829. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the current status of the women’s health action plan; whether her Department is planning to integrate premenstrual dysphoric disorder into that plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32289/25]
823. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will instruct her Department to extend the special leave with pay scheme past June 2025, given the fact that there remains a large number of public health workers still affected by long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32199/25]
708. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will consider, in collaboration with the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, introducing or promoting workplace supports, including possible menstrual leave or flexible working arrangements, for those affected by severe menstrual-related conditions such as PMDD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32292/25]
332. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the Information Commissioner rates the experience of his team, considering that paragraph 4 page 27 of his predecessor's briefing document said the office had a relatively inexperienced team overall. [32529/25]
331. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of staff who left the Office of the Information Commissioner during 2023; the number of exit interviews conducted; the three main reasons for leaving the office; and the number of exiting staff who expressed dissatisfaction with the way in which the Office of the Information Commissioner was being run. [32528/25]
330. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the Information Commissioner maintains his independence under section 43(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 when both training and reviewing the self-same public bodies. [32527/25]
329. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the Information Commissioner justifies wasting his experienced staff's time and effort to develop and deliver training modules for public bodies when he only closed 51% of cases in 2023 within the four months stipulated at section 22(3) of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [32526/25]
328. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation where in the Freedom of Information Act 2014 it authorises the Information Commissioner to develop and deliver training modules for and to public bodies, considering section 8(11) of the Act stipulates this is the responsibility of each respective Minister. [32525/25]
13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on his Department's interdepartmental group report on the Dublin city task force recommendations. [32307/25]
173. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will guarantee that every child will have access to an appropriate school place in their local community this September. [30979/25]
165. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to ensure every child will have access to an appropriate school place in their local community this September. [30980/25]
157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will introduce a legal maximum class size for primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30981/25]
105. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will remove the cap on SNA allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30978/25]
99. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene to prevent a school (details supplied) from having its number of teachers reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30982/25]
78. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a UN General Assembly resolution that endorses, supports, approves or otherwise sanctions an international force or body satisfies the legal requirements of the triple lock, irrespective of whether a UN General Assembly resolution is legally binding in an international law context or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31227/25]
71. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the general scheme of the defence (amendment) Bill 2025 enables Irish troops to be sent abroad as part of an international force that has not been approved by the UN and is not a peacekeeping, peace enforcement or conflict prevention force. [31230/25]
51. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the general scheme of the defence (amendment) Bill 2025 removes, rather than reforms, the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31229/25]
33. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the State will be in violation of international law if it abolishes the triple lock and does not withdraw Ireland’s national declaration to the Nice treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31231/25]
31. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the avenues that will be available to the people of Ireland to oppose the sending of Irish troops on “coalitions of the willing” if the triple lock is abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31228/25]
111. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of cases brought to the District Court by workers seeking enforcement of a Workplace Relations Commission's awards, under Section 43 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, in the past five years; and whether he has considered granting enforcement powers to the WRC in order to spare workers from having to take further legal action to reclaim its awards. [31303/25]
1665. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is a formal mechanism within his Department to monitor socio-economic equity in access to graduate entry medicine programmes; and if not, whether he intends to establish one in light of consistent Higher Education Authority data showing the underrepresentation of disadvantaged students in medical education. [30490/25]
1664. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department holds or has requested data on the socio-economic background of applicants and entrants to graduate entry medicine programmes over the past five years; and if so, to publish a breakdown by income decile or deprivation index to allow analysis of equity in access. [30489/25]
1663. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the new, targeted measures that have been introduced since the publication of the 2023 Funding the Future – Options Paper on the Cost of Higher Education to directly reduce the financial burden of graduate entry medicine tuition fees for socio-economically disadvantaged students; and if his Department considers general supports such as the student assistance fund or tax relief to constitute a sufficient response to the persistent underrepresentation of disadvantaged cohorts in medical education as reported by the Higher Education Authority. [30488/25]
1483. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if parents will be fully consulted and involved in relation to the establishment of the independent panel review into osteotomies in CHI at Temple Street and NOHC. [29852/25]
1482. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to the independent panel review into osteotomies in CHI at Temple Street and NOHC, if all patients who received this operation so-called less invasive innominate osteotomy will be included, including those who had their operation before 2010. [29851/25]
1350. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health her response to recent data showing over 4,200 children on CAMHS waiting lists, with over 620 children waiting longer than one year; and the policy changes she intends to pursue. [29281/25]
1349. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered creating a statutory right to timely mental health care for children under 18. [29280/25]
1348. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the support her Department provides for children and families who are unable to access CAMHS, and whether these are monitored for adequacy. [29279/25]
1347. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that current mental health service provision for children is compliant with the State’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [29278/25]
1346. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any assessment of the long-term developmental, educational, and economic impacts of prolonged delays in accessing CAMHS. [29277/25]
1345. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health what community-based mental health supports are available to children waiting over 12 months for CAMHS appointments; and whether these are standardised across the State. [29275/25]
1344. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to outline the current staffing levels in CAMHS West Cork (Dunmanway), including the number of funded but unfilled positions. [29274/25]
1343. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the potential fiscal savings from eliminating CAMHS waiting lists through investment in early intervention services. [29273/25]
1342. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce a national triage timeframe target for CAMHS referrals, such as a maximum of 12 weeks from referral to assessment. [29272/25]
1341. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS referrals currently being accepted for assessment and treatment, by area; and her plans to address the high rate of rejected referrals. [29271/25]
1340. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a bed at CAMHS inpatient units (for example, Éist Linn, Linn Dara, Merlin Park); and the total cost per admission. [29270/25]
1339. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the comparative cost to the State of early CAMHS intervention versus crisis-driven responses including A&E visits, ambulance callouts, Garda involvement, and inpatient psychiatric care. [29269/25]
1338. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on CAMHS waiting lists by area; and the number who have been waiting longer than 12 months in each area. [29268/25]
1116. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update into the investigation into the operations of a company (details supplied) ; and g when the investigation will be completed. [29788/25]
1115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that charges under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and the Control of Horses Act 1996 will be pursued against those responsible for the abuses found to have occurred at Shannonside Foods in County Kildare. [29784/25]
1103. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out any analysis of the impact on biodiversity of culling badgers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29398/25]
1102. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if intensive agriculture and larger herd sizes have increased TB rates in cattle, the measures he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29397/25]
1101. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring an end to the culling of badgers by the Department, in light of scientific evidence that it is ineffective in reducing TB levels in cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29396/25]
1013. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update regarding the next steps of the redress scheme for the Stardust survivors; the timeline for the rollout of the redress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29556/25]
977. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of a case (details supplied) in which a death certificate has not been issued to the family of the deceased over a year after their passing, if he will instruct his Department to investigate what has caused the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29098/25]
893. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 27 May 2025, if can confirm when this policy was enacted; the Minister that signed off on it; and the reason it was deemed necessary. [29345/25]