Parliamentary questions

Healthcare Policy

Paul Murphy

827. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those over the age of 69 years no longer have access to a colonoscopy or bowel screening; and the reason that the screening ceases at this age given that the risk of bowel cancer increases as you get older. [32574/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Paul Murphy

828. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there are any options available to a 71 year old person who has been on a waiting list for a cataract consultation for over a year with the Eye and Ear Hospital who has been informed that it could be another three to four years before they get to see a specialist given that they are unable to afford to go privately; and if there are any other choices for this person. [32575/22]

Medicinal Products

Paul Murphy

895. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason that a rule (details supplied) is in place for the drug PC5K9 inhibitor. [32660/22]

Disease Management

Paul Murphy

896. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason that the Irish guidelines distinguish between heart disease and significant coronary artery disease, as myocardial infarction and cardiac bypass. [32661/22]

Disease Management

Paul Murphy

897. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason that low-density lipoprotein needs to be consistently above 4 mmol/l; and the research that this is based on given that the European Society of Cardiology advise a target of 1.4 mmol/l in cases of high-risk coronary artery disease. [32662/22]

Agriculture Industry

Paul Murphy

938. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the use of grinders is allowed in Ireland with regard to chicks born within the meat and egg industry in Ireland; if it is legally permitted; and if any farms actively use them. [32812/22]

Agriculture Industry

Paul Murphy

939. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if chickens in Ireland are imported from other countries in relation to chicks born within the meat and egg industry in Ireland; and if not, if they are bred with sexed semen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32820/22]

Greyhound Industry

Paul Murphy

553. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will end the provision of State grants for greyhound racing and ban greyhound exports given the growing movement against the cruelty involved which has prompted the recent announcement by a United Kingdom-based organisation (details supplied) that it is to minimise the importation of greyhounds from Ireland to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31407/22]

Agriculture Industry

Paul Murphy

554. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and location of rabbit meat farms currently operating in Ireland; the relevant legislation in the area including in relation to slaughtering methods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31460/22]

Ministerial Staff

Paul Murphy

23. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the number of special advisers of each Minister as well as the Taoiseach and Tánaiste; the related costs in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31091/22]

Labour Court

Paul Murphy

165. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he intends on implementing the Labour Court recommendation of March 2020 to regularise the contracts of adult education tutors and establish a salary scale given that many AETs are facing into yet another summer of signing on for social welfare; if he will recognise prior service; if he will resolve the outstanding issues relating to contracts of indefinite duration; if he will raise post-2011 entrants' pay to parity with their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31343/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

225. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1551 of 26 April 2022, if persons who are working for an organisation (details supplied) which is part funded by the HSE, particularly those in a residential setting for adults with disabilities, are entitled to the pandemic bonus payment given that they have not received payment or clarity in relation to when they will receive same. [31193/22]

Departmental Offices

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [26004/22]

National Economic and Social Council

Paul Murphy

16. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [30726/22]

Dublin Airport Authority

Paul Murphy

277. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount that the Dublin Airport Authority paid in redundancies during the period 2020 to date. [29477/22]

Dublin Airport Authority

Paul Murphy

278. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount that the Dublin Airport Authority will have to pay out in compensation for lost flights due to the queues in Dublin Airport. [29478/22]

Dublin Airport Authority

Paul Murphy

279. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the cost to the Dublin Airport Authority of rehiring workers by outsourcing the recruitment contract to an organisation (details supplied) after the lockdowns and the return of non-restricted international travel. [29479/22]

Electric Vehicles

Paul Murphy

291. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the requirement to actively involve disabled persons’ organisations in the public consultation on the new national electric vehicle charging infrastructure strategy (details supplied) in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; if his attention has been drawn to the survey not containing any questions on disability, accessibility or universal design; the steps that his Department will take to ensure that the voices of people with disabilities are being heard in this strategy and in the survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29755/22]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

498. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that unlike tenants of local authorities or approved housing bodies, most housing assistance payment tenants also pay an additional top-up payment directly to their landlord to cover the gap between the maximum rent that the local authority will pay and the actual market rent which it has, given that even rent protection zones have seen a legal increase of over 20% since 2016, which is the last time housing assistance payment levels were increased; if his attention has been further drawn to the five proposals that an organisation (details supplied) has suggested to prevent households in receipt of HAP from poverty and risk of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29496/22]

Approved Housing Bodies

Paul Murphy

532. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 328 of 10 May 2022, the number of times that dwellings have been deemed to be inactive and notified to his Department by a local authority in the past five years in tabular form. [30345/22]

Defence Forces

Paul Murphy

905. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if an exemption can be made in relation to a person (details supplied) due to the circumstances surrounding the unforeseen delays in the application process. [29448/22]

State Examinations

Paul Murphy

982. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will request the State Examinations Commission to address an issue in relation to the cohort of students who are due to sit their Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate applied exams in June 2023 who have never sat a State examination, by extending the same adjustments to the State written examination for 2023 as are in place for the 2022 examinations (details supplied). [29500/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Murphy

1102. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the policy under which the payment of child benefit claims for 16 and 17 year olds is only issued for July and August if the child returns to school in September 2022; the system that is in place to inform child benefit recipients that they will not receive their payment in July; the rationale behind this system; and if her Department considered that parents will have to purchase schoolbooks and uniforms in August 2022 without the help of the child benefit payment. [29443/22]

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

1318. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the significant delays experienced by Turkish English language course students with some now going beyond six months waiting for a visa decision; the actions that are being taken by her Department to tackle these waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29689/22]

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

1355. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice when the decision was made to provide short-term letters of permission on 27 May 2022 to stamp 2 visa holders whose permissions were due to expire on 31 May 2022; and if she will account for any delay between the decision and announcement. [30491/22]

Residency Permits

Paul Murphy

1356. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her Department communicated with the Department of Transport or the Dublin Airport Authority on the number of persons who would have expected to have to leave the country before 31 May due to the expiration of their permission to stay. [30492/22]

Home Care Packages

Paul Murphy

1492. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at the end of March 2022 over 5,458 persons nationally have been assessed by the HSE as needing HSE funded homecare and for whom no carer is available; and if he will engage with homecare providers to ensure a practical solution is provided for this shortage. [29428/22]

Nursing Homes

Paul Murphy

1496. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign by an organisation (details supplied) for immediate action on the reform of regulation in the nursing home sector; and his views on the recent submission by the organisation to the Oireachtas Committee on Health which raises a number of issues (details supplied). [29449/22]

Nursing Homes

Paul Murphy

1564. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if it was a policy decision to obtain anticipatory prescriptions for end-of-life medications for all residents in nursing homes in 2020 and 2021 including for residents who were otherwise healthy. [29738/22]

Nursing Homes

Paul Murphy

1565. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the person who made the decision for nursing homes to decide that residents would be denied access to hospital treatment for Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021. [29739/22]

Nursing Homes

Paul Murphy

1566. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if nurses in nursing homes were given additional powers above their grade to make decisions regarding the administration of end-of-life medication without a doctor or palliative specialist examining the resident. [29740/22]

Nursing Homes

Paul Murphy

1567. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the amount of temporary assistance payment funding that has being given to nursing homes to date by nursing home or company. [29741/22]

Public Inquiries

Paul Murphy

1568. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with a group (details supplied) in relation to the reason that it is calling for an immediate public inquiry. [29742/22]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

1972. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 12 May 2022, if he will request Horse Racing Ireland to explain the discrepancy in figures provided (details supplied); if HRI will provide the names of the horses killed at racecourses and point-to-points and the number of horses injured including the nature of the injuries. [29466/22]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

1973. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 906 of 29 March 2022, the reason that the figures provided in his response do not correlate with the figures previously supplied [29484/22]

Wildlife Protection

Paul Murphy

222. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the last independent survey using objective research methods was carried out on the population of wild hares in Ireland. [28604/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Murphy

294. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons with a long-Covid diagnosis will be entitled to illness benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28600/22]

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

348. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 615, 616 and 618 of 17 May 2022, if she will provide information in relation to the nine extensions referenced; the persons who were included in these extensions; the dates that they were announced; the time periods the extensions were processed; and if conditions were put on those who were included in these visa extensions. [28590/22]

Family Reunification

Paul Murphy

349. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will consider an appeal to an application (details supplied). [28630/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Murphy

371. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will request his Department to launch an awareness campaign for patients and general practitioners to ensure that those with long-Covid can be supported and helped. [28599/22]

Hare Coursing

Paul Murphy

406. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has ever been a consultation between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) regarding hare coursing. [28606/22]

Live Exports

Paul Murphy

407. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 706 and 707 of 24 May 2022, if he will address a query regarding a television documentary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28607/22]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister. [26003/22]

Programme for Government

Paul Murphy

15. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress of the programme for Government. [24776/22]

Vacant Properties

Paul Murphy

81. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if persons who are nursing-home residents will be included in the category of those not to be taxed in the planned vacant property tax in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28300/22]

International Relations

Paul Murphy

98. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of two Bahrainis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28611/22]

Passport Services

Paul Murphy

125. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will request that a passport application by a person (details supplied) is expedited given that the delay has been caused due to an error in the Garda station when singing as a witness and not due to the fault of the applicant or their guardians. [28495/22]

Mental Health Services

Paul Murphy

231. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the actions he will take in relation to the closure of beds in the busiest inpatient unit in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in the country ensure that resources are put in place so that these beds are re-opened as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28505/22]

Hare Coursing

Paul Murphy

216. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 283 and 284 of 17 May 2022 (details supplied) in regard to No. 14 of the licence, if he will provide details regarding the way that hares are distinguished from each other and the way it is known which location a hare is to be released back to. [27713/22]

Rental Sector

Paul Murphy

257. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that there is a greater supply of long-term rental accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27737/22]