429. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received a report from the HSE in respect of data collected in 2023, as provided for under section 13 of the Disability Act 2005; and when he will publish same. [39776/24]
403. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location in which the horses that were due for slaughter in a facility (details supplied) between June to date are being held. [39787/24]
400. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions that have been taken in Ireland for docking dogs' tails since the legislation prohibiting this was effected in 2014. [39721/24]
397. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses used at this year's Galway Races festival that have been confirmed dead; if they were killed at the racecourse or elsewhere; and the causes of the deaths. [39688/24]
396. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ‘stopped body restraints’ used by his Department to catch badgers are a trap or a snare under the Wildlife Act 1976 (Approved Traps, Snares and Nets) Regulations 2003, which approves them. [39681/24]
395. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 2 July 2024, if he is aware that the trainer of a greyhound raced at Curraheen Park track stated that one of the dog's owners is an individual banned from owning dogs (details supplied); and the action he is taking to address this. [39680/24]
394. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that a claim in Greyhound Racing Ireland's latest annual report that ‘378,748 patrons attended greyhound racing events in 2023’ is inaccurate due to the fact that this figure includes at least 87,628 entries by non-patrons (i.e., greyhound owners, greyhound trainers and bookmakers). [39679/24]
393. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is correct to interpret the answer to a previous Parliamentary Question (details supplied) as meaning that during the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021, 12,483 non-coursing greyhounds were whelped; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39678/24]
392. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason greyhound bitches are the only breed of dog that can still undergo artificial insemination, given that it is a risky and painful procedure and has been banned for other breeds; if he will change this law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39639/24]
361. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will request an investigation into the reason a person (details supplied) was only given a one-year residence permit; and if she will instruct her Department to ensure the extension of this permit to three years. [39968/24]
286. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason foster carers are exempt from the back-to-school allowance, given that these children are in the care of the State; if she will agree that the State help fund their return to school; if she will ensure that foster carers are entitled to this payment and pension contributions for their years of fostering; if foster carers will be entitled to the cost-of-living measures and double payments in Budget 2025; and if not, the reason. [39771/24]
274. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is taking to include Travellers living in trailers, caravans and/or mobile homes in retrofitting schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40333/24]
273. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he will take to ensure landlords retrofit homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40332/24]
243. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the powers that will be held by the resources contracted to augment Waterways Ireland staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39793/24]
241. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason NPWS officials agreed to provide the coursers with ranger reports prior to their publication on its website (details supplied). [39719/24]
240. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 229 of 5 July 2022 and 105 of 14 June 2023, if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has yet carried out a review of the issue of claimed woodpigeon damage to crops during the summer months, including the collection of new scientific data; and if not, the reason, in the absence of this data, he has included woodpigeons in a year-round killing derogation relating to preventing ‘serious damage’ to crops. [39691/24]
239. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of licences that have been issued in the past five years under Sections 22 (9)(a) of the Wildlife Act 1976 to ‘capture and humanely kill, a protected wild bird of a species specified in the licence for such educational, scientific or other purposes as shall be so specified’; the species involved; and the nature of the related educational, scientific and other purposes. [39690/24]
238. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of licences that have been issued in the past five years under Sections 23(6) of the Wildlife Act 1976 to ‘capture or kill humanely, or capture and humanely kill, a protected wild animal of a species specified in the licence for educational, scientific or other purposes as shall be so specified’; the species involved; and the nature of the related educational, scientific and other purposes. [39689/24]
237. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will remove subsection (3)(b) from Section 45 of the Wildlife Act 1976 which allows for ‘the sale by a person of live hares to a coursing club affiliated to the Irish Coursing Club’. [39687/24]
236. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, given the growing calls for a ban on hare coursing, he will refuse a request from the Irish Coursing Club for multi-year coursing licences and bring this cruel blood sport to an end by revoking the current 2024-2025 licences. [39686/24]
235. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide copies of the results of post-mortems carried out on two dead hares at both the November 2022 and October 2023 Thurles coursing meetings; and if the release of the remaining hares before the results of tests were received constituted a breach of condition 7 of the licence issued (details supplied). [39685/24]
234. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 3,325 hares said to have been captured for coursing in the 2023/2024 season were all individual hares or if the figure includes multiple captures of the same hares. [39684/24]
233. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of fallow deer, sika deer, red deer and muntjac deer in the country; how many of each have been killed here in the past five years; and the method of killing and the locations, by county. [39683/24]
220. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason she gave grants to three clubs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39713/24]
164. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Gaeltacht areas that are now required to teach English as a first language; the number of teaching hours devoted to this; the impact this is having on the normal functioning of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39788/24]
153. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the abolition of mandatory retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39913/24]
127. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 9 September 2024, if he will reconsider the response issued, given the further information supplied (details supplied). [39631/24]
93. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the reason his Department and associated agencies have repeatedly omitted the Royal Canal railway line from Docklands to Broombridge during assessments that preceded the current MetroLink application. [40155/24]
84. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct a company (details supplied) to take steps to address the numerous complaints made about the current state of the bus services in Knocklyon; if he will ensure that they are addressing the root causes of the service disruptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39975/24]
58. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of reports in relation to consistent issues of overcrowding with the 15B bus; if he will improve this bus service, making it more frequent and reliable for commuters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39641/24]
76. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 9 September 2024, if the reports of a company (details supplied) are published or available. [39501/24]
55. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if funding provided in budget 2025 will be used to reverse the decision in the HSE pay and numbers strategy to not fill all posts that were unfilled at the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39379/24]
54. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on the level of funding provided in budget 2025 for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39380/24]
164. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number prosecutions that have been carried out under section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015 in the past five years. [39408/24]
61. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if all possible assistance will be provided by the Irish embassy to the family of a person (details supplied) seriously injured in an accident, including facilitating accommodation in order that the family can be close to the hospital. [39427/24]
45. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he supports the goal of a publicly owned and operated childcare system; the steps taken in Budget 2025 towards achieving that; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39152/24]
22. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he agrees with the Taoiseach that immigration is causing the homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39151/24]
589. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, in relation to the Government-proposed ban on XL bully dogs, she will publish full details in relation to this, including information about whether exports will be banned. [38759/24]
543. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) was taken off a CAMHS priority list, purely on the basis of their change in address; and whether they will be re-instated. [39121/24]
510. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1732 of 9 September 2024, the reason, given that there was a signature from the person (details supplied), that an individual, and Waterford University Hospital, have not complied with a solicitor's letter and a letter from the Irish Medical Council regarding the withholding of clinical records. [38984/24]
508. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will accept the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; if he will commit to full implementation of the recommendations on adequate staffing levels to safeguard vital cancer services into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38960/24]
506. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his Department will take urgent action to address the issues in relation to the availability of dental staff given the current circumstances in which the children’s dental service has an estimated backlog of 18 months; if an urgent appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38953/24]
464. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide the costing of long-Covid clinics from 2020 to date, in tabular form; if he is aware of patients experiencing cancelled appointments reported as due to lack of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38691/24]
407. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) with additional needs has been on a waiting list since 2018 with still no services provided; and the action he intends to take to ensure that this child receives the services they need as soon as possible. [38922/24]
393. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1358 and 1359 of 9 September 2024, if he will investigate the fact that Tusla was made aware of an issue (details supplied) in November 2023 but stopped working with the organisation in February 2024; and the cause of this three-month delay. [38776/24]
360. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fate of the horses due for slaughter since an abattoir (details supplied) was closed down. [38753/24]
341. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizenship applications still without a decision who had applied in in each of the years 2020 to 2022, broken down by nationality of applicants. [38885/24]
335. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of an asylum case for persons (details supplied); if the Minister will instruct her Department to grant asylum, ensuring protection for these LGBTQ+ people; if not, to provide the reason why; if she will address the reports of “inhumane treatment” for those seeking asylum; and if she will address the fact that this case warrants a review of the system in relation to how a country is classified as a “safe country of origin”. [38769/24]
247. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans for the next overseas national famine commemoration day. [38949/24]
193. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct her Department to take urgent action ensuring the introduction of extra time for students with dyslexia and other learning difficulties in Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38716/24]