297. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how Horse Racing Ireland and Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board record deaths for the year; if all deaths within 48 hours or due to a direct injury from the track are included in the yearly data (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7183/24]
272. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for appeals made under section 318 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7347/24]
271. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for appeals made under section 317 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7346/24]
231. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he supports maintaining the protected status of fallow and sika deer, under the wildlife Acts, given they are a non-native species with a seriously detrimental impact on the environment and biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55789/23]
170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport given the negative impact on residents who are being left without full bus services several nights of the week, what actions the NTA is taking to ensure that the 27 bus route which is being diverted from Brookfield in the evening due to anti-social behaviour is being restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7198/24]
155. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if on a visit to the West Bank, he asked to see a village that had been destroyed and ethnically cleansed by settlers; if so, if the IDF refused to allow it; if this is correct, the reason he did not make a public statement in relation to the matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7199/24]
148. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to address the lack of homeless accommodation available in Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6749/24]
129. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase funding for the local authority retrofit programme to enable all local authority housing that needs it to be retrofitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6750/24]
87. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if private jet passengers are included in the passenger numbers for 2023 published by Dublin Airport; if he supports reducing the number of private jets using the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6734/24]
547. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in view of the withdrawal of a crèche (details supplied) in Ballycullen from the core funding scheme, and resultant significant increases in fees for parents, the action he intends to take to ensure that affordable childcare is available in the area. [6578/24]
533. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to the plan for Dublin to become an "autism and neurodiverse friendly" city, if he is aware that changes in relation to things like unpredictable public transport, where bus numbers change when shifting from public to private ownership, routes drop of the digital display unexpectedly, and timetables being unpredictable and beyond reasonable delays due to traffic and people entering and exiting the bus, can cause autistic (or neurodiverse) individuals to dysregulate and, in some situations, can cause extreme anxiety and distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6302/24]
522. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to funding for services (details supplied) if he will ensure that a tangible and fully sanctioned budget proposal to address the accumulated deficit and financial sustainability requirements is presented by the HSE no later than 8 February 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6303/24]
400. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the way that local authorities allocate the number of social housings to be built for disability accessible housing; where the figures come from to support the number of houses to be built or renovated to meet the need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6298/24]
389. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the criticisms and opposition to Waterways Ireland's proposed by-law changes; how these criticisms will be considered to update this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6183/24]
366. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if an assurance will be provided that, should the Government introduce a tax for funding RTÉ, those who currently have a free TV licence will not be expected to pay this tax; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6199/24]
365. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how much State funding has been pledged to a person (details supplied) to host the 2027 Ryder Cup golf tournament; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6195/24]
295. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education in relation to how many autism units will be utilized/included/added in each area, how that the Department reaches a decision about what is need compared to what is already available; if it the same process for primary schools and secondary schools; and if this information for each area is available for the public to review online or elsewhere. [6301/24]
294. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education how the number of SNAs is allocated for an area; how is it decided how many autism units will be utilised/included/added in each area; and how the Department determines how many complex needs schools/disabled needs schools will be built for the people in the area. [6300/24]
123. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to ensure that enough places in special reading schools for children with severe dyslexia are available for all children who need it, and not only those in the first percentile for reading as is currently the case; when adequate places will be provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6381/24]
109. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will increase funding to schools in order that no additional income from parents in the form of voluntary contributions is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6384/24]
75. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education to report on progress towards divestment of Catholic schools and establishment of non-denominational and multi-denominational schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6383/24]
71. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will increase funding and resources for secondary schools to ensure that no child is left without a secondary school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6382/24]
66. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will increase funding and resources to ensure that no child is left without an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6684/24]
327. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of an industrial relations issue (details supplied); if this is Government policy in respect of how the heath service is going to treat all public service employees; his views on this tactic of threatening public servant union members with suspension and ignoring all national protocols in the workplace if they do not comply with orders without any national agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5900/24]
296. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health what actions his Department is taking in relation to nitrous oxide gas; if research has been carried out by the HSE in relation to the potential dangers of taking this gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5790/24]
216. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to establish an expert group with resources to design and draft the potential question or questions on the rights of nature as recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee in its report on the Citizens Assembly on Biodiversity. [5958/24]
215. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline what action is being taken to implement the recommendation of the Citizens Assembly on Biodiversity that Ireland adopt the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and the recommendation that the legal rights of nature be recognised via a constitutional referendum. [5957/24]
417. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the number, locations and level of State funding provided to youth clubs in the Tallaght area for each the past five years; if he will also provide the same information for 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4930/24]
407. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the nutrient values ascribed to chicken litter in Ireland; and the reason that figure differs considerably from the value used in Britain and elsewhere.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5548/24]
406. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the footage shared of pregnant cows who are being exported to Algeria for the first time (details supplied); if he agrees that forcing a pregnant animal to travel from Ireland to Algeria, with all of the known health risks, is a desperate compromise in welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5544/24]
375. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to comment on delays in the citizenship application process (details supplied); to provide proof that the backlog of applications from the old system are not being neglected now that the new system is in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5550/24]
291. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 23 January 2024, if she can offer further advice in relation to a person (details supplied) obtaining official ID. [4936/24]
210. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education in relation to education issues for a person (details supplied) why it was decided by the Education Welfare Officer that they did not meet the criteria for home tuition; can this decision be appealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5584/24]
157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline what assurances were given to a company (details supplied) in relation to a plant prior to its construction and to publish any letters containing such assurances. [5633/24]
86. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 24 March 2021, if registering a vehicle in a false name and address is illegal; his plans to implement this section (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5517/24]
372. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health under what circumstances the National Gender Service considers it appropriate to stop providing hormones to a transgender person without their consent. [4717/24]
371. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health how many people have died by suicide while on the waiting list for an initial assessment by the National Gender Service. [4716/24]
370. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health what services the National Gender Service provides to patients during the assessment process. [4715/24]
369. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, what evidence base supports the claim that the most common complications of medical transition are decline in social and-or occupational function, and deterioration of mental health. [4714/24]
368. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, if the National Gender Service only provides solicited advice in relation to the provision of transgender healthcare by other services. [4713/24]
367. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, what are the benefits of monitoring hormone concentrations. [4712/24]
366. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, if hormone concentrations are unrelated to risk the reason the National Gender Service’s recommendations for endocrine care consider higher than recommended testosterone concentrations an elevated risk for thromboembolic and liver disease. [4711/24]
365. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, if he is aware as outlined in a recent article (details supplied) that EU telehealth services are not in contravention of medical council guidelines; and what steps will be taken to ensure that GPs that the National Gender Service have previously contacted will have the correct information. [4710/24]