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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: I am sorry for cutting that conversation short.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: I am constrained by time. I will bring today's meeting to a conclusion. On behalf of the members and on my own behalf as Chair, I thank all our witnesses for their contributions today. Reflecting on my notes, what is clear from the discussion and the engagement today is that rural bus transport is still evolving. Many challenges remain, particularly around service provision, service...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: Not so long ago, I was a councillor and a proud member of the Southern Regional Assembly for about ten years. I think I see Mr. David Kelly in the background. Many a battle I had with him. I think about the most recent regional economic and spatial strategy where we were tearing the hair out of our heads over population projections and trying to form alliances with other local authorities...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: I want to come back to the question of identity. I will make my position very clear. I am a champion of local government and of regional government. I believe in the empowerment of local and regional government and the better resourcing of local and regional government. I want to go back to my time as a member of the regional assembly and how frustrated I was and the lack of a reserved...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will clarify the policy whereby compensation awards received by individuals following serious accidents are taken into account in the means assessment for disability allowance and related supports; and if she will review this practice, given that such awards are intended to compensate for loss, injury, and future care...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: 273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on whether it is unfair and inappropriate for compensation awards arising from personal injury or trauma to be treated as means for the purpose of determining eligibility for disability-related benefits; and the steps being taken to ensure that such awards are disregarded in means testing where they are intended...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: 274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will undertake a review of the current means testing arrangements for disability allowance to ensure that compensation or court awards arising from serious injury are not unfairly counted as income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56439/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: 317. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will examine the feasibility of introducing a national scheme, similar to the mobility scheme in the United Kingdom, that would allow parents or carers of children with complex medical needs to utilise a payment such as the domiciliary care allowance towards the cost of obtaining a wheelchair-accessible or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the difficulties in making contact with a service (details supplied), with repeated phone calls and emails from members of the public and public representatives going unanswered; the measures being taken to ensure this vital service is accessible and responsive to patients and their families in the southeast; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: 392. To ask the Minister for Health if there have been recent staffing or organisational changes within a service (details supplied) which will explain the recent lack of communication and responsiveness; if she will provide details of the current point of contact for public representatives and constituents seeking assistance with patient transport in the southeast region; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: 393. To ask the Minister for Health the governance and oversight arrangements in place for the HSE Patient Transport Service in the southeast; if she will ensure that there is a dedicated and accountable liaison point for public representatives to raise urgent cases where elderly or vulnerable patients require transport to hospital appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: 394. To ask the Minister for Health the impact that recent communication failures within a service (details supplied) have had on patients awaiting hospital transport in the southeast; and the immediate steps being taken to ensure that no patient misses a hospital appointment due to the inability to reach the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56435/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (16 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: 395. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commit to reviewing the operation of the HSE patient transport service in the southeast with a view to improving response times, accessibility, and communication with the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (22 Oct 2025)

Michael Murphy: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the decision by University Hospital Waterford to discontinue the provision of coronial post-mortems at University Hospital Waterford with effect from 1 January 2026; if he will set out the alternative arrangements, if any, which are planned for the southeast region, covering the counties of Waterford,...