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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, and a response provided to a parent of one of the students affected, the details of how this assurance can be made given the report from the architect (details supplied). [29655/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will intervene on behalf of a club (details supplied) requesting the diocese to authorise approval for a joint application to upgrade the current astro pitch surface to a 5G surface, in line with the proposed amendment to Annex XXX No 1907/2006 by the European Commission which will ban the use of plastics on artificial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the national hare coursing finals in Clonmel in February 2024 were monitored by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (details supplied). [29150/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Ireland is a party to the 1990 Copenhagen Document; if he will conduct a review to ensure Ireland is in alignment with the various requirements in it, in particular the need to have a legal framework for domestic and international observes to be present in polling stations and count centre; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline, in relation to a case (details supplied) where a mother was no longer provided with legal aid as it was claimed to be ‘outside of a jurisdiction’, the reason legal aid does not continue to represent parents and children who have been kidnapped from Ireland and brought to another country; if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the significant number of Irish children who year-on-year end up subject to international child kidnapping (details supplied); and if, in light of this ongoing crisis, she would be willing to establish and maintain an online list of Hague Convention countries that are non-compliant with their obligations...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline, in relation to a bilateral agreement designed to protect Irish children from being kidnapped to Egypt, the measures she has taken to try and create this agreement; the reason other countries have been successful in this but Ireland is yet to try; if she agrees that her Department should demand the same...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Greyhound Racing Ireland, GRI, previously Bord na gCon, has ever provided funding to the current or previous owners of Lifford Greyhound Stadium; if so, the amount; when this money was provided; the amount that has been paid back to GRI-Bord na gCon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29143/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of thoroughbreds rehomed through two organisations (details supplied) and all bodies his Department funds in each of the past ten years, specifying the names and ages of all those rehomed through the organisations. [29148/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 573. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact the UK has banned the export of live animals for slaughter or for fattening before slaughter; if he is planning a similar policy for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29360/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 28 May 2024, if his Department inspected a facility (details supplied) as a result of the recent information regarding the poor conditions in which dogs are being held there; his views on whether this situation is compatible with a group working as authorised officers on his Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to the decision to proceed with the eviction notices issued to those living in IPAS accommodation giving them a deadline of 5 July 2024 to find alternative accommodation, if he considered, at a minimum, extending the current exemption in place for those over the age of 65 years or with significant...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Measures (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 609. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether emergency legislation to protect the privately-held administrative records of institutions such as Magdalene laundries, industrial schools, orphanages, reformatories and mother and baby homes and bodies that engaged in the arranging of adoptions should be passed in Dáil and Seanad...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 615. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the recent drive to end profit in the social care sector in Wales (details supplied); his views on whether persons should be profiting from children in care; his further views on the need to nationalise the social care sector to end the reliance on charities; if he will support an end to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 733. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department to investigate an issue (details supplied); if management at Tallaght Hospital was aware of these facts before taking this action; and if he will provide an update on this matter. [29382/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts (11 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how his Department ensures that procurement competitions are run fairly in local Government, and if there is a process for making complaints to the ombudsman about this process when someone is unsatisfied with the outcome. [30593/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (11 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or officials from his Department will meet with a group (details supplied); and if not, the reason therefor. [30598/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (11 Jul 2024)

Paul Murphy: 313. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 3 July 2024, what supports are provided for English language learning for under 18 international protection applicants outside of school, for example, during the summertime. [30632/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for the statements and the discussion so far. I want to go back over the timeline of the Bill. It was introduced in 2022 and was debated on Second Stage in June 2023. At that stage, the Government moved a timed amendment to, in effect, kick the can down the road for a year. The argument for that was, and I quote the Minister of State, Deputy Neale Richmond: To cut...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Smyth. I am not blaming him personally. In terms of his Department, it is a decision for the Minister. There is a Bill before this committee which has passed Second Stage in the Dáil. It is a matter for the Dáil in terms of this Bill. The Government could get rid of the sub-minimum wage rates tomorrow. It should do that in the budget, but we can proceed with this...