Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Schemes

Paul Murphy

257. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarification on the responsibilities and accountability within local authorities for ensuring that properties allocated as medical relets meet the requisite standards and adaptations as promised to families with disabled members. [11282/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Paul Murphy

313. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expand the redress scheme to include all those who spent time in a mother and baby institution or county home; if he will consider making an enhanced medical card available to all survivors, extend the scheme to anyone abused in a 'boarding out'/adoptive placement or abused through forced labour, vaccine trials, racial or disability-based discrimination or illegal expatriation outside the State for adoption, by allowing affected people to swear their testimony in a non-adversarial way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11271/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

352. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to the funding crisis facing the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme (UMAAP) currently delivered via ADHD Ireland and the recent decision by the HSE to withdraw funding for UMAAP in 2024; and if he will instruct the HSE to reverse this decision and ensure the continuation of this vital programme. [11268/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [9320/24]

National Economic and Social Council

Paul Murphy

14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [9321/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

21. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9322/24]

Water Safety

Paul Murphy

43. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development with regard to her responsibility for Water Safety Ireland what measures she intends to take to reduce the number of drownings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10747/24]

Passport Services

Paul Murphy

90. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he can provide a solution to an issue as regards guardianship (details supplied); if he will consider updating the legislation for someone who is the sole guardian in getting a child's passport; and if not, why not. [10054/24]

Mining Industry

Paul Murphy

111. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to proposed lithium drilling in Moylisha Hill, if he is aware of the strength of local feeling against this development and the opposition expressed by environmentalists; if he will oppose this proposed programme of invasive drilling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10019/24]

Energy Policy

Paul Murphy

136. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on legal analysis to be provided to the Minister on Ireland’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty following Departmental engagement with the Office of the Attorney General in 2023; the scope and status of this OAG analysis and timeframe on when it will be brought to Government [10673/24]

Driver Test

Paul Murphy

163. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 February 2024, given that no one bar essential workers could sit a driving test or avail of lessons in 2020 and 2021, if he will take this into consideration and advocate for the RSA to make temporary changes to third learner permits to last for two years rather than one (details supplied). [10226/24]

National Monuments

Paul Murphy

236. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will confirm that animal traps (details supplied) which were being used at the Botanic Gardens, Dublin, are unlawful under the Wildlife Act, 1976 (Approved Traps, Snares and Nets) Regulations 2003 and, if so, what steps have been taken to ensure they have been permanently removed from this site and any other OPW properties. [10037/24]

National Monuments

Paul Murphy

237. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 29 March 2023, if the OPW established if a trespass occurred at Hore Abbey during a fox hunt and if so, what action has been taken against the hunt in question. [10044/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

272. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education in relation to circular 0002/24 issued by the Department on 6 February 2024, which proposes to eliminate the category of “complex educational needs” from consideration when allocating special education teacher (SET) hours, if she will ensure that this proposed change is withdrawn given the negative impact potentially revoking access to the educational setting appropriate to their needs can have on children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10030/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

325. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education her views on the adequacy of supports for children with autism and other additional educational needs in north Dublin, and the Ballymun-Finglas area in particular, and if she will comment specifically on the situation in which a person and his family (details supplied) find themselves. [10677/24]

Wildlife Protection

Paul Murphy

390. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a licence is required for the hunting of Irish hares with packs of hounds and if so, how many licences have been issued over the past five years; and the recipients of the licences and how many hares have been killed in hunting during that period. [10036/24]

Wildlife Protection

Paul Murphy

391. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an animal trap for rats and mice (details supplied) is unlawful under the Wildlife Act, 1976 (Approved Traps, Snares and Nets) Regulations 2003 and if so, what action his Department is taking against those selling or using them in Ireland. [10038/24]

Wildlife Protection

Paul Murphy

392. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can explain why a veterinary report form documenting the presence of two pregnant hares at Freshford Coursing Club has been modified on the National Parks and Wildlife Service website to now show that "nil" hares were identified as pregnant at the meeting; who authorised this modification; if he condones it; and if an investigation will be launched to establish if pregnant hares were present and if so, if this breached licence conditions. [10039/24]

Wildlife Protection

Paul Murphy

393. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will investigate if a pregnant hare who gave birth was among the hares in a coursing compound in Glin, given the number of hares at the end of coursing was one more than the number captured from the wild, if this breached the licence conditions and if so, what action he is taking against the club in question. [10040/24]

Social Welfare Code

Paul Murphy

438. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection why 'S' class contributions do not quality for carer’s payment; if there are any exceptions to this rule; if there is consideration around changing this; and if not, why not. [10056/24]

Visa Agreements

Paul Murphy

497. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to provide any updates in relation to the requirement for a visa for Colombians to travel to Ireland (details supplied). [10670/24]

Horse Racing Industry

Paul Murphy

510. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid out by Horse Racing Ireland in 2023 to hunts in point-to-point racing grants and any other funding, and if he will stop this, given that the money is propping up hunt clubs which are involved in bloodsports which the vast majority want banned. [10041/24]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

511. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if releasing a pack of dogs to chase a fox, failing to intervene to stop the dogs from attacking and-or killing the fox, and using terriers to corner and attack foxes when they try to escape underground are contrary to the provisions of the Animal Health and Welfare Act, which states that it is an offence to "do, or fail to do, anything or cause or permit anything to be done to an animal that causes unnecessary suffering to, or endanger the health or welfare of, an animal". [10042/24]

Greyhound Industry

Paul Murphy

512. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate why Greyhound Racing Ireland has categorised an Irish greyhound as "rehomed" after it was informed that the dog had been found straying in the UK in an underweight condition with a mouth "in an appalling state with rotten teeth" and that efforts were being made to find him a home; and if an investigation will be carried out to establish how this Irish-owned greyhound came to be abandoned in the UK. [10043/24]

Voluntary Sector

Paul Murphy

548. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the rationale for the State agreeing to pay for the role of safeguarding officer in St. Johns Ambulance; and to explain if this will be a mechanism available to other organisations in financial distress. [10045/24]

Voluntary Sector

Paul Murphy

549. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline whether any conditions will be imposed on St. Johns Ambulance in return for the State paying for the role of safeguarding officer. [10046/24]

Medical Cards

Paul Murphy

708. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to the proposed change in the medical card hair loss grant, if he will reconsider this proposal, ensuring that a grant is provided for anyone in need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10311/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Murphy

710. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to the special pay with leave long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers which is not to be extended beyond 31 March 2024 (details supplied) why have the Minister and the HSE reached this decision; if he is aware that these healthcare workers are still in the same situation and therefore still in need of the same support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10318/24]

Vaccination Programme

Paul Murphy

711. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 5 December 2023, the reasons for the delay between October and December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10320/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

713. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 565 of 20 February 2024, if he can provide a timeline for when the operation is going to be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10323/24]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Paul Murphy

99. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Optional Protocol for the UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities will be ratified within the term of this Government; if so, when it will be ratified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9518/24]

Childcare Services

Paul Murphy

126. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9519/24]

Legislative Measures

Paul Murphy

269. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who are currently the subject of a High Court order placing them in special care in accordance with the Child Care Act 1991, who are not in special care due to the absence of an available bed; whether private agency staff can be utilised to staff the beds that are not currently open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9823/24]

Legislative Measures

Paul Murphy

270. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of agency staff currently employed to work in special care under the Child Care Act 1991; the hourly rates of pay offered to agency staff to work in special care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9824/24]

Health Services Staff

Paul Murphy

313. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the due diligence on therapists offered positions in the HSE is being outsourced to a private company; how long the average wait is from the time of application to completion of due diligence; how much the private company is being paid; whether there was a tender process for this company; and the reason the HSE is not itself verifying the qualifications and experience of applicants. [9825/24]

Legislative Programme

Paul Murphy

1. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [7878/24]

Trade Relations

Paul Murphy

37. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that Ireland imported €5.08 billion of goods from Israel in 2022 and €2.15 billion worth in 2021 (details supplied), yet in 2020, imports were only €138 million, which was par for the course on previous years; what precipitated the jump in trade after 2020; and as a significant trading partner with Israel, what part is Ireland playing in terms of trade in the cessation of the horrific events in Palestine. [9486/24]

Middle East

Paul Murphy

58. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of an offer by a group (details supplied) which has a team of over 20 highly qualified specialist doctors, licensed and experienced in various medical fields in Dublin, ready to volunteer their services in Gaza; if he has considered this offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8926/24]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Paul Murphy

124. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 354 of 25 March 2021 and 86 of 7 February 2024, the reason there is no definite plan for implementing the legislation in 2024, given the importance of same in 2014 for the Garda Ombudsman and for an organisation (details supplied) in 2017 and the enacted legislation on it in 2023. [9164/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

213. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 13 February 2024, if she is aware that for children with dyslexia, the support provided through mainstream schools, 20 minutes for three times a week, does not compare to what children get in a special school, where they learn reading and writing using the Wilson method, which many mainstream teachers have zero education on how to teach; given this information, why the Department has no plans to open more of these classes; if she has considered that the demand is so high for these special schools because what is being offered through mainstream school is not working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8913/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Paul Murphy

218. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education regarding the current funding crisis threatening a preschool for autistic children (details supplied), if she will ensure that her Department responsible for processing the payments processes them promptly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8953/24]

Sports Events

Paul Murphy

252. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is a set financial exposure limit on the Irish taxpayers commitment associated with Ireland hosting the Ryder Cup in 2027; if the commitment given by him on behalf of the Irish taxpayer is open ended; if such an exposure limit is set, the limit amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9184/24]

Sports Events

Paul Murphy

253. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in relation to Ireland hosting the Ryder Cup in 2027, if a risk assessment on behalf of the Irish taxpayer regarding the specific costs to the taxpayer of hosting of this event has been put in place and in the interests of transparency can that risk assessment be made available to the public. [9185/24]

Sports Events

Paul Murphy

254. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in relation to Ireland hosting the Ryder Cup in 2027, given that residents of the area are voicing certain reservations about the estimated 250,000 people expected to attend the event in the village of Adare over a three day period in 2027, if an infrastructural report which outlines environmental damage and which confirms the suitability of the venue to host such an event is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9186/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

278. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarification on the significant delays experienced by certain tenants in the processing of their tenant-in-situ applications in Fingal (details supplied); the reasons for these delays; and if he can provide an update on when a person can expect a decision on their case. [8982/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

279. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a case previously highlighted (details supplied), where a tenant is facing homelessness due to significant delays in the processing of their tenant-in-situ application; if he can outline a proposed intervention due to the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8983/24]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

280. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the communication he has had with Fingal County Council with regard to the long processing delays with the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8984/24]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

391. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fate of all thoroughbred horses that have been sold to China; and if he is concerned about the announcement that racing is to cease in Macau in April (details supplied). [9001/24]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

392. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the criticisms raised about animal welfare in China, what procedures his Department has taken to ensure the safety of thoroughbred horses, particularly in the context of the announcement that racing is to cease in Macau in April (details supplied). [9002/24]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

393. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a detailed breakdown of all Irish horses exported to China, Hong Kong and Korea, by year (details supplied). [9003/24]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

394. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 17 January 2024, received from HRI if he will instruct HRI to provide a breakdown of the ages of the horses sent to slaughter. [9004/24]

Hare Coursing

Paul Murphy

65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will legislate to ban hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8357/24]

Common Agricultural Policy

Paul Murphy

84. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied with the distribution of CAP direct payments, whereby the top eight recipients received more than €200,000 each, compared with an average payment of less than €9,657; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8355/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Paul Murphy

92. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will act to reverse the reduction in the area under tillage in 2022 in light of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8356/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Paul Murphy

97. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be necessary for Ireland to reduce dairy and beef production to reach our legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8358/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Paul Murphy

99. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the sectoral emissions reductions targets for agriculture for the first carbon budget period can now be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8354/24]

European Council

Paul Murphy

9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his engagements at the special meeting of the European Council on Ukraine and the EU budget. [7879/24]

Transport Policy

Paul Murphy

13. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with transport will next meet. [6664/24]

Foreign Policy

Paul Murphy

30. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 8 November 2022, if he will follow up with the UN Human Rights Committee, requesting any updates in relation to this case, including any actions taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8193/24]

International Protection

Paul Murphy

114. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice when the decision on an international protection application will be made for a person (details supplied); the reason international protection is not being expedited for Palestinians; and what psychological and social supports are available to this person and other Gazans. [8170/24]

Hen Harriers

Paul Murphy

123. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a campaign (details supplied) in light of stark hen harrier decline; if he will give a Government commitment to the protection of this bird of prey before it is too late; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8183/24]

Live Exports

Paul Murphy

124. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of two complaints (details supplied) submitted to his office; if he will ensure that his Department processes these complaints as a matter of urgency, taking the necessary actions for animal welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8187/24]

Third Level Fees

Paul Murphy

179. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a college fee waiver will be given to a person (details supplied) in order that they can continue their studies; if not, how their college fees can be covered for the remainder of their course, given they are an international protection applicant; if they will be eligible for the international protection student scheme for FE and HE students for future semesters; and if there is a way for them to access student accommodation now. [8171/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

12. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [6663/24]

Northern Ireland

Paul Murphy

23. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with the UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak. [7877/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Paul Murphy

61. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the free travel scheme to children for whom child benefit is paid, and in the case of young children and their travel companions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7898/24]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Murphy

67. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the free travel scheme to all social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7897/24]

Poverty Impact Assessment

Paul Murphy

68. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if a poverty impact assessment was carried out into extending child benefit to 18 year-olds in full-time education or training compared to extending it to 16, 17 and 18 year-olds not in full-time education or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7895/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Paul Murphy

71. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend child benefit to 16, 17 and 18 year-olds not in full-time education or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7894/24]

Poverty Impact Assessment

Paul Murphy

94. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will carry out a poverty impact assessment of extending child benefit to 16, 17 and 18 year-olds not in full-time education or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7896/24]

Driver Test

Paul Murphy

169. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps that have been taken to alleviate the driver test backlog; if tests are being carried out on weekends and evenings; if the additional testers from October 2023 are making an impact; and if so, what is this impact; if it is possible for the RSA to make temporary changes to third learner permits where they last two years rather than one, given it is not possible to achieve a test appointment within the lifetime of that permit and if he will request for the RSA to come before the Oireachtas Transport Committee in 2024 to explain the backlog. [7680/24]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that Go Ahead Ireland, which operates the 120 bus service from Edenderry to Dublin via Celbridge, is authorised by his Department and by the NTA to reduce capacity since around 29 January 2024 by 13 passengers through denying access to 13 seats to the rear of the coach used (details supplied). [7715/24]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he will inform this Deputy whether the arbitrary reduction of capacity to the 120 bus service, which is turning the already under-capacity service into an unusable one for commuters, is in accordance with the contractual obligations under which Go Ahead Ireland operates the service. [7716/24]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

172. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if the reduced capacity of the 120 bus service has been authorised by his Department and by the NTA; if so, if he will make a statement as to why it has been authorised, as it has caused a member of the public to be unable to board this bus on several occasions, along with a number of other people who were then significantly late for work as a result. [7717/24]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

173. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport what sanctions will apply to Go Ahead Ireland if the company has been breaching its contractual obligations for the 120 bus service. [7718/24]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

174. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport what action he will take to ensure that full capacity is immediately restored on the 120 Service operated by a company (details supplied). [7719/24]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

180. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the local demand for a more frequent 56A bus service, given that currently this route is only scheduled to run every 75 minutes; if he will instruct the NTA to make this route a more frequent service in peak commute times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7863/24]

Employment Rights

Paul Murphy

243. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any guidelines for businesses to follow in relation to employees who are in the process of IVF; are employees provided with any protections in terms of guaranteed time off for medical appointments, job security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7498/24]

School Funding

Paul Murphy

274. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education when an application for emergency works funding dealing with urgent school security (details supplied) will be decided upon. [7577/24]

School Meals Programme

Paul Murphy

386. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that children with coeliac disease are properly catered for in the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6385/24]

Greyhound Industry

Paul Murphy

458. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing, trials and sales events in 2023 and to date in 2024; the type of injury in each case; the date and location where they occurred; the number killed outright or euthanised by track vets; the number and causes of additional racing fatalities; and the results of any related post-mortems. [7685/24]

Greyhound Industry

Paul Murphy

459. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the greyhound track attendance statistics for 2023 and to date in 2024, covering both Greyhound Racing Ireland tracks and private tracks; the breakdown of the figures, by attendance at each track, type of entry, that is, paid entry, free entry, entry by adults, children, staff, owners/trainers, bookmakers, press, and so on; and type of event that is, racing, trials, sales, and non-racing events, in tabular form. [7686/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

530. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when will Government funding be available for public IVF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7497/24]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

555. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 1 February 2024, if he believes that transgender patients are allowed to choose to access care under models of care other than that of the National Gender Service. [7655/24]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

556. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 1 February 2024, if the National Gender Service can explain exactly how the assessment quality can be compromised by being virtual, and if they have ever offered virtual assessments. [7656/24]

Healthcare Policy

Paul Murphy

557. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 1 February 2024, if he can confirm that in line with section 6 of the EU (Application of Patient Rights in Cross Border Healthcare) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 that appropriate clinical oversight and governance for EU telemedicine providers is a matter for the member state in which the healthcare provider is established, and not Irish regulators such as the Irish Medical Council. [7657/24]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

558. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 366 of 1 February 2024, if thromboembolic and liver disease are not a risk of elevated testosterone levels, how has this information persisted across all four versions of the National Gender Service’s Endocrinology NCHD Induction document. [7658/24]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

559. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 1 February 2024, if hormone concentrations can guide treatment decisions and the reason the NGS recommend GPs not to monitor them. [7659/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

560. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 1 February 2024, the source of the data that the increased risk of suicide of trans people persists after gender affirming surgery. [7660/24]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

561. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 1 February 2024, the details of the National Gender Service’s outstanding business cases and the calculations that demonstrate these will reduce the waiting list to months. [7661/24]

Gender Recognition

Paul Murphy

562. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 1 February 2024, if any patient of the National Gender Service has ever been turned away due to their lack of employment and its impact on their occupational functioning. [7662/24]

Health Services

Paul Murphy

565. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will open discussions with the CMO and the secretary general in relation to the urgent need to introduce urogynaecological mesh operations; why was this procedure not introduced in autumn 2023 as expected; if the Minister will do everything within his power to ensure that these operations are provided in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7693/24]

Energy Conservation

Paul Murphy

129. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase funding for the local authority retrofit programme to enable all local authority housing that needs it to be retrofitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6750/24]

Homeless Accommodation

Paul Murphy

148. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to address the lack of homeless accommodation available in Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6749/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Paul Murphy

155. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if on a visit to the West Bank, he asked to see a village that had been destroyed and ethnically cleansed by settlers; if so, if the IDF refused to allow it; if this is correct, the reason he did not make a public statement in relation to the matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7199/24]

Bus Services

Paul Murphy

170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport given the negative impact on residents who are being left without full bus services several nights of the week, what actions the NTA is taking to ensure that the 27 bus route which is being diverted from Brookfield in the evening due to anti-social behaviour is being restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7198/24]

Wildlife Protection

Paul Murphy

231. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he supports maintaining the protected status of fallow and sika deer, under the wildlife Acts, given they are a non-native species with a seriously detrimental impact on the environment and biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55789/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Paul Murphy

271. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for appeals made under section 317 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7346/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Paul Murphy

272. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for appeals made under section 318 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7347/24]

Animal Welfare

Paul Murphy

297. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how Horse Racing Ireland and Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board record deaths for the year; if all deaths within 48 hours or due to a direct injury from the track are included in the yearly data (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7183/24]