Rail...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been presented with briefings, draft reports or final reports by organisations in relation to an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50133/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (3 Dec 2019)

Catherine Murphy: 642. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of consultations between the National Parks and Wildlife Service and a private members club (details supplied) regarding the protection of legally protected plants and habitat at a special area of conservation; if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has raised concerns in this regard; if she has been provided with...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits Eligibility (28 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for selecting this matter for discussion. We all appreciate that the critical skills visa is an important one and we all want it to function. It has criteria, including an income threshold, a guaranteed contract or an offer of a contract of employment etc. I will provide an example because, when people approach Deputies with a problem, trying to resolve...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Work Permits Eligibility (28 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: We are talking about a small number of people, but they have important skills. If we are to attract other people with that skill set, they must not become bound up in a lot of unnecessary bureaucracy. I acknowledge that there have to be safeguards, but this skill set is undoubtedly required. Is there ongoing engagement with the professional bodies on this matter, specifically as it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2019)

Catherine Murphy: That is fine.