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Tue, 31 May 2016
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Health Services Staff
Paul Murphy
651. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to report on the staff turnover at Chamber House over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12621/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Autism Support Services
Paul Murphy
652. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on the number of autism spectrum disorder therapists in Dublin 24 being adequate for the needs in the area; his plans to increase the number of autism spectrum disorder therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12622/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Autism Support Services
Paul Murphy
653. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to report on the success of implementing an early intervention policy for children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12623/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Autism Support Services
Paul Murphy
654. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to consider implementing an easily accessible information resource or one-stop-shop where persons can access information on autism spectrum disorder services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12624/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Human Rights
Paul Murphy
6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will recognise a person (details supplied) as a human rights defender and the measures he will take to ensure the person's safety and ability in going about lawful activities. [11948/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Irish Prisoners Abroad
Paul Murphy
26. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments by the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights that a person (details supplied) has been subjected to torture; and the efforts he is making to secure this person's release. [11949/16]
Thu, 26 May 2016
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Insurance Coverage
Paul Murphy
162. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 17 May 2016, the measures he will take to ensure the inclusion of works carried out under the Office of Public Works' minor flood mitigation and coastal protection works scheme in the office's memorandum of understanding with Insurance Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12496/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Programme for Government Initiatives
Paul Murphy
57. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outsource the operation of the proposed fit-for-work programme to a private sector operator. [11835/16]
Wed, 25 May 2016
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Programme for Government Initiatives
Paul Murphy
61. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection for further information on the fit-for-work programme as per the programme for Government. [11834/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Vehicle Registration Data
Paul Murphy
605. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1158 of 17 May 2016, the number of vehicles recorded on the national vehicle and driver file and the number of transactions in each of the years 2013 to 2015, inclusive, and to date in 2016; the number of vehicles that are not correctly registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11607/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Animal Welfare
Paul Murphy
198. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he takes to protect the welfare of greyhounds exported outside of Ireland; if he has concerns as to the welfare of greyhounds exported to the Macau Special Administrative Region in China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11061/16]
Thu, 19 May 2016
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Animal Welfare
Paul Murphy
199. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds exported by country in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11062/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Commissions of Investigation
Paul Murphy
37. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the findings of the O'Higgins commission of investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10137/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Spent Convictions Legislation
Paul Murphy
161. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to consider a review of the spent convictions legislation and the removal of minor driving offences from the records of persons in a period less than seven years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10671/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Insurance Coverage
Paul Murphy
169. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that persons who have suffered from flooding in an area (details supplied) will get adequate house insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10664/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Paul Murphy
642. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on the policy of closing facilities in Cheeverstown hospital in Dublin 6W for severely disabled children such as in a case of a person (details supplied); and his views on the provision of special needs assistants for such children. [9411/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Paul Murphy
686. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health why there is a seeming delay in the release of approved funds for a person (details supplied) who is in need of a residential placement; the timeline for the approval of the funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9655/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Vehicle Registration
Paul Murphy
1158. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has assessed the problem of the false registration of car ownership and the resultant issues such as motor tax arrears, false NCTs, uninsured cars and wrongly issued parking and speeding fines; if he is considering changes to the ownership registration process to limit the opportunities for abuse of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10558/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Defence Forces Remuneration
Paul Murphy
1221. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the pay of rank and file soldiers and to report on engagement with the representative organisations of soldiers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10658/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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UN Conventions Ratification
Paul Murphy
112. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the State's ratification of the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. [8856/16]