Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Postal Services

Eoghan Murphy

16. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 14 October 2020, if a new strategy statement for An Post has been finalised. [3109/21]

Legislative Measures

Eoghan Murphy

36. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if future legislation regulating e-scooters will include a legal requirement to have suitable lighting appropriate to the speeds at which they travel. [3107/21]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Eoghan Murphy

289. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the status of plans for accepting migrants on humanitarian grounds; and the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic has halted these plans. [3108/21]

Crime Prevention

Eoghan Murphy

295. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider introducing new laws to combat the large increase in the theft of catalytic converters such as extra penalties for car dealers who do not confirm the origin when reselling the parts. [3104/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

361. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is considering using doses of different vaccines for the same person as is reported to be the stated policy in the UK but which is contrary to the official guidance adopted in the US; and his views on this practice. [3105/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

362. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the level of engagement his Department has had with general practitioners, dentists and other medical professionals regarding the sharing of vaccine roll-out information which could then be shared with their concerned patients who would like to know when they will receive the vaccine. [3106/21]

Vaccination Programme

Eoghan Murphy

402. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) with a health condition can expect to receive a Covid-19 vaccine. [3266/21]

Bus Services

Eoghan Murphy

146. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority consulted with local Garda superintendents regarding the potential traffic implications of the BusConnects proposals. [45068/20]

Tax Code

Eoghan Murphy

228. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 9 December 2020, if it is correct that the €3,000 annual gift exemption does not form part of the aggregate lifetime inheritance calculation so it remains that the child of two partners can get €6,000 per year that is not included in that calculation whereas the child of one parent can only get €3,000. [45069/20]

Higher Education Institutions

Eoghan Murphy

57. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has had discussions with the higher education sector regarding their landbanks and plans for available land within their control; and if he has a role in the way in which State-funded universities, colleges and institutes develop their land. [41269/20]

Higher Education Institutions

Eoghan Murphy

117. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has or will issue regulations regarding the way in which publicly-funded higher education bodies may or may not use their land for commercial or other activities. [41270/20]

Bus Services

Eoghan Murphy

46. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the current BusConnects process is compliant with the Kazakhstan advice in relation to the Aarhus Convention (details supplied). [42375/20]

Brexit Preparations

Eoghan Murphy

47. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 12 November 2020, if he will provide a copy of the traffic management group’s no-deal contingency plan as referenced to in the reply. [42395/20]

Tax Code

Eoghan Murphy

60. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the parental gift tax exemption in order that the limit is placed on the recipient rather than that the benefactor given that children of single parents can only receive half the tax free amount of those with two parents. [42374/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

190. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if Covid-19 restrictions for weddings will remain constant in relation to specifics, for example, music and dancing at the various levels (details supplied). [42376/20]

Vaccination Programme

Eoghan Murphy

212. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if specific plans for a vaccination database have been made; and if so, if the database will be centralised and easily updated by general practitioners, hospitals, pharmacists and other relevant groups. [42373/20]

Departmental Advertising

Eoghan Murphy

85. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider increasing the awareness campaign for persons to buy Irish goods in advance of Christmas given the challenges businesses are facing. [41223/20]

Childcare Costs

Eoghan Murphy

443. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine information (details supplied) regarding childcare costs; and his views on the figures. [41224/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Eoghan Murphy

591. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the testing capacity he expects to be in place for when a Covid-19 vaccine is available. [41220/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

592. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a training programme for all medical, pharmacy and veterinarian personnel, nursing students, the Army and other appropriate groups, requesting the use of general practitioners' surgeries out of hours in advance of a Covid-19 vaccine becoming available in order to prepare for mass vaccination. [41221/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Eoghan Murphy

593. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the checks in place to ensure that private Covid-19 testing centres are operating to the appropriate standard as well as integrating into the national contact tracing effort. [41222/20]

State Savings Schemes

Eoghan Murphy

65. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if there has been an increase in the purchase of State bonds or savings certificates administered issued by the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, or State prize bonds in the past 12 months; if so, the increase and current amounts invested in these bonds and products; and his views on the matter. [36722/20]

State Savings Schemes

Eoghan Murphy

77. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering a new State-backed investment scheme via a bond, certificate or savings account. [36723/20]

Bus Services

Eoghan Murphy

182. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will extend the current round of public consultation on BusConnects to January or February 2021 given the Covid-19 restrictions and the limitations they have brought. [39363/20]

Light Rail Projects

Eoghan Murphy

183. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will include in the terms of reference for the metro south west feasibility study a requirement for the consultants to speak to groups that have already identified an interest including a group (details supplied) and relevant residents associations. [39364/20]

Light Rail Projects

Eoghan Murphy

184. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the metro south west feasibility study will examine the possibility of the line terminating at Firhouse, Dublin 24. [39365/20]

Cycling Facilities

Eoghan Murphy

185. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the status of the Clonskeagh-to-city centre cycle route; and if he expects delays due to Covid-19 restrictions. [39366/20]

Foreign Policy

Eoghan Murphy

177. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of engagement he has had with his European counterparts regarding the unrest in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37578/20]

Education and Training Boards

Eoghan Murphy

224. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education if the CDETB has parks and playing pitches that could be used as public parks given the increased demand need for such amenities at present. [37581/20]

Maternity Services

Eoghan Murphy

260. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the roll-out of baby boxes will commence. [37580/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Eoghan Murphy

315. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to his Department of carrying out Covid-19 tests; the breakdown of the constituent costs of each part of the tests; and if the prices are in line with international prices. [37579/20]

State Properties

Eoghan Murphy

108. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is conducting a review of State-owned or rented office space in Dublin to determine if there is a current or projected oversupply in view of new working arrangements adopted under Covid-19 measures that may become more permanent. [36689/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

137. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he anticipates civil servants returning to their places of work on a more regular basis; if his Department has begun work on assessing the possibility of a longer-term hybrid working arrangement or even section and Department relocation; and if the work is being done in line with the objectives of the national planning framework. [36688/20]

Ports Development

Eoghan Murphy

22. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the status of infrastructure works at Dublin Port given anticipated custom changes as a result of Brexit; if there is sufficient land; the effect this will have for the other activities of the port and its land use; and the additional impacts expected on surrounding local infrastructure - for example, the port tunnel and access points to the port from various directions. [35789/20]

Light Rail Projects

Eoghan Murphy

85. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the status of his plans for feasibility studies for the metro south of St. Stephen's Green in respect of potential new or additional routes. [35788/20]

Work Permits

Eoghan Murphy

96. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if resources will be directed to the work permits section of his Department to ensure that as many persons who have secured employment as possible can be working. [35907/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

185. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to increase the number of publicly funded outdoor event venues that can accommodate social distancing similar to that at Wood Quay, Dublin 8. [35903/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Eoghan Murphy

186. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if event-specific supports have been made available to encourage increased numbers of Covid-19-safe cultural events - for example, outdoor cinemas. [35904/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

308. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who have been fined for breaching Covid-19 level 5 restrictions. [35906/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

123. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the protocol and processes in place when the first contact with a positive Covid-19 case does not cooperate with the requirements to provide contacts for tracing. [33174/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

157. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the protocol and processes in place when a Covid-19 contact tracer encounters resistance and a failure to cooperate from the close contact of a positive case. [33173/20]

Metropolitan Area Networks Programme

Eoghan Murphy

340. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the terms of options to be explored in the feasibility study on extending the metro to the south west and the weighting for each of the criteria assessed under each option. [33236/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

660. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the EU wide travel system; when he expects Ireland to participate; and if distance restrictions that may be in place for Irish citizens at the time, for example, stay within 5km of their place of residence will impact upon the travel system. [33030/20]

Equality Issues

Eoghan Murphy

664. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the membership of the new UN disability committee and the voting that will take place later in 2020 (details supplied). [33237/20]

Education and Training Boards

Eoghan Murphy

1019. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the CDETB has plans to repair the clock on the Rathmines College building. [33028/20]

State Examinations

Eoghan Murphy

1020. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views regarding grading errors and college places (details supplied). [33029/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

1110. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of passenger locator forms completed and processed in September 2020; the number of persons contacted following their arrival here via this process; the number of positive contacts made; and the number of cases of non-compliance with the restricted movements advice. [33027/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

1304. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons contacted as part of contact tracing efforts that refuse to co-operate with the requests for information and refuse to get tested. [33025/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoghan Murphy

1305. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons contacted each week as part of contact tracing efforts. [33026/20]

Recycling Data

Eoghan Murphy

27. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications if waste management companies provide information on the percentage of green domestic waste which is eventually recycled; and the systems in place to verify this information. [31899/20]