Dublin South-West — week of Mon, 22 Jul

Paul Murphy — People Before Profit-Solidarity 0 votes · 75 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 75 total

Health 21 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views on the reinstatement of HSE PCR testing (details supplied); if his Department will ensure that persons receive access to free and accurate PCR testing, with a result within 24-48, hours given the current Covid surge and the fact that it is not possible for citizens to access PCR testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31089/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will continue to align the salaries of clinical nurse-midwife specialists and clinical nurse managers 2; if he will urgently ensure the addition of one further scale point and the introduction of a long-service increment for clinical nurse-midwife specialists, as per the publication of the Expert Review Body on Nursing and Midwifery about the clinical nurse managers 2 salary scale [31126/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 23 May 2024, if the National Gender Service is aware that the mentioned systematic review's methodology has been found to have serious flaws (details supplied) and if they still consider it a reliable source of information. [31128/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 11 June 2024, the length of time the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda keeps patients on GnRHa; and what parts of the guidelines underlie this (details supplied). [31130/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 11 June 2024, the oestradiol and testosterone target serum concentrations that are used for trans men and women by the transgender clinic in University Hospital Galway (details supplied). [31131/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 11 June 2024 (details supplied), if the transgender clinic in a hospital (details supplied) requires fertility preservation prior to starting hormone therapy. [31136/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2023 will commence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31137/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the actions the Food Safety Authority of Ireland has taken over the past two years in relation to operations at a company (details supplied) in light of the revelations on RTÉ programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31757/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 18 June 2024, if the National Gender Service can clarify at exactly what stage the business case has progressed to, and in particular, whether funding has been approved. [31974/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 2 July 2024, if the National Gender Service is aware of a recently published randomised controlled trial showing a reduction in poor health outcomes, including suicidality, for those receiving trans healthcare (details supplied). [31975/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to provide the research underlying the National Gender Service’s statement that social contagion is causing huge numbers of children to incorrectly think they are transgender, as reported in an article (details supplied). [31976/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for details of all the attacks being made on the National Gender Service, as reported in an article (details supplied). [31977/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service is in the business of saying if people have gender dysphoria, given apparently conflicting public statements (details supplied). [31978/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the proportion of patients of the National Gender Service to which they ‘often say not right now’, as mentioned in a radio interview (details supplied). [31979/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been told by the National Gender Service following assessment that they will not be seen for five years, as mentioned in a radio interview (details supplied). [31980/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason, given that the National Gender Service indicated in a radio interview that it ‘just doesn’t know’ if its assessment model can identify risks, it recommends against other models (details supplied). [31981/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 2 July 2024, if the program will consider the possibility that the mentioned report may have been produced in bad faith, given the reported involvement of multiple members of a hate group, in addition to serious issues found by international experts (details supplied). [31982/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure significant investment into local public health nurses (details supplied); if he is aware of the negative impacts that staffing issues have on patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31998/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 11 June 2024, the oestradiol and testosterone serum concentrations that are targeted for trans men and women by the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda (details supplied). [32129/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if it is standard practice for a chiropodist to charge a fee for appointments for medical card holders; if so, if he will consider requesting that the fee be removed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32517/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of establishing and running Ireland’s first mother and baby unit for mothers undergoing mental health issues. [32958/24]
Education 8 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if, in relation to the need for pay parity for those teachers who qualified post-2011, she will ensure that this pay parity is budgeted for in budget 2025; the actions her Department has taken to try to resolve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30938/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education her views on whether the new building for a school (details supplied) needs to be prioritised given it will be the solution for all parties; the actions her Department is taking to ensure this is prioritised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32001/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to an issue with the one modular building that is on a school site (details supplied); if she will guarantee that this building will be ready in time for the start of the new school year. [32002/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her Department will offer a short-term solution for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32003/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of completing all currently needed new school buildings and repairs and all buildings and repairs projected to be needed over the next ten years. [32967/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of guaranteeing the right to non-denominational or multi-denominational education to all non-Catholic students currently in Catholic schools through the provision of alternative non-denominational or multi-denominational schools. [32968/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the annual cost of State payments to private schools, including payments to staff. [32969/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the estimated annual cost of providing special education teachers, special needs assistants and other additional needs supports to schools on a “trust” basis, that is, in response to requests for resources from school principals based on their assessment of school needs. [32970/24]
Agriculture 8 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason no actions were taken in relation to repeated reports of animal cruelty at a plant (details supplied); if the owner was warned of inspections before they occurred; and the reason, given these reports, and the history of animal cruelty charges, officials were not made aware of any animal welfare issues at the plant. [31081/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended destination of a shipment (details supplied); if it is headed to Israel, the reason he has authorised a shipment to a country committing genocide, where there have been reports of this very vessel coming under attack by Houthi rebels; and the reason he has authorised a shipment to a country where temperatures will exceed 30 degrees Celsius. [31111/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason unweaned calves were authorised for export to Libya (details supplied). [31968/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can confirm that there is no animal welfare investigation by his Department or the Attorney General into a company (details supplied); if so, the reason there is no investigation; and the reason horses from the abattoir were not seized and removed to a place of safety, but are in the control of the abattoir owner, who has a history of animal cruelty charges. [32251/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended to go ahead with the draft Statutory Instrument proposed (details supplied), given the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32647/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to estimate the full-year cost of paying small farmers with an annual farm income of €20,000 or less a basic income payment of €10,000. [32955/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of a dairy herd reduction and compensation scheme equivalent to a 10% reduction in the overall size of the national dairy herd. [32956/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated annual value to farmers of the nitrates derogation. [32957/24]
Finance 6 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if a rejected application transfer and exemption will be re-examined for a person (details supplied). [31970/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the amount of capital acquisitions tax paid annually on inheritances over €1 million, over €5 million and over €10 million for each of the past ten years. [32949/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of capital acquisitions tax that was paid annually on inheritances over €1 million, over €5 million and over €10 million for each year of the past ten years. [32950/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the projected full year revenue from capital acquisitions tax on inheritances over €1 million, over €5 million and over €10 million. [32951/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year annual revenue that could be raised from abolishing agricultural relief on farmland valued at €1 million or over. [32952/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full year revenue that would be generated by doubling stamp duty on transfers of residential property valued at €1 million or over. [32953/24]
Justice 6 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if, in relation to the family reunion policy which is currently under review by her Department, she has plans to change the family reunion policy in order that anyone in full-time employment can have their immediate family with them from the start; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30977/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 8 May 2024, if he will consider a scheme that would assist those Palestinians who have arrived from the West Bank and Gaza, similar to the help that was offered to the Ukrainian nationals; and if he will ensure that an asylum case for a person (details supplied) is expedited, ensuring they are granted the right to work, as should all Palestinians who have arrived here from Gaza and the West Bank. [31966/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to consider a scheme that would assist Palestinians who have arrived from the West Bank and Gaza, similar to the help that was offered to the Ukrainian nationals; if she will ensure that an asylum case for a person (details supplied) is expedited, ensuring they are granted the right to work, as should all Palestinians who have arrived here from Gaza and the West Bank. [31967/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if an urgent appeal for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [32000/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if a decision refusing asylum to a family (details supplied) will be reviewed. [32093/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will expedite an international protection application for a person (details supplied) given the circumstances; and, if not, the way to accelerate the process. [32593/24]
Children 6 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in order that they are not forced to sleep outside, for example, at the canal in Dublin city centre and in Citywest. [31397/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will permit a person (details supplied) to leave a direct provision centre and receive the weekly unhoused international protection applicant payment; if not, if they will be transferred to more suitable direct provision centre; and if he will instruct his Department to take urgent action to provide the support needed, given the details of this case. [32253/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason TUSLA’s method of data collation has made it almost impossible to access documents under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (details supplied); his views on whether this situation should be rectified for the sake of transparency by keeping copies of general documents outside children’s individual case files; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32636/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full list of the number of beds available for accommodating both Ukrainian refugees and International Protection applicants, listing how many of them are occupied and how many are empty at the most recent date at which this information is available. [32637/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assurance can be provided that every person has an offer of safe accommodation, in light of the increasing number of attacks on homeless asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33212/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers currently without accommodation, broken down by age and gender. [33213/24]
Social 5 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of introducing a parental leave benefit of €300 a week paid to parents availing of parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32959/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing qualified child rates by €6 for children under 12 and €15 for children 12 and over. [32960/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing child benefit by €50. [32961/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit to €325 a week. [32962/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of providing a statutory payment of €350 for employees who avail of the five unpaid leave days for medical care purposes legislated for under the Work-Life Balance and Miscellaneous Act 2023. [32963/24]
Foreign 4 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on an independent panel of UN experts who have called for gender apartheid to be recognised as a crime incorporated in Article 2 of the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention; the reason Ireland has not yet taken a position on the inclusion of gender apartheid in the treaty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31076/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if any representative of Ireland attended the NATO summit in Washington DC in July, or attended meetings organised around this summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31260/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 3 July 2024, if he will publish the actual feedback his Department provided to the International Protection Office on the potential designation of Algeria as a safe country; and, if not, the reason he will not publish this feedback. [31472/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure all Irish citizens are entitled to the same type of intervention from the Government; the reason a person (details supplied) was explicitly informed by him that the Government could only offer the person and their two children consular assistance; and the reason the person’s children are not entitled to the same type of intervention from his Department, given they are Irish, as is their parent. [31991/24]
Environment 4 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated full year cost of remunicipalising domestic waste collection and providing it to all households as a universal public service free at the point of use. [32964/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how the Government came to implement the deposit return scheme (the charge, the units, and so on); the person who designed the scheme; if it was an EU directive; and if not, the reason for its implementation. [31994/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications who finances the deposit return scheme, pays the wages and the necessary costs for running the company. [31995/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if other recycling companies were consulted on how the deposit return scheme affects their workloads; and if so, to outline the feedback provided. [31996/24]
Transport 3 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the actions his Department is taking to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers on bus routes, in particular the 65 bus route (details supplied). [31105/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if, in relation to the National Driver Licence Service requirement that people applying for a driver’s permit for the first time should have an eye test dated within the last month, he will consider extending this time period, given that eyesight does not deteriorate that quickly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31107/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to address the concerns of a commuter (details supplied). [32518/24]
Housing 3 questions
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will ensure that there is a wildlife ranger urgently put in north Tipperary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31114/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that the Housing For All plan includes a target for rented accommodation to be inspected every four years, the number of properties that were inspected in 2022 and 2023. [31388/24]
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the context of the deaths of two young female elephants at Dublin Zoo, he will enter into discussions with Dublin Zoo, specialist elephant veterinarians, elephant welfare experts and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to end or phase out the keeping of elephants in captivity in Ireland, starting with the prohibition of breeding elephants or importing elephants from other zoos. [31391/24]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2024-07-23 Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to provide a breakdown of the estimated annual cost of direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies. [32954/24]

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