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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 714.To ask the Minister for Health if he will lift the HSE's recruitment embargo, considering the negative impact it is having on the already lengthy waiting lists within the HSE, and specifically speech therapy for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24813/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 819.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently attending the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda. [25260/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 820.To ask the Minister for Health the model of care used by the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda. [25261/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 821.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently attending the transgender clinic in University Hospital Galway. [25262/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 822.To ask the Minister for Health the model of care used by the transgender clinic in University Hospital Galway. [25263/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 823.To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the National Gender Service’s clinical staff’s time that is spent on each of the assessments, other clinical work and administration. [25264/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 824.To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to the National Gender Service that were affected by the issue with closed cases to Cluain Mhuire late last year; and how this is being resolved. [25265/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 825.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the speech and language service in Dublin South West has been closed; and the action he is taking to address this. [25266/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 868.To ask the Minister for Health when a place will become available in the National Rehabilitation Hospital for a patient with a severe brain injury (details supplied), who has been waiting for a place in a general hospital ward since last October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25497/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 914.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department is taking to increase the number of Irish speakers going into the workforce from third-level, in alignment with the government's target of having 20% of public sector employees fluent in Irish by 2030. [25374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 915.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the collaborations in place, if any, between third-level institutions and secondary schools to aid the transition of students moving from Irish speaking schools, particularly students from Gaeltacht areas, to third-level studies. [25376/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [24000/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the issue of Palestinian third level students who are going to be here as a consequence of the genocide that their families are experiencing in Gaza. Perhaps they are able to flee, have already fled or are going to be fleeing here over the next period. I was in touch with the Taoiseach and his office previously when he was Minister for higher education regarding a particular...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: Who is being elevated?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the published third meeting of the cross-government network on child poverty and well-being. [24002/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: The minimum essential standard of living report was published today and it is pretty damning. It shows that social welfare is lagging behind basic needs. In more than three quarters of the cases at which the report looked, people had an inadequate income. In 43% of cases, people had a deeply inadequate income. It found that the costs of a minimum essential standard of living, that is, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I had a look again through the programme for Government. I was struck by the number of commitments to improve animal welfare standards. There is even a reference to prioritising equine welfare based on a robust traceability system, which would certainly raise eyebrows after last weeks RTÉ's "Prime Time Investigates" programme. I will focus on Dublin Zoo, an issue I raised previously....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: Around 15,000 young people in this country are legally paid less than the minimum wage. They are discriminated against for no reason other than their age. Some of those who represent those workers in Mandate are in the Gallery now. There will be a protest by those affected at 1 p.m. outside the Dáil. We have a national minimum wage of €12.70 an hour. It is an amount that is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I am quite struck by the Minister’s answer. I was asking about 17-year-olds getting paid €8.89 an hour - poverty wages - and she spent probably three quarters of her answer talking about all the supports for businesses that Fine Gael is going to provide. There is legalised super-exploitation of young workers taking place right now. The Government has a commission report which...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the barriers created by the fact that not a single PSC office in County Dublin opens outside of Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm or takes appointments; if she will review the issues this is causing to access for people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26013/24]