Parliamentary questions

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

300. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department and all bodies under his Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54222/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

301. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54240/22]

Departmental Websites

Catherine Murphy

317. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will apply a fix to a website that is hosted by his Department (details supplied). [54994/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

322. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee in tabular form. [55487/22]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

323. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishment works that the OPW plans to carry out at Garda stations within the DMR over the next six months; the nature of these works; and when these projects will commence in tabular form. [55514/22]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

326. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the OPW completed its hand-over of the new Garda security and operations centre building on Military Road to An Garda Síochána. [55607/22]

Office of Public Works

Catherine Murphy

327. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has conducted works and or engaged contractors to carry-out works at a site (details supplied). [55615/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

329. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department and all bodies under her Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54226/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

330. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54244/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

342. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of officials in her Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee, in tabular form. [55491/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

359. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54238/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

421. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee in tabular form. [55485/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

430. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department and all bodies under his Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54217/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

431. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54235/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

464. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee in tabular form. [55482/22]

Foreign Policy

Catherine Murphy

466. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite the United States secretary of state to Ireland early in 2023. [55524/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

470. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if his Department and all bodies under his Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54212/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

471. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54230/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

501. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee in tabular form. [55477/22]

Naval Service

Catherine Murphy

502. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if the contract to replace LÉ Eithne will be put out to tender before the end of 2022. [55525/22]

Naval Service

Catherine Murphy

503. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Naval Service will be launched before the end of 2022. [55526/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

515. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her Department and all bodies under her Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54213/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

516. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54231/22]

School Staff

Catherine Murphy

553. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 444 of 11 October 2022, the number of teaching posts that are vacant as of today's date (details supplied). [54523/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

617. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of officials in her Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date;the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee in tabular form. [55478/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

633. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department and all bodies under her Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54224/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

634. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54242/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

720. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of officials in her Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee in tabular form. [55489/22]

Community Welfare Services

Catherine Murphy

722. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community welfare officers based in County Kildare, by town and area of coverage per CWO in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55504/22]

Community Welfare Services

Catherine Murphy

723. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of community welfare officers serving the towns Maynooth, Leixlip and Celbridge per thousand population currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55505/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Catherine Murphy

724. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of exceptional needs’ payments processed in County Kildare in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the reason or category for the issuance of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55506/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

743. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department and all bodies under his Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54211/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

744. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54229/22]

Mother and Baby Homes

Catherine Murphy

756. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a person (details supplied) who was staying at a location qualifies for redress. [54460/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

791. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee, in tabular form. [55476/22]

Child and Family Agency

Catherine Murphy

792. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies for social workers positions that Tusla currently has available; and the steps being taken to attract extra social workers. [55515/22]

Public Sector Staff

Catherine Murphy

793. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time therapists and child arts psychotherapists directly employed by Tusla, by Tusla area and service or the team in which they are working. [55516/22]

Ukraine War

Catherine Murphy

797. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his plans for the use of a building and lands (details supplied). [55614/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

806. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and all bodies under his Department's aegis have reviewed their estates portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54218/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

807. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and type of unused and-or unoccupied buildings in his Department's estates portfolio and all bodies under his Department's aegis. [54236/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

829. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee, in tabular form. [55483/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

837. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her Department and all bodies under her Department's aegis have reviewed their estates portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54221/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

838. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number and type of unused and-or unoccupied buildings in her Department's estates portfolio and all bodies under her Department's aegis. [54239/22]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

861. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will immediately move to amend regulations in respect of Garda trainee recruitment, to increase the maximum age of applicants ahead of the next recruitment campaign; and her views on whether the current maximum age of applicants gives rise to a perception that the police service is ageist. [54683/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

889. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of officials in her Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee, in tabular form. [55486/22]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

890. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the amount An Garda Síochána has spent on vehicular recovery services within the Kildare Garda division in 2021 and to date in 2022; the name of the company that was awarded the contract to provide this service; and when this current contract is due to expire. [55517/22]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

891. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with offences under Operation Preacher to date; and the number of successful convictions obtained to date. [55518/22]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

892. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí within the Kildare division who successfully completed the method of entry course in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the duration of this course. [55519/22]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

893. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if funding will be provided for the purchase of additional horses for the Garda mounted unit in 2023. [55520/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

916. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his Department and all bodies under his Department's aegis have reviewed their estates portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54219/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

917. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number and type of unused and-or unoccupied buildings in his Department's estates portfolio and all bodies under his Department's aegis. [54237/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

1222. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee, in tabular form. [55484/22]

Hospital Staff

Catherine Murphy

1229. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the respiratory department at Naas General Hospital has a full complement of staff, including consultants, respiratory nurses, physiotherapists and physiologists; and if this number is deemed sufficient. [55521/22]

Care Services

Catherine Murphy

1230. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of new day support services that will be delivered to elderly persons in 2023, in tabular form; and the number of persons who will receive these services. [55522/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

1254. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and all bodies under his Department's aegis have reviewed their estates portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54210/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

1255. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and type of unused and-or unoccupied buildings in his Department's estates portfolio and all bodies under his Department's aegis. [54228/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Catherine Murphy

1307. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expenditure by his Department on pension payments to former civil servants in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the total payments made to former civil servants, including a breakdown of the grade they held upon retirement, and the number of persons in each grade, in tabular form; and if he will provide separate schedules for payments to former civil servants appointed before and after 6 April 1995. [55474/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

1308. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official and the cost for each attendee, in tabular form. [55475/22]

Agricultural Colleges

Catherine Murphy

1311. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time students enrolled in Teagasc agricultural colleges in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [55523/22]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

1312. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of containers inspected by his departmental officials following arrival into Dublin Port from 1 November 2021 to 1 November 2022, in tabular form. [55527/22]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

1315. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in respect of a person (details supplied) and their right to have personal information corrected that is held by his Department; and if he will clarify the position and or provide a timeline in respect of their employment in his Department. [55609/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

1318. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department and all bodies under her Department's aegis have reviewed their estates portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54223/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

1319. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and type of unused and-or unoccupied buildings in her Department's estates portfolio and all bodies under her Department's aegis. [54241/22]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

1331. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of officials in her Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee, in tabular form. [55488/22]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Catherine Murphy

157. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he proposes to publish sectoral emission ceilings for the current carbon budget period 2021-2025, as required pursuant to Section 6C(1) of the Climate Change and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54074/22]

Rail Network

Catherine Murphy

167. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the date on which he will publish the all-island rail review; and the amount expended on the review to date.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54035/22]

Dublin Bus

Catherine Murphy

170. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will use whatever powers that are available to him to urgently compel CIÉ Dublin Bus to refurbish and bring Nos. 10-13 Conyngham Road, Dublin 8 back into residential use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54075/22]

Residency Permits

Catherine Murphy

269. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the status of the Afghan Admission Programme; and her plans to extend it for persons wishing to leave that jurisdiction. [53920/22]

Energy Conservation

Catherine Murphy

53. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in respect of its refusal to pay a grant to a person who they approved for grant aid in respect of a roof solar installation (details supplied); and the steps that the applicant may take in respect of an appeal and or a complaint. [53674/22]

Water Quality

Catherine Murphy

77. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide a schedule of EU Directives that his Department is not in compliance with; the reason for same; if he will take immediate steps to ensure that the State complies with 2006 European Union bathing water Directive; the steps that he is currently taking to improve water quality in the Dublin bay south area. [53818/22]

Water Quality

Catherine Murphy

94. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide a schedule of EU Directives that his Department is not in compliance with; the reason for same; and if he will take immediate steps to ensure that the State complies with 2006 European Union bathing water Directive. [53819/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

139. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a letter from a ECCE provider (details supplied); if he will review the core funding policy in view of the contents of the letter; his plans to increase capitation; and if he has conducted and or if he will conduct a sectoral impact review regarding the introduction of his core funding policy change. [53798/22]

Deportation Orders

Catherine Murphy

148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of deportation orders issued; the number of deportation orders which were affected from 2004 to date in tabular form. [53679/22]

Deportation Orders

Catherine Murphy

149. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of deportation orders issued to children; the number of deportation orders to children which were affected from 2004 to date in tabular form. [53680/22]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

150. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the reasoning behind her proposed amendment to the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 which would reduce the reckonable residence requirements for minors seeking to be naturalised from five to three years; if her Department will consider reducing the requirements further; and the reason that three years was chosen as the cut-off point. [53681/22]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

151. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to broaden the categories of children entitled to naturalisation under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956; and if so, when she intends to introduce such an amendment. [53682/22]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

152. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's call in 2016 for the Government to provide a clear and accessible legal framework to regularise the status of children and their families in irregular migration situations; if her Department plans to create such a legal framework; and if so, the details and timelines for the plan. [53683/22]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

153. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if the attention of her Department has been drawn to the fact that children cannot currently make an application for naturalisation independent of their parents or guardians; if her Department has received legal advice in relation to whether this is in contravention of Article 42.A of the Constitution and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if she will provide the details of any plans that her Department has to ensure children can hold independent residency permits, as is in operation in Germany and Canada. [53684/22]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

154. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service has been refusing applications for naturalisation signed by social workers on behalf of children in their care; and if her Department has taken steps to amend this practice. [53685/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will detail the parameters of the good character requirement in the naturalisation application process; if her Department has any intention of clarifying the definition of the good character requirement in legislation or through a statutory instrument; and if so, the details and timelines for the plan. [53686/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Catherine Murphy

156. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of revocations of certificates of naturalisation from 2000 to date in tabular form. [53687/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Catherine Murphy

157. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has considered the introduction of an independent appeals mechanism for naturalisation decisions; and if so, the details and timelines for the introduction of same. [53688/22]

Immigration Status

Catherine Murphy

158. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of stateless persons in the country from 2000 to date; and the number of stateless children in the country from 2000 to date in tabular form. [53689/22]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

159. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her Department plans to introduce a formal process for determining statelessness, a regularised system for recognising stateless persons in Ireland or a process for stateless children who migrate to Ireland; and if so, the details and timelines for the plan to implement such a process. [53690/22]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

207. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development in the context of a correspondence item sent to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (details supplied) by the Secretary General of her Department, if she will clarify whether the national funding platform that she is developing in conjunction with Pobal will be an open source for the public to use; if not, the rationale for that; the amount expended on the project to date; and the progress made on same. [53797/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Catherine Murphy

192. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has engaged with the Minister for Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of reviewing and or amending planning guidelines or regulations in respect of SEAI-funded solar installation on houses; if his attention has been drawn to the requirement in some instances in which an applicant for solar installations must provide drawings and apply for planning permission to carry out works; his own plans to simplify the process from grant application to installation of solar on houses. [53306/22]

Renewable Energy Generation

Catherine Murphy

193. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he and or his officials will review the planning requirements for the installation of solar panels on houses. [53307/22]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

210. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the “exceptional file” also known as the ghost file generated by his Department’s driver and vehicle computer services division; the number of disqualifications received from the Courts Service each year since 2017 that were inputted to the exceptional file due to the fact that the disqualification cannot be matched automatically to a driver on the national driver file database; the number of disqualifications on this exceptional file sent by his Department each year since 2017 to the RSA's outsourced agency (details supplied) in order to try to match the disqualification to a driver; the number of disqualifications on the exceptional file that were successfully matched to a driver each year since 2017 through this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52722/22]

Financial Services

Catherine Murphy

256. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with banks and or the Central Bank in respect of the timeframes that the banks have set for borrowers to draw down mortgages once approval has been sanctioned; if his attention has been drawn to the issue for borrowers facing interest rate increases on loans that cannot be drawn down due to building works on properties not being completed in time in order to satisfy a bank to release borrowings. [53154/22]

National Educational Psychological Service

Catherine Murphy

363. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the financial supports available from her Department for those completing educational psychology trainee courses who are on placement in the children's disability network team. [52699/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

513. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding increases, if any, that have been made to the early childhood care and education scheme since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53412/22]

Childcare Services

Catherine Murphy

514. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which many early learning and care services have engaged with county childcare committees in relation to financial sustainability in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53413/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Catherine Murphy

515. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of profitability for sessional services funded via the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53414/22]

Childcare Services

Catherine Murphy

516. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the circumstances of the closure of a montessori (details supplied) in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53415/22]

Childcare Services

Catherine Murphy

517. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are available to services, either private or community, to support them with financial sustainability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53416/22]

Legislative Measures

Catherine Murphy

542. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice her plans to amend the Multi Unit Development Act; if he will provide guidance on the criteria and thresholds that must be met in order to make a determination that an estate is unfinished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52902/22]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

2. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the steps she will take to ensure that the recruitment of new gardaí and civilian staff following the budget 2023 allocation to her Department will meet the announced target; if she has engaged with Garda management in respect of the new recruitment campaign; and the date on which it will commence. [52296/22]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

186. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of the meetings that he and or his officials have had with a company (details supplied) to date in 2022; the schedule should include online, phone conference and in-person meetings, date of meeting and topics that were discussed; and if he and or his officials have plans to or will schedule further meetings in the coming weeks with the company. [52551/22]

Data Centres

Catherine Murphy

187. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department's policy in respect of supporting data centres in Ireland in the context of the decarbonisation and digitalisation of Ireland's economy and society; and the steps that he has taken to ensure that these transitions are complimentary and in harmony with environmental policy. [52555/22]

Data Centres

Catherine Murphy

191. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of data centres in Ireland that are not connected to the grid and that use on-site fossil fuel to generate power. [52554/22]