Parliamentary questions

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

28. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if local and on-demand bus services will be introduced in areas losing local connections as a result of BusConnects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4416/24]

Rail Network

Paul Murphy

69. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to provide further details on the increase in frequency and capacity for the red line Luas promised by the National Transport Authority, including when it will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4413/24]

Dublin Airport Authority

Paul Murphy

176. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of issues of unanswered complaints from the DAA (details supplied); the body that can investigate the DAA; if he agrees that a new external body needs to be created to handle this process for the DAA; and what actions will he take in relation to this. [4735/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Paul Murphy

251. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the Teaching Council to work with a person (details supplied) to ensure that they can complete a part-time course for a full post-primary qualification, informing them whether a course is relevant prior to their enrolment and ensure that they can continue to teach. [4728/24]

Planning Issues

Paul Murphy

275. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that the US embassy has confirmed that it plans to demolish the old Jury's Hotel in Ballsbridge and construct a new embassy on the site; if he agrees that, given the current accommodation crisis, the site should be used to house homeless people and asylum seekers at this time; what actions he will take to ensure that the building is not demolished, in addition to securing this space for much needed accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4699/24]

Greyhound Industry

Paul Murphy

325. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what body or bodies are carrying out the investigation into the fact that an individual (details supplied) was allowed to continue to own and race greyhounds at tracks around this country for up to ten months after they had been banned from owning, keeping or breeding a dog following a conviction for cruelty under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4721/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

359. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, if he is aware of a statement by an organisation (details supplied) on the appointment of a Clinical Lead for Transgender Services; and if he will agree to meet with transgender community groups to discuss the lack of engagement with them to date. [4703/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

360. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason in his comments on the appointment of a Clinical Lead for Transgender Services (details supplied) he portrayed the disagreement on trans youth healthcare as one between two clinical teams without any reference to the trans community themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4705/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

361. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the National Gender Service’s complaint to HIQA made late in 2023; and the resolution they are hoping for. [4706/24]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

362. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 6 December 2023, to confirm that for transgender adults that treatment decisions are clinical matters between the patient and their choice of clinician. [4707/24]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

363. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, what evidence base backs the necessity of a comprehensive holistic multidisciplinary assessment prior to hormone therapy. [4708/24]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

364. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, whether the National Gender Service believes that providing transgender care virtually is unsafe; and if so, on what basis. [4709/24]

Healthcare Policy

Paul Murphy

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]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

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]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

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]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

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]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

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]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

370. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health what services the National Gender Service provides to patients during the assessment process. [4715/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

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]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

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]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

373. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service turns away patients for being unemployed. [4718/24]

Legislative Programme

Paul Murphy

3. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [4023/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

8. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [4032/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with disability will next meet. [4024/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

17. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on Housing for All. [2798/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

27. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees on which he sits. [4033/24]

Human Rights

Paul Murphy

129. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take a stance against Pakistan's actions and explore avenues such as sanctions to halt the ongoing war crimes in occupied Balochistan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3935/24]

European Union

Paul Murphy

163. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of a report in which the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change said the EU’s policies will need revising to deliver net zero emissions by 2050 (details supplied); his views on whether the EU should stop subsidising fossil fuels and to redirect such spending towards targeted actions that help vulnerable households; what actions will he take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4140/24]

National Transport Authority

Paul Murphy

198. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will advise on the process to follow when a person has made a complaint to the National Transport Authority and there has been no resolution offered or action taken to resolve this complaint; if there is an authority the person can report the NTA to for their poor handling of the complaint process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4094/24]

School Staff

Paul Murphy

286. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education in relation to the recent decision not to release funds that would allow teachers in Ireland who have taught in secondary schools outside the EU to move up the incremental pay scale, if she will reconsider this decision and take immediate action to rectify this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4172/24]

School Facilities

Paul Murphy

288. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update in relation to the issue of no HEPA filters in Irish classrooms despite the €62 million announcement by her in December 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4197/24]

Housing Policy

Paul Murphy

341. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will acknowledge that the 10% stamp duty on investment funds purchasing homes in bulk has not deterred investment funds; if he will take immediate action to implement a ban on property purchases by investment funds, which is exacerbating the housing crisis; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4179/24]

Housing Provision

Paul Murphy

342. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instruct his Department to intervene in the case of the 28 houses completed in an estate (details supplied) to ensure the properties are not sold to investment funds. [4180/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

343. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details from the local authorities in relation to what the average processing time is for a tenant under the tenant-in-situ scheme. [4181/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

344. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details from the local authorities in relation to how many landlords in Dublin have applied for the tenant-in-situ scheme, only to subsequently withdraw, since the scheme commenced. [4182/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

345. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details from the local authority in relation to how many landlords in Fingal have applied for the tenant-in-situ scheme, and how many have withdrawn their applications since the scheme began. [4183/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

346. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details from the local authorities which outlines the stages of the tenant-in-situ scheme, step by step. [4184/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

347. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details from the local authorities on whether applicants are subject to Garda vetting in the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if so, why. [4185/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

348. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details from the local authorities on whether the tenant-in-situ scheme progresses during Garda vetting; or if it is delayed until completion. [4186/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

349. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details from the local authorities on when a tenant-in-situ scheme is transferred from one council to another in Dublin; and if the application start date is based on when the documentation was first submitted or when it is transferred to the other council. [4187/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

350. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details from the local authority in relation to how many staff are currently working on the tenant-in-situ scheme at Fingal County Council. [4188/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

351. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details from the local authority in relation to how many tenant-in-situ applications have been received in Fingal County Council since the scheme commenced; and how many properties the council bought. [4189/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

352. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what steps he will take to intervene in the tenant-in-situ scheme to prevent further delays in his own constituency and others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4190/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

354. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the publicity campaign (if any) to advertise the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes to all those affected. [4235/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

355. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline whether the drafting of legislation for the scheme for remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes is dependent upon the levels of uptake of the Interim Remediation Scheme. [4236/24]

Oireachtas Committees

Paul Murphy

373. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to comments made by the Secretary General of her Department at the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) (details supplied), to correct the record with the PAC that sample/test cases were and are used to ensure that the same conclusion is reached in cases, contrary to the erroneous information given to the PAC. [3952/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Murphy

388. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delayed decision on a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4237/24]

Agriculture Industry

Paul Murphy

447. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide inspection reports from 2019 to the present day for a company (details supplied). [4161/24]

Childcare Services

Paul Murphy

489. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a decision (details supplied) by Tusla relating to a crèche can be appealed. [4234/24]

Departmental Inquiries

Paul Murphy

556. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide definitive information on the establishment of a promised inquiry into sodium valproate; when a chair will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4156/24]