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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (29 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 760 of 31 January 2023, the total number of horse deaths associated with racing in 2022 and to date in 2023, to include not only horses killed at racecourses but also horses used in racing and later killed elsewhere, with a breakdown of the reasons for the killings. [15619/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (29 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 862 of 28 September 2021, if live pigs have been exported from Ireland to China; and if, given the related animal cruelty concerns, he will scrap the plan to export pigs to China. [15620/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (29 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pigs slaughtered in Ireland in 2022; the methods of slaughter used; the number that were slaughtered by gassing; and if will consider banning the latter given the distress and suffering it causes to pigs in the final minutes of their lives. [15621/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (29 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate an incident at Curraheen Park track on 18 March 2023 (details supplied), involving a malfunction of the traps; if any greyhounds suffered injuries in the incident; and if the greyhounds were removed from the traps and checked for injuries before the restart of the race. [15622/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (29 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been taken by Greyhound Racing Ireland to permanently close Youghal track (details supplied); and if he is aware that the average per-race attendance last year by paying members of the public was just 16, and that the track was the worst in the country in 2022 for the total number of greyhounds killed at race...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Oireachtas Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to correct the statement he made to the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Defence, on 8 February 2022 (details supplied). [14943/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the findings by an organisation (details supplied) in Northern Ireland in relation to the prevalence of badger baiting; if he has statistics on the numbers of badgers killed in badger baiting here; if so, the number of individuals involved; the number of detections and prosecutions over the past ten years;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria used by the housing authorities to assess medical priority applications for housing. [15065/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the obligations of housing authorities under the Disability Act 2005 to provide reasonable accommodation and services to individuals with disabilities. [15067/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that are in place to ensure that housing authorities are complying with their legal obligations to provide suitable housing for individuals with disabilities. [15069/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the Government is working to improve communication and transparency in the housing application process for individuals with disabilities. [15070/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the support available for families with children with disabilities who require suitable housing; and how can they access this support. [15071/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the appeals process for medical priority housing decisions; and what the rights of applicants are to appeal. [15068/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a national policy for providing a 35% discretionary top-up for housing assistance payment recipients with exceptional medical needs; and if so, the criteria and procedures for accessing this top-up. [15072/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options for HAP recipients who have exceptional medical needs but are not eligible for the 35% discretionary top-up; and if there is a right of appeal or any other mechanism for requesting additional support. [15073/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way local authorities are held accountable for their decisions regarding HAP recipients with exceptional medical needs; and if there is any oversight or monitoring of these decisions to ensure that they are fair, transparent, and consistent across different local authorities. [15074/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide examples of best practices for supporting HAP recipients with exceptional medical needs, including the provision of top-ups and other forms of support. [15075/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 508. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the campaign to save the existing grounds of Bessborough House, the former mother and baby institution, from development; if he will ensure there is a thorough forensic investigation on the grounds to establish the presence of a mass grave there; if he will ensure a director of authorised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct her Department, to reconsider the decision to put the construction of a new building for a school (details supplied) in Citywest on hold, given the negative impact this will have on the staff and students of two schools in close proximity to one another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14459/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (23 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 349. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees with the need to ensure that fibromyalgia, which affects one in 50 Irish people, is recognised in Ireland as a long-term illness, that causes disability (details supplied); if he will instruct his Department to expedite this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14462/23]