653. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review of the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability will be published.. [27164/23]
605. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No 191 of 1 June 2023, if he will indicate a timeframe for when the claims lodged by teachers' unions at TCC might be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28419/23]
596. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a group (details supplied) that has been trying to stop the new junior cycle SPHE-RSE curriculum with no identification or no listed information on its website about who it is and where its funding comes from; if she agrees that there should be an information campaign to tackle the group's propaganda as the State has a responsibility to educate our children and young people on scientific, evidence-based facts on reproduction and sexual health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28257/23]
318. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the public transport issues in the Knocklyon area; if he will ensure that adequate transport is provided, looking at frequency of busses and the routes that service the area; and if, given the huge increase in residential estates built in the area and the need to supply locals with access to routes, he agrees that this should be done urgently. [28423/23]
166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he agrees that the best interest of a child (details supplied), whose passport application was denied due to their father's student status, was absent in the decision-making process; and if he will ensure that this application is reconsidered. [28267/23]
26. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Shared Island Dialogue all-island women's forum civic initiative. [28613/23]
15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the national reform programme for the European semester recently published by his Department. [26167/23]
390. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will confirm whether every new candidate will have to hold QQI certification as part of the new licence system for construction workers; and if so, if Solas and QQI will reimburse those who have to pay for the course and certification, including any wages lost for the time taken to complete the course. [26848/23]
334. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will place a cap on the figure that uplifts each year's loan to the 'current' rate in relation to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26826/23]
316. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many social workers are employed by Tusla in children in care teams; how many social care workers are employed by Tusla in children in care teams; how many unfilled positions for social workers there are in children in care teams; and how many unfilled positions for social care workers in children in care teams, broken down by CHO area. [26831/23]
269. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that a company (details supplied) has responded positively to appeals and banned cruel animal snares from its website; if he agrees that Ireland should follow the example of Wales, which is poised to ban them; if he will take actions to ensure that this happens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/23]
214. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if permission was given, overriding the section 42 licence, for pregnant deer to be shot at a location in County Meath on 3 April 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26832/23]
210. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm the cost of The Hare Release Survey, conducted jointly by an organisation (details supplied) and the NPWS. [26814/23]
191. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will appeal the decision made in relation to the salary credit of a post-primary teacher (details supplied) who has returned to Ireland from teaching abroad and allow their experience at a school from August 2016 to August 2021 to be counted towards salary credit. [26837/23]
143. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that have been issued to children that fall under the parameters of a judgement (details supplied). [26812/23]
134. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to ensure that a living wage is provided to all PhD workers and to end precarity for academic workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26708/23]
88. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to ensure that students who secure a third level place are not prevented from taking-up their place as a result of the housing and cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26709/23]
39. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the ongoing overcrowding in Tallaght Hospital's emergency department; the steps that are being taken to address it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26704/23]
23. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he anticipates that legislation to reform the abortion law will be passed within the lifetime of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26705/23]
73. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the reason the finalised SPHE curriculum was changed from the published draft in order to remove the terms 'LGBT', 'transgender', 'cisgender', 'homophobia' and 'racism' from the appendix 2, glossary of key terms (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26558/23]
548. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 16 May 2023, if he will outline the person or body that will be the stakeholders in the ‘stakeholder working groups to develop recommendations to managing the deer population effectively’. [25617/23]
547. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the members of the public that were involved in the survey in relation to the first major public consultation into the impact of deer, that is, gun clubs, farming groups and so on; the research that has been carried out into non-lethal deer population control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25616/23]
481. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the current situation regarding the spent convictions legislation committed to in the programme for Government. [25553/23]
65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether local authorities and public servants delivering services should be required to put the rights and best interests of the child first when helping families presenting as homeless, including factors such as access to their school, medical and therapeutic needs, and also supporting family relationships and wider social support; if he agrees that every child who needs timely access to a child support worker should have it; if he will ensure that these supports for children facing homelessness are enacted immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25936/23]
55. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he anticipates being able to provide suitable accommodation for all refugees and asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25935/23]
258. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health with regard to the supports promised to student nurses and midwives, as announced on 13 December 2022, that are yet to implemented, given that his Department issued a circular to the HSE on 27 February approving the payments and the particular arrangements, if he agrees that the €500 subsistence grant to cover the cost of food, transport and other expenses needs to be implemented urgently; if he will instruct the HSE to implement the rolling out of this grant without further delay and before the start of the 2023-24 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25355/23]
189. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to address the anomaly whereby someone who was on one social welfare payment and was entitled to the Christmas bonus, and has moved to another social welfare payment is not entitled to the spring cost-of-living payment, despite having been on a social welfare payment for longer than 12 months. [25362/23]
156. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education to outline the number of occasions on which she has used her powers under section 37A to direct a school to provide places for children with special educational needs. [25416/23]
155. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special educational needs who are waiting for appropriate school places for September 2023. [25415/23]
154. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the amount of money spent annually on transporting children with special educational needs outside their local school catchment area. [25414/23]
181. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure an assessment of needs is provided urgently for a four-year-old child (details supplied), who has been waiting over six months since August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25155/23]
29. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [24737/23]
17. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department’s Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update those goals. [24736/23]
792. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the call from Home and Community Care Ireland, HCCI, to ensure that the new home care tender 2023 is not delayed again; if he will fulfil the HCCI request for an urgent meeting with Minsters (details supplied); if the HSE will agree funding for a new rate on tender 2023 that reflects increased costs of care and that allows home care staff to receive a living wage, travel time and mileage costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24422/23]
675. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 25 April 2023, how many social workers are employed by Tusla broken down by CHO; how many social care workers are employed by Tusla broken down by CHO; and how many unfilled positions for social workers there are, broken down by CHO; and how many unfilled positions for social care workers there are, broken down by CHO. [24413/23]
674. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 25 April 2023, to outline how many children are in Tusla's care, broken down by CHO; and how many of them have allocated social workers, broken down by CHO. [24412/23]
634. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the horse and greyhound racing industries are grossly more funded than any other sports; if he agrees that there are many projects that could bring better social benefits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24843/23]
604. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the cause of death in the case of the 1,241 non-coursing greyhounds listed as deaths notified by the ICC for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24409/23]
603. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year of birth of each of the 1,241 non-coursing greyhounds listed as deaths notified by the Irish Coursing Club, ICC, for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24408/23]
602. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year of birth of each of the 98 non-coursing greyhounds listed as euthanised due to being deemed unsuitable as a pet for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24407/23]
601. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year of birth of each of the 53 non-coursing greyhounds listed as euthanised due to terminal illness for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24406/23]
600. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year of birth of each of the 272 non-coursing greyhounds listed as euthanised on humane grounds for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24405/23]
599. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the year of birth of each of the 203 non-coursing greyhounds listed as dead of natural causes for the year 2022 on the RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24404/23]
598. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1895 of 26 April 2022, the current status of the 12,483 non-coursing greyhounds born in 2021 as recorded on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system or RCETS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24403/23]
572. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice when the study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24913/23]
570. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of students with legal status to remain in Ireland that have gone on to higher education in Ireland in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24850/23]
569. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of students in the students of sanctuary programme who have been served with a deportation order during their studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24849/23]
547. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice in relation to the fact that the Irish prison population has confirmed overcrowding issues, if he will confirm whether prisoners who are entitled to early release by international standards are being detained to disguise homeless figures; if this is not the case, the reason for their extra judicial detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24377/23]