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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 547. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in view of the withdrawal of a crèche (details supplied) in Ballycullen from the core funding scheme, and resultant significant increases in fees for parents, the action he intends to take to ensure that affordable childcare is available in the area. [6578/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the case of adult education tutors who will gather in large numbers outside the Dáil today at 1 p.m. For years they have been fighting for pay parity, for an end to discrimination and for proper contracts and pensions but they continue to be denied these by the Government. Effectively, the Government is trying to get away with not providing proper incremental payscales,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. [2800/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: The World Economic Forum is at the centre of all sorts of far-right conspiracy theories these days. These theories suggest that the forum rules the world. I do not believe the World Economic Forum rules the world or that there is a conspiracy here. In fact, it is simply capitalism. Capitalism operates by the governments of the world responding to the needs, interests, concerns and wishes...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 9. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his meeting with the Chinese Premier Li Qiang. [2809/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: The Chinese regime is a repressive and authoritarian regime. It is a country with very few democratic rights. I was struck by the decision to close all access for the public to the Phoenix Park to facilitate this meeting. It was not just to facilitate the meeting, because one could have had lots of people in the Phoenix Park and the meeting could have gone ahead, but to facilitate the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 17. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his visit to the western Balkans. [2799/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: It has been reported that on the Taoiseach's visit to the western Balkans, the issue of regional security was discussed. I wonder whether the issue with NATO came up, and whether the issue of Ireland's new individual tailored partnership programme, a new agreement with NATO, came up. Does the Taoiseach think it is appropriate that the Irish Government is able to sign Ireland up when it is a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if private jet passengers are included in the passenger numbers for 2023 published by Dublin Airport; if he supports reducing the number of private jets using the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6734/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase funding for the local authority retrofit programme to enable all local authority housing that needs it to be retrofitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6750/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to address the lack of homeless accommodation available in Tallaght; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if on a visit to the West Bank, he asked to see a village that had been destroyed and ethnically cleansed by settlers; if so, if the IDF refused to allow it; if this is correct, the reason he did not make a public statement in relation to the matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7199/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given the negative impact on residents who are being left without full bus services several nights of the week, what actions the NTA is taking to ensure that the 27 bus route which is being diverted from Brookfield in the evening due to anti-social behaviour is being restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7198/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he supports maintaining the protected status of fallow and sika deer, under the wildlife Acts, given they are a non-native species with a seriously detrimental impact on the environment and biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55789/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for appeals made under section 317 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7346/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing times for appeals made under section 318 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7347/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how Horse Racing Ireland and Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board record deaths for the year; if all deaths within 48 hours or due to a direct injury from the track are included in the yearly data (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7183/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Welfare Appeals (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 318. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) calling for urgent regulation of CAMHS under the Mental Health Act 2001; if he will take action to ensure an immediate reform of CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7205/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Inquiries (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 327. To ask the Minister for Health what methods his Department will employ to select a chairperson for the inquiry into sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7184/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 332. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will offer an option for early adoption where safe, of the MMR vaccine considering the possibility of a future larger outbreak in the country, and the fact that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends infants from six months to 11 months get a single dose of the MMR with two additional doses where international travel is...