Michael Murphy

371. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total revenue and capital funding provided by central government to each local authority in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67119/25]

372. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out an assessment of the financial sustainability of local government; his views on the fact that many councils are facing a funding crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67120/25]

373. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide data on the proportion of each local authority's revenue that is derived from commercial rates; the trend in this figure since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67121/25]

374. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has assessed the extent to which local authorities are being forced to increase commercial rates to balance their budgets; the expected number of local authorities increasing rates in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67122/25]

375. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has examined the impact on small and struggling businesses of increases in commercial rates arising from local authority funding pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67123/25]

376. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to bring forward proposals to reform the local government funding model, including measures to reduce over-reliance on commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67124/25]

377. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that the current system of equalisation and central transfers ensures a fair distribution of resources between local authorities with differing rates bases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67125/25]

378. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the impact of local property tax decisions on local authority finances over the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67126/25]

379. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide additional support for those local authorities that face structural funding deficits and have limited capacity to increase commercial rates without damaging their local economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67127/25]

433. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a full breakdown of the allocation of newly attested Garda members from the Garda College, Templemore, in each of the graduations held in 2025; the number allocated to each Garda division and each Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67148/25]

434. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda members allocated from Templemore to the Clare/Tipperary division in 2025; the number allocated to each individual station in South Tipperary, including Clonmel, Cahir, Cashel, Tipperary Town and Carrick-on-Suir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67149/25]

435. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda members allocated from Templemore to the South Tipperary division in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67150/25]

436. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to list, for each attestation class in 2025, the number of Garda members attested; the number of those allocated to the Clare Tipperary Division; and to each individual station in South Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67153/25]

437. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any Garda members who were initially due to be allocated to the South Tipperary division in 2025 were reallocated elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67154/25]

438. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a breakdown of new personnel assigned to the South Tipperary division in 2025, showing new probationers from Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67155/25]

439. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Gardaí attached to each Garda station serving the south Tipperary area, including Clonmel, Cahir, Cashel, Tipperary Town and Carrick-on-Suir; the number of Garda staff in each of these stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67159/25]

440. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown, by rank (Garda, sergeant, inspector, superintendent and so on) of the Gardaí currently attached to each station serving the south Tipperary area, including Clonmel, Cahir, Cashel, Tipperary Town and Carrick-on-Suir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67160/25]

441. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the headcount and full-time equivalent number of Garda members assigned to the south Tipperary area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67161/25]

442. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí attached to each station serving the south Tipperary area, including Clonmel, Cahir, Cashel, Tipperary Town and Carrick-on-Suir, at 31 December in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, and the latest available figure for 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67163/25]

443. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of Gardaí assigned to the Garda districts covering south Tipperary for each of the past three years, 2022 to 2024, and the latest figure for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67164/25]

125. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an explanation for the increase in the average waiting time for a driving test invite from 11.5 weeks in September 2025 to 13 weeks in October 2025; and the reasons the downward trend in waiting times has reversed. [66694/25]

126. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the current waiting times for driving test invites at each test centre nationwide; and the number of applicants waiting at each centre, with particular reference to the longest waits recorded at Mulhuddart M3 (20 weeks), Dun Laoghaire/Deansgrange (19 weeks), Raheny (17 weeks), and Tallaght (15 weeks). [66695/25]

127. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to outline the specific actions which are being taken to address the large centres where applicants are waiting 15 weeks or more for a driving test invite, including Mullingar, Limerick, Castlemungret and Cork Wilton. [66696/25]

128. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the reason 48,660 driving test applicants, representing 80% of all applicants are waiting longer than the RSA’s 10-week service level agreement as of the end of October 2025; and the steps which are being taken to bring the RSA back into compliance. [66697/25]

129. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the driving test centres where learners are waiting 11 weeks or more; the number of applicants at each; and the measures being put in place to reduce these waiting times. [66698/25]