22. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 3 July 2024, if he will publish the actual feedback his Department provided to the International Protection Office on the potential designation of Algeria as a safe country; and, if not, the reason he will not publish this feedback. [31472/24]
16. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if any representative of Ireland attended the NATO summit in Washington DC in July, or attended meetings organised around this summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31260/24]
12. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on an independent panel of UN experts who have called for gender apartheid to be recognised as a crime incorporated in Article 2 of the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention; the reason Ireland has not yet taken a position on the inclusion of gender apartheid in the treaty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31076/24]
313. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 3 July 2024, what supports are provided for English language learning for under 18 international protection applicants outside of school, for example, during the summertime. [30632/24]
297. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or officials from his Department will meet with a group (details supplied); and if not, the reason therefor. [30598/24]
255. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how his Department ensures that procurement competitions are run fairly in local Government, and if there is a process for making complaints to the ombudsman about this process when someone is unsatisfied with the outcome. [30593/24]
733. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department to investigate an issue (details supplied); if management at Tallaght Hospital was aware of these facts before taking this action; and if he will provide an update on this matter. [29382/24]
615. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the recent drive to end profit in the social care sector in Wales (details supplied); his views on whether persons should be profiting from children in care; his further views on the need to nationalise the social care sector to end the reliance on charities; if he will support an end to profiteering from the social care sector in Ireland; and the actions his Department will take to make this happen. [29567/24]
609. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether emergency legislation to protect the privately-held administrative records of institutions such as Magdalene laundries, industrial schools, orphanages, reformatories and mother and baby homes and bodies that engaged in the arranging of adoptions should be passed in Dáil and Seanad Éireann before the summer recess (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29352/24]
608. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to the decision to proceed with the eviction notices issued to those living in IPAS accommodation giving them a deadline of 5 July 2024 to find alternative accommodation, if he considered, at a minimum, extending the current exemption in place for those over the age of 65 years or with significant medical or welfare needs to parents and their children who are not transferred to the emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29326/24]
582. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 28 May 2024, if his Department inspected a facility (details supplied) as a result of the recent information regarding the poor conditions in which dogs are being held there; his views on whether this situation is compatible with a group working as authorised officers on his Department's behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29574/24]
573. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact the UK has banned the export of live animals for slaughter or for fattening before slaughter; if he is planning a similar policy for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29360/24]
566. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of thoroughbreds rehomed through two organisations (details supplied) and all bodies his Department funds in each of the past ten years, specifying the names and ages of all those rehomed through the organisations. [29148/24]
565. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Greyhound Racing Ireland, GRI, previously Bord na gCon, has ever provided funding to the current or previous owners of Lifford Greyhound Stadium; if so, the amount; when this money was provided; the amount that has been paid back to GRI-Bord na gCon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29143/24]
507. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, in relation to a bilateral agreement designed to protect Irish children from being kidnapped to Egypt, the measures she has taken to try and create this agreement; the reason other countries have been successful in this but Ireland is yet to try; if she agrees that her Department should demand the same parity in child kidnapping situations with Egypt as France, Belgium, Sweden, Canada, Australia, United States and others that have bilateral agreements with Egypt; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29156/24]
505. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the significant number of Irish children who year-on-year end up subject to international child kidnapping (details supplied); and if, in light of this ongoing crisis, she would be willing to establish and maintain an online list of Hague Convention countries that are non-compliant with their obligations under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Kidnapping 1980, in order to help the judiciary in their decision-making and also a list of non-Hague countries to help parents make informed decisions prior to travel to assist in the prevention of international child kidnapping. [29153/24]
504. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, in relation to a case (details supplied) where a mother was no longer provided with legal aid as it was claimed to be ‘outside of a jurisdiction’, the reason legal aid does not continue to represent parents and children who have been kidnapped from Ireland and brought to another country; if this is compliant with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Hague Convention on the prevention of international child kidnapping 1980; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29152/24]
434. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Ireland is a party to the 1990 Copenhagen Document; if he will conduct a review to ensure Ireland is in alignment with the various requirements in it, in particular the need to have a legal framework for domestic and international observes to be present in polling stations and count centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29702/24]
396. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the national hare coursing finals in Clonmel in February 2024 were monitored by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (details supplied). [29150/24]
374. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will intervene on behalf of a club (details supplied) requesting the diocese to authorise approval for a joint application to upgrade the current astro pitch surface to a 5G surface, in line with the proposed amendment to Annex XXX No 1907/2006 by the European Commission which will ban the use of plastics on artificial pitches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29331/24]
347. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, and a response provided to a parent of one of the students affected, the details of how this assurance can be made given the report from the architect (details supplied). [29655/24]
346. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, if she is aware that parents are reporting that the rented space waiting to be connected is not sufficient to allow for classrooms or for PE to take place; the reason her Department has not sourced a space sufficient to actually resolve the space issues faced; and the way her Department plans to resolve the issue in relation to lack of space if the rented accommodation sourced will not do so. [29654/24]
345. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, where the rental accommodation referenced, is located; the way she will ensure that those placed in this accommodation will not be isolated from the rest of the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29653/24]
344. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, when the visit referred to occurred; if her Department will organise another visit to see the current status; and if a report will be provided of this visit. [29652/24]
316. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will address the need for new autism classes to be opened in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29365/24]
262. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of a case (details supplied); if, given the facts of this case and the details of the Hague Convention on prevention of international child kidnapping 1980, he will suspend trade cooperation between Ireland and Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29155/24]
236. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of concerns that the civil service mobility scheme is suffering from very long wait times for offers of mobility to be made; if he has any plans to improve waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29701/24]
235. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there is any change to the policy of providing civil servants with laptops in order for them to work from home; if so, the reasons for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29700/24]
133. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if there is any plan to introduce free Leap cards for those in emergency homeless accommodation and in international protection in order that they can make essential journeys. [29704/24]
84. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the scheduled upcoming international Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, and EU election missions in which Irish election observers are due to be nominated to participate; if there are any missions that Ireland will not participate in; the reasons for that; the proposed number of participants per mission; the criteria for the selection of observers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29699/24]
23. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the 41st summit meeting of the British-Irish Council in the Isle of Man that he attended. [28376/24]
70. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is planning to abolish the regressive TV licence model; if he will instead consider taxing large multimedia corporations to fund public service broadcasters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28772/24]
44. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to ensure “increased ambition for public transport capital investment”, as recommended by the Climate Change Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28464/24]
40. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has considered whether a ban on fossil fuel advertising could play a role in reducing demand for fossil fuels and fossil-fuelled vehicles, which, according to the latest annual review of transport from the Climate Change Advisory Council, is still increasing. [28465/24]
26. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he is concerned that carbon emissions from transport increased last year; and the measures he intends to take to address this. [28463/24]
9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the reason public transport fares have been increased during a climate and cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28461/24]
6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he has analysed the impact abolishing fares would have on speeding up bus journey times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/24]
214. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the options available to international protection applicants who wish to enter third level education in Ireland (details supplied). [28446/24]
204. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the processes that are in place to assess the impact of transfer trauma for older people in care in Ireland. [28504/24]
203. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the rights of the residents of a nursing home (details supplied). [28503/24]
202. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed copy of all financial audits on additional funding to private and voluntary care facilities since 2020. [28502/24]
201. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of public beds that have closed in nursing homes since 2020; the number that have opened; and the efforts that are being made to secure additional beds. [28501/24]
200. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the concerns raised by residents and families regarding their experiences in care during Covid; and the supports the Government has provided to bereaved families. [28500/24]
199. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of concerns raised with his office regarding issues in nursing homes in each of the years 2020 to 2023, and to date in June 2024. [28499/24]