Parliamentary questions

Health Services Staff

Paul Murphy

9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) states that many funded nursing vacancies arising from staff retiring, leaving or going on maternity leave are remaining unfilled due to the recruitment freeze and that this happening when there is unprecedented demand on our health services, meaning that various departments and community services are short-staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25758/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [23884/24]

Middle East

Paul Murphy

12. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent phone conversation with the Israeli President. [23885/24]

Departmental Programmes

Paul Murphy

20. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on the recently published national reform programme 2024. [24001/24]

School Enrolments

Paul Murphy

73. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will request that a reason is provided explaining why a child was not accepted as a pupil at a school (details supplied); and the reason the newly built section is not being used to allow for a bigger capacity for pupils, given that there are waiting lists for entry. [25628/24]

Social Insurance

Paul Murphy

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will support withdrawing the planned increases to employees' PRSI and increasing employers' PRSI towards European levels instead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25407/24]

Social Welfare Rates

Paul Murphy

9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will increase social welfare rates in budget 2025 in order that no one is living below the poverty line; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25409/24]

School Meals Programme

Paul Murphy

11. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expand the free school meals programme to all schools from September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25410/24]

Inland Fisheries

Paul Murphy

96. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Minister will ensure that a copy of this report (details supplied) is provided to the requestor, given point 4.6; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25373/24]

Tax Code

Paul Murphy

167. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 23 May 2024, the reason there is a delay in Revenue resolving an issue in relation to taxation of further education and training staff in comparison to staff in compulsory education; if he will request an urgent outcome to these discussions referenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24582/24]

Primary Medical Certificates

Paul Murphy

177. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the Government will amend the rules to primary medical certificates to allow blind people to qualify. [24822/24]

Irish Language

Paul Murphy

337. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the collaborations in place, if any, between third-level institutions and secondary schools to aid the transition of students moving from Irish speaking schools, particularly students from Gaeltacht areas, to third-level studies. [25375/24]

Tourism Industry

Paul Murphy

361. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will act in relation to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the mistreatment of staff and racism in the tourism industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25268/24]

Sport and Recreational Development

Paul Murphy

362. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Minister will outline her Department's plans to improve funding to grassroots football; if she is aware of the lack of funding for this and that there is on average between 0 and 1 full time coaches per club; if she agrees that there is a need to invest in better facilities, provide more funding for coaches, offer more grants to local teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25377/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Murphy

473. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in the case of a person (details supplied), she will instruct her Department to assess an application based on hours worked prior to September 2022 when working hours were reduced due to their son’s care needs; and if she will update the carer’s benefit assessment to allow for secondary school teachers who are job sharing and are therefore working half of a secondary school teacher’s hours [25237/24]

Victim Support Services

Paul Murphy

516. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the need for urgent legislation in relation to a victims right to be informed about the release of their attacker (details supplied); if she agrees that it is an issue that the privacy of the attacker is given more weight than the rights of the victim; if she will ensure that this loophole is addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24588/24]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Paul Murphy

520. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she agrees that a victim’s counselling notes should not be used in a rape trial and that this could deter them from seeking therapeutic support or even seeking justice at all (details supplied); if she will make urgent changes to ensure that this is no longer allowed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24645/24]

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

527. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of spousal visa applications made from Abu Dhabi; and the number that were rejected over the past five years. [24757/24]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

532. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 1 May 2024, when the information will be provided. [24818/24]

Disability Diagnoses

Paul Murphy

650. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how a parent would get an appropriate handwriting assessment for a child with dyspraxia that would be accepted by a school in order to recognise that they need to use a laptop in primary school. [25239/24]