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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he supports the goal of a publicly owned and operated childcare system; the steps taken in Budget 2025 towards achieving that; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39152/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (2 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all possible assistance will be provided by the Irish embassy to the family of a person (details supplied) seriously injured in an accident, including facilitating accommodation in order that the family can be close to the hospital. [39427/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (2 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number prosecutions that have been carried out under section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015 in the past five years. [39408/24]

Financial Resolution No. 3: Capital Acquisitions Tax (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: A farm is written down by 90%. With agricultural relief you can get up to €3.35 million.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Capital Acquisitions Tax (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: We had a budget that trumpeted the fact it is giving a so-called baby boost to new parents of children of €420. That is it. It will not go very far. Now, before midnight - in effect, from tomorrow morning - we have got a measure which will give a very substantial baby boost to the wealthiest 3% of households worth €21,450. It is one of the great tricks of Fine Gael and...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Minister, Deputy Chambers, spoke earlier about the Apple tax money having "the capacity to be transformational". He did not mention, nor did the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, that, as Deputy Boyd Barrett has pointed out, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael fought tooth and nail not to take this transformative amount of money, to say that €14 billion should stay on the cash pile of one of...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: It is backing business at the expense of workers. That is exactly what it is doing. The reason this Government - or the next Government if it is returned - is not going to introduce a transformative budget is that it will not break from its reliance on the market. In other words, it will not break from the prioritisation of profit for Apple, corporate landlords, private developers,...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: The treatment of education is summed up by the fact that, as the INTO has pointed out, more money has been allocated to the gimmick of smartphone pouches, to grab a cheap headline, than to increases in capitation for primary schools. That is absolutely scandalous and demonstrates a lack of priority for young people. The Government refused to introduce a second tier of child benefit for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disabilities Assessments (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will have their cognitive assessment and educational assessment completed. [39120/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will waive fees for the master's course to teach in secondary school in the immediate as part of Budget 2025, given the teacher shortage; and her views on whether this should be done as part of a process to make all education free. [38693/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct her Department to take urgent action ensuring the introduction of extra time for students with dyslexia and other learning difficulties in Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38716/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 247. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for the next overseas national famine commemoration day. [38949/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of an asylum case for persons (details supplied); if the Minister will instruct her Department to grant asylum, ensuring protection for these LGBTQ+ people; if not, to provide the reason why; if she will address the reports of “inhumane treatment” for those seeking asylum; and if she will address...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications still without a decision who had applied in in each of the years 2020 to 2022, broken down by nationality of applicants. [38885/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the fate of the horses due for slaughter since an abattoir (details supplied) was closed down. [38753/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 393. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1358 and 1359 of 9 September 2024, if he will investigate the fact that Tusla was made aware of an issue (details supplied) in November 2023 but stopped working with the organisation in February 2024; and the cause of this three-month delay. [38776/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 407. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a child (details supplied) with additional needs has been on a waiting list since 2018 with still no services provided; and the action he intends to take to ensure that this child receives the services they need as soon as possible. [38922/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 464. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the costing of long-Covid clinics from 2020 to date, in tabular form; if he is aware of patients experiencing cancelled appointments reported as due to lack of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 508. To ask the Minister for Health if he will accept the recommendations of the National Radiation Therapist Review report; if he will commit to full implementation of the recommendations on adequate staffing levels to safeguard vital cancer services into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38960/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 510. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1732 of 9 September 2024, the reason, given that there was a signature from the person (details supplied), that an individual, and Waterford University Hospital, have not complied with a solicitor's letter and a letter from the Irish Medical Council regarding the withholding of clinical records. [38984/24]