Results 221-240 of 12,202 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 330. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the fact that sports insurance firms are not paying for upfront medical costs (details supplied); and if he will instruct his Department to investigate this matter and reform the sports insurance system to ensure these situations do not happen. [25256/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children nationally, and specifically in Dublin, who will not have a school place this coming September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25576/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of school places required for special schools for September 2025, and the projected number of places that will be available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25577/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of times section 37A of the Education Act 1998 was used; the reasoning for its use, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details, by reference to building works, of autism units and special schools scheduled for completion between April and September 2025, if these works are on schedule to be completed by September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the 399 new special classes sanctioned for the 2025-2026 school year, how many will be fully operational on the first day of the school year in August-September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if they are aware of the case of a person (details supplied), who have struggled since coming to Ireland and have reached out to the Department in search of support; will the Minister instruct his Department to provide all necessary support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25602/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 782. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the fact that a number of new medicines are being made available through private healthcare providers, while public patients are made to wait for these to become available (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to ensure that lifesaving medication is made available to all patients; and if she will make a statement on the...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (15 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to ensuring no renter is disadvantaged by any changes to the rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating (15 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to bring in minimum BER standards for the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (15 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and estimated cost per child of deporting children from the State, in each of the past five years, to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24605/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends that forthcoming legislation on facial recognition technology, Garda body cameras and prohibiting the wearing of face coverings at protests will be used in combination to prosecute protesters for public order offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24604/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason only one family member of children from Gaza being brought to Ireland for medical treatment is being given a stamp 4 visa; if he will consider extending stamp 4s to other family members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24999/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 314. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has turned down requests to treat injured children from Gaza in Children’s Health Ireland, despite the fact that clinicians and surgeons have stated that they have the resources and theatre time available to do so; and if so, how many children have been turned down. [24920/25]

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...