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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (29 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details on the cause of death for each of the 300 animals in locations (details supplied), including euthanasia, gender, age at time of death and the origin of these animals. [47651/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (29 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland agreed to reconvene the European Union-Israel Association Council in October 2022, given Israel's actions on the ground in Palestine show it remains a serial human rights abuser and international law violator. [47708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the provision of school transport for a pupil (details supplied). [47626/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the provision of school transport for pupils (details supplied). [47655/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be any changes to the assessment to qualify for the working family payment in budget 2023; and if there will be an increase in the payment persons will receive. [47715/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will implement a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) regarding improved access to the free travel scheme for persons with epilepsy in Ireland in budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47656/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (29 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 210. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) for 2023 to increase funding for youth work and youth work organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (29 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department is taking to tackle the shortage of qualified staff in an industry (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the calls from the industry for more third level places and a reduction of needless paperwork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47658/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 249. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1899 of 8 September 2022, the category private cleaning staff who were working in a hospital during the pandemic fall under, regarding the pandemic recognition payment (details supplied). [47700/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Domestic Pets (29 Sep 2022)

Paul Murphy: 271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the regulations on the keeping, breeding, sale or supply of exotic pets, following the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce regulations; if there will be a public consultation; and when the regulations will be introduced. [47652/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [46019/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Last year, a study published by Tuismitheoiri na Gaeltachta demonstrated that only 23% of parents in the Gaeltacht are raising their children through Irish. Thankfully, the use of Irish outside the Gaeltacht seems to be increasing, but there can be no real revival of the Irish language without its native speakers. A crucial part of that is the education system and treating Irish as a living...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Last week, in the Minister, Deputy Donohoe’s budget speech, he said we would have an inflation rate of 8.5% this year and 7% next year, and he announced a series of increases in various payments, all inadequate and the vast majority below the rate of inflation. One group of people got absolutely no increase at all for the 13th year in a row, and that is foster carers. These are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Foster carers.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversation with the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [44842/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Liz Truss has been forced to perform a humiliating U-turn concerning her plans to reduce the top rate of income tax from 45% to 40% for those earning more than £150,000. The move was widely condemned as a tax cut for the wealthiest. It was met by mass protests right across Britain from the Enough is Enough cost-of-living coalition. The top rate of income tax in this country, however,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: But, in Britain, it is 60%. It is not like they are. I checked it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: They earn the most income.

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: Across the country, hundreds of thousands of people are living in homes affected by defects, whether these have been caused by mica, pyrite, fire safety deficiencies or other blatant defects. Hundreds of thousands of people have been impacted. Given the campaigning and the pressure from below, it is clear that the Government has been forced to concede redress schemes, such as the one for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (4 Oct 2022)

Paul Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will discuss concerns regarding the energy crisis with an organisation (details supplied) to ensure workers in this industry are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47940/22]