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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Inquiries (7 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 420. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 806 of 1 April 2025, given that hormone levels can guide dosage increase treatment decisions, would advising GPs to not monitor hormone levels for their trans patients make it difficult for their prescribing clinicians to make treatment decisions. [22072/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (7 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 421. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 858 of 1 April 2025, the reason the Gender Healthcare programme chose the consult model for engagement, rather than discuss or collaborate. [22073/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (7 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 422. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1576 of 17 January 2023, for an update on the design of the Gender Healthcare Programme's stakeholder engagement plan. [22074/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 423. To ask the Minister for Health for the current status and timeline of the National Gender Service moving to a new location. [22075/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 478. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of numerous cases of trans people being denied gender affirming care, with care being withdrawn with no reasoning being given (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to investigate these matters and ensure that trans people receive the gender affirming care they need. [22334/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (7 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 533. To ask the Minister for Health the reason gambling is not covered as a primary addiction under the tier 4 national beds scheme; and if she will consider doing so. [22568/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (7 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 534. To ask the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded beds were provided under tier 4 addiction services, by month for 2024, in tabular form. [22569/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: More than 14,000 children are now waiting for assessment of needs. The Government is breaking its own law for 90% of the assessment of needs that are carried out. They are not carried out within the six months legal timeframe. You have an incredible situation where a 14-year-old, Cara Darmody, feels compelled to sleep outside for 50 hours to fight for the rights of her brothers. She...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (13 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [17101/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (13 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: The collapse of the houses at the canal yesterday encapsulates the scandal of dereliction and vacancy in this country. There are 160,000 vacant properties, 50,000 of which have been vacant for six years or more. Despite the immense housing crisis and the fact that over 15,000 people are living in emergency accommodation right now, the Government has done very little to address this. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [17102/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: We must never accept the Tory or media narrative that often scapegoats and demonises migrants. "Problems of low pay, housing and public services are not caused by migrants – they are caused by a failed economic model." Keir Starmer wrote that in 2020. However, after Labour took a hammering in the recent elections, the British Prime Minister has reversed course. Mr. Starmer has not...

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The general election campaign for Fine Gael got off to a very bad start because a video emerged of Michael O'Leary launching the election campaign of Deputy Peter Burke, now the Minister responsible for this area, including, unfortunately, workers' rights, saying the things Fine Gael and its supporters say to each other when they think...

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: I thank all colleagues in all the Opposition parties who supported our Bill. I just point out that we will finish ten minutes early. The reason is that the Members of the Lowry group who fought so hard to get their time to speak on these matters presumably do not consider it important to come and speak about trade union rights or maybe they are embarrassed because they will be voting...

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: I wish to share time with colleagues.

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: The target of ten weeks waiting time is a pretty sick joke for those who are waiting months to get driving tests that they absolutely need to be able to get around to do their jobs, collect their kids and do all of the things that, for many people, mean driving is essential in this country as it currently is. A year ago, the average waiting time was 15 weeks, not the target of ten weeks; in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is concerned that housing delivery is at risk because of an inability of new houses to be connected to the electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24653/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: Is big tech's insatiable demand for energy to power data centres being put before the need to address the housing crisis? The recent CRU report suggests housing delivery is at risk because of the inability to connect new houses to the electricity grid as a result of the insatiable demand of data centres.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: Let me quote from the recent CRU paper on policy on the connection of data centres: ESB Networks has highlighted risks that, in the absence of an adequate policy response, the potential level of data centre demand could significantly impact its ability to accommodate demand connections required to support Government policy targets such as 550,000 new homes by 2040 ... It goes on to give...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: What is the response of the Department and Government? Is it to put a pause, at least, on data centres? Is the Government’s response to state, at least, that housing takes priority? The CRU is saying to the Minister very clearly that we are adding electricity capacity and that, because of the first-come, first-served nature of the system, it is being gobbled up by data centres. Let...