350. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1536 of 17 January 2024, if the move to a new site for the National Gender Service has since been confirmed, as indicated in a recent newspaper article (details supplied). [26010/24]
348. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of paediatric dieticians in the Dublin southwest area; if he will confirm where residents should go in the absence of local services; and if he agrees that the HSE’s response is inadequate; if he will provide a more detailed response (details supplied). [26004/24]
260. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of thoroughbred horses that have been slaughtered to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25993/24]
240. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 14 May 2024, if, given the circumstances, she will ensure that this appeal is reviewed (details supplied) as soon as possible in order that the person can return to her family here in Ireland and leave Gaza. [26015/24]
218. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the barriers created by the fact that not a single PSC office in County Dublin opens outside of Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm or takes appointments; if she will review the issues this is causing to access for people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26013/24]
8. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on the published third meeting of the cross-government network on child poverty and well-being. [24002/24]
9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) states that many funded nursing vacancies arising from staff retiring, leaving or going on maternity leave are remaining unfilled due to the recruitment freeze and that this is happening when there is unprecedented demand on our health services, meaning that various departments and community services are short-staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25758/24]
73. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will request that a reason is provided explaining why a child was not accepted as a pupil at a school (details supplied); and the reason the newly built section is not being used to allow for a bigger capacity for pupils, given that there are waiting lists for entry. [25628/24]
915. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the collaborations in place, if any, between third-level institutions and secondary schools to aid the transition of students moving from Irish speaking schools, particularly students from Gaeltacht areas, to third-level studies. [25376/24]
914. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions his Department is taking to increase the number of Irish speakers going into the workforce from third-level, in alignment with the government's target of having 20% of public sector employees fluent in Irish by 2030. [25374/24]
868. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when a place will become available in the National Rehabilitation Hospital for a patient with a severe brain injury (details supplied), who has been waiting for a place in a general hospital ward since last October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25497/24]
825. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason the speech and language service in Dublin South West has been closed; and the action he is taking to address this. [25266/24]
824. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to the National Gender Service that were affected by the issue with closed cases to Cluain Mhuire late last year; and how this is being resolved. [25265/24]
823. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the National Gender Service’s clinical staff’s time that is spent on each of the assessments, other clinical work and administration. [25264/24]
821. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently attending the transgender clinic in University Hospital Galway. [25262/24]
820. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the model of care used by the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda. [25261/24]
819. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently attending the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda. [25260/24]
714. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will lift the HSE's recruitment embargo, considering the negative impact it is having on the already lengthy waiting lists within the HSE, and specifically speech therapy for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24813/24]
690. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of first-time spinal appointments that have taken place in CHI over the past three years, broken down by month, in tabular form. [24657/24]
662. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a site (details supplied) has been considered as a location to house International Protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25371/24]
657. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether there is any expedited process available to facilitate the adoption of orphaned children in Gaza. [25316/24]
650. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how a parent would get an appropriate handwriting assessment for a child with dyspraxia that would be accepted by a school in order to recognise that they need to use a laptop in primary school. [25239/24]
532. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 1 May 2024, when the information will be provided. [24818/24]
527. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of spousal visa applications made from Abu Dhabi; and the number that were rejected over the past five years. [24757/24]
520. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she agrees that a victim’s counselling notes should not be used in a rape trial and that this could deter them from seeking therapeutic support or even seeking justice at all (details supplied); if she will make urgent changes to ensure that this is no longer allowed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24645/24]
516. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the need for urgent legislation in relation to a victims right to be informed about the release of their attacker (details supplied); if she agrees that it is an issue that the privacy of the attacker is given more weight than the rights of the victim; if she will ensure that this loophole is addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24588/24]
473. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in the case of a person (details supplied), she will instruct her Department to assess an application based on hours worked prior to September 2022 when working hours were reduced due to their son’s care needs; and if she will update the carer’s benefit assessment to allow for secondary school teachers who are job sharing and are therefore working half of a secondary school teacher’s hours [25237/24]
362. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Minister will outline her Department's plans to improve funding to grassroots football; if she is aware of the lack of funding for this and that there is on average between 0 and 1 full time coaches per club; if she agrees that there is a need to invest in better facilities, provide more funding for coaches, offer more grants to local teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25377/24]
361. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will act in relation to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the mistreatment of staff and racism in the tourism industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25268/24]
337. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the collaborations in place, if any, between third-level institutions and secondary schools to aid the transition of students moving from Irish speaking schools, particularly students from Gaeltacht areas, to third-level studies. [25375/24]
177. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the Government will amend the rules to primary medical certificates to allow blind people to qualify. [24822/24]
167. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 23 May 2024, the reason there is a delay in Revenue resolving an issue in relation to taxation of further education and training staff in comparison to staff in compulsory education; if he will request an urgent outcome to these discussions referenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24582/24]
96. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Minister will ensure that a copy of this report (details supplied) is provided to the requestor, given point 4.6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25373/24]
22. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reduce the number of PRSI contributions needed to qualify for pay-related jobseekers' benefit in order that more young workers can avail of it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25408/24]
14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expand the free school meals programme to preschools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25411/24]
11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expand the free school meals programme to all schools from September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25410/24]
9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase social welfare rates in budget 2025 in order that no one is living below the poverty line; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25409/24]
4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will support withdrawing the planned increases to employees' PRSI and increasing employers' PRSI towards European levels instead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25407/24]
256. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on the conditions reported at a transitional care unit (details supplied); if this is a HSE-run facility; and if he will ensure that an inspection of this unit is carried out urgently. [24507/24]
241. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of children currently missing in Ireland, by the total number, the year they went missing and whether or not they were under the care of the State (Tusla) at the time. [24506/24]
99. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he will take to address the scale of babies and toddlers from being born into and brought up in homelessness as revealed by recent Census data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24337/24]
97. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to publishing rents as recommended by the Housing Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24336/24]
80. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if cleaning staff employed directly by schools should be paid for 7 June 2024, even if their school is being used as a polling station on that day. [24172/24]