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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2025
Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2025
Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2025
170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the waiting time for adults to be seen within the National Gender Service. [26205/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2025
169. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of people under the age of 18 years that have accessed the National Gender Service; and the criteria under which the service accepts referrals from a person under the age of 18. [26204/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2025
131. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there is a speech and language therapist in post at the National Gender Service; and if so, the years in which the National Gender Service had a speech and language therapist. [26203/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2025
27. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 13 May 2025, to provide details about this detailed examination; the date on which the examination commenced; to outline what the examination consists of; whether contact has been made with any of the airlines alleged to have carried these munitions; and when the examination will be completed. [26183/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
34th Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
782. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the fact that a number of new medicines are being made available through private healthcare providers, while public patients are made to wait for these to become available (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to ensure that lifesaving medication is made available to all patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25155/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
681. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if they are aware of the case of a person (details supplied), who have struggled since coming to Ireland and have reached out to the Department in search of support; will the Minister instruct his Department to provide all necessary support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25602/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
536. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason no reports for the Irish Cup coursing meeting at Limerick racecourse on 21-23 February 2025 have been published on the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) website; if this three-day meeting was monitored by an NPWS ranger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25145/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
460. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the 399 new special classes sanctioned for the 2025-2026 school year, how many will be fully operational on the first day of the school year in August-September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25580/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
459. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details, by reference to building works, of autism units and special schools scheduled for completion between April and September 2025, if these works are on schedule to be completed by September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25579/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
458. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of times section 37A of the Education Act 1998 was used; the reasoning for its use, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25578/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
457. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of school places required for special schools for September 2025, and the projected number of places that will be available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25577/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
456. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children nationally, and specifically in Dublin, who will not have a school place this coming September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25576/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
330. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the fact that sports insurance firms are not paying for upfront medical costs (details supplied); and if he will instruct his Department to investigate this matter and reform the sports insurance system to ensure these situations do not happen. [25256/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
183. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether State financial support for greyhound racing should be withdrawn. [25585/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that died on track or afterwards as a result of injuries sustained at tracks in 2024. [25588/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
147. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of injured horses killed at Irish racecourses in 2024; and if, given the ongoing suffering and death at races, he will remove State funding for horse racing. [25587/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
146. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether a ban on fox hunting should be introduced. [25589/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
120. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people working directly in the greyhound racing industry; and if plans are being made for a just transition for those people as State support is withdrawn. [25586/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
22. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with rural affairs and community development will meet. [22479/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
18. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent discussions with President Zelenskyy. [22478/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2025
8. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice, migration and social affairs will next meet. [22477/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2025
34th Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2025
314. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has turned down requests to treat injured children from Gaza in Children’s Health Ireland, despite the fact that clinicians and surgeons have stated that they have the resources and theatre time available to do so; and if so, how many children have been turned down. [24920/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2025
271. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the reason only one family member of children from Gaza being brought to Ireland for medical treatment is being given a stamp 4 visa; if he will consider extending stamp 4s to other family members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24999/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2025
172. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he intends that forthcoming legislation on facial recognition technology, Garda body cameras and prohibiting the wearing of face coverings at protests will be used in combination to prosecute protesters for public order offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24604/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2025
171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number and estimated cost per child of deporting children from the State, in each of the past five years, to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24605/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2025
92. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he is taking to bring in minimum BER standards for the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24608/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2025
43. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to ensuring no renter is disadvantaged by any changes to the rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24607/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2025
2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned that housing delivery is at risk because of an inability to connect new houses to the electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24653/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2025
34th Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2025
176. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason Tusla has continued to reference supervision by a company (details supplied) despite previously stating that the company will not be used again in the future due to serious concerns raised about it. [24863/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2025
9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if he will advocate for the rights of this activist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24567/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
34th Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
903. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of approved and refused short-term visit and tourist visa applications in the past five years. [24350/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
415. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the status of any investigation carried out by his Department in relation to the allegation that munitions are being carried through Irish airspace en route to Israel; the findings of any such investigation; and the timeline for completion of any investigations. [24203/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
342. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the rationale for purchasing four H145M helicopters; whether any missiles have been bought for these helicopters; whether there is any plan to buy any missiles for these helicopters; and if so, which type of missiles and from which company. [23613/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
273. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a case (details supplied) in which activists have been jailed; if he will advocate for their release and support the investigation into human rights abuses in the region. [23703/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
226. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health her plans to reduce cancellations of hospital procedures and overcrowding. [24162/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
216. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when free HRT will be made available and if it will be backdated. [24161/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
19. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [17102/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2025
5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [17101/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2025
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 May 2025
34th Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2025
34th Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2025
534. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded beds were provided under tier 4 addiction services, by month for 2024, in tabular form. [22569/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2025
533. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason gambling is not covered as a primary addiction under the tier 4 national beds scheme; and if she will consider doing so. [22568/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2025
478. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of numerous cases of trans people being denied gender affirming care, with care being withdrawn with no reasoning being given (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to investigate these matters and ensure that trans people receive the gender affirming care they need. [22334/25]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2025
423. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for the current status and timeline of the National Gender Service moving to a new location. [22075/25]