Results 9,481-9,500 of 12,388 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 88. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will reverse her decision in relation to the Ministerial approval of RTÉ's request to transfer the administration costs of the superannuation scheme from RTÉ (scheme sponsor) to the pension fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54052/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Plaques (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will ensure the immediate installation of the 2008 NFCD plaque at the famine sculpture (details supplied); the reason this plaque has not been installed; the earliest date for installation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54117/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the decision for the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board to give up on its own referral case three years, seven months and 13 days after it started investigating, and only a matter of days before the Referral Committee was due to hear the evidence (details supplied); if he will provide confirmation in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees that in line with WPATH best practices, services should have full and ongoing participation from trans and gender diverse people in relation to decisions about their health and that accordingly the trans community should have been included in the HSE workshop billed as “The Future of Transgender Care in Ireland” on 9 February...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 187. To ask the Minister for Health how many applications were made for the role of clinical lead for transgender services. [54112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 188. To ask the Minister for Health how the HSE intends to address the waiting times faced by those looking for trans healthcare; and the timeline for these actions. [54113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees that in order to be in line with WPATH, GPs should provide blood tests to trans people, regardless of where they are sourcing their hormones. [54114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees that instructing GPs to deny healthcare to trans people is putting their health at risk, and that the NGS should not interfere with the healthcare of people who are not their patients. [54115/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Ireland is reported to have the worst transgender healthcare in the EU, given this information if he is concerned that a person (details supplied) has endorsed the National Gender Services as the “gold standard for how it should be done”. [54116/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will take into account the negative reaction of people with disabilities to the Green Paper on disability reform in devising further policy in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54228/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: I presume the Minister of State will have to accept that the Green Paper on disability reform has been met with almost universal criticism and opposition from people with disabilities and campaigning organisations. A protest will take place at 12 noon today outside Leinster House. There are activists in the Gallery right now. It is time to withdraw the proposal in the Green Paper to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: If the Government is serious about consultation and listening to people, it would, in fact, have listened to people and it would be withdrawing this Green Paper. "Nothing about us without us" is the slogan of the disability rights movement. Let us listen to what people with disabilities are saying. They are saying the proposed work capacity assessments are dehumanising and degrading, will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rights of People with Disabilities (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: I wonder whether the Minister of State has seen Ken Loach's fine film, "I, Daniel Blake", which reveals in horrifying detail the impact of a tiered system such as that being proposed. In the UK, it is called a work capability assessment; in the Green Paper, it is called a work capacity assessment. In effect, they are the same. When I asked the Taoiseach about this, he said "I, Daniel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: What I am getting at is that "carbon abatement" means something quite different to the phasing out of fossil fuels. It means we are going to keep using fossil fuels but not to worry because we are going to capture the carbon. That is what it means technically. I think it is important to be clear out this. If the Minister means phase out-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: If you add energy usage and you simply add-----

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she believes the level of social welfare payments is adequate to prevent child poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54226/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase all social welfare payments over the poverty line to ensure no one is living in poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54225/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that the cost of disability is taken into account in setting the level of social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54227/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (7 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: 158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her reasons for not supporting proposal a union (details supplied) for pay-related jobseeker’s benefit to be paid at a maximum of 70 per cent of salary or €550 for nine months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54224/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Paul Murphy: We had a tornado in Leitrim at the weekend. Extreme weather events will become a more and more common occurrence as we head towards climate catastrophe. Meanwhile in Dubai, negotiations are continuing around an entirely inadequate draft text for COP 28. The Taoiseach's speech at the opening of COP 28 was widely condemned by environmental activists as a copout. He chose to call only for...