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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce legislation that protects substitute teachers; if she will instruct her Department that this legislation must ensure that all conditions expected, and hours offered to substitute teachers are outlined with due notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11602/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific reasons crossover breeds would pose a difficulty, or in any way act as an impediment to, Rásaíocht Con Éireann setting up its own dedicated stud book for racing greyhounds, as committed to in its Strategic Plan 2018-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10828/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 683. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 761 of 31 January 2023, if he will provide a breakdown of the point-to-point figures into name of hunt/year/and amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10826/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the Planning and Development Bill 2023 to restore the requirement for local authorities to reserve land for communities to use for cultivation as allotments and to regulate, promote and facilitate the use of land for allotments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10756/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the studies, if any, his department has carried out on the potential negative impacts of removing the requirement for local authorities to reserve land for communities to use for cultivation as allotments and to regulate, promote and facilitate the use of land for allotments from the Planning and Development Bill 2023; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he supports the continued reservation of land by local authorities for communities to use for cultivation as allotments; the measures he proposes to take to support allotments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10757/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will look into acquiring a disused school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for use in accommodating refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (2 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the taking out of a joint train licence by an individual (details supplied) is in compliance with Horse Racing Ireland rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10753/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (1 Mar 2023)

Paul Murphy: 130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on an early years service withdrawing its part-time service with very little notice, despite being in receipt of ECCE funding; if his Department has any procedures in place to prevent providers in receipt of State funding from suddenly withdrawing services (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with the National Transport Authority and Dublin Bus in relation to the continuing poor service and inaccurate real time information provided on the Dublin Bus 15 route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9986/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand the rent-a-room scheme to allow households who have an available bedroom to rent it to an asylum seeker. [9507/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allow asylum seekers to engage with homeless services at local authority level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9506/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will significantly increase the direct provision allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will support paying the full basic supplementary welfare allowance to asylum seekers who are not in direct provision and giving asylum-seeking children access to child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9508/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he supports allowing asylum seekers to engage with homeless services at local authority-level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9502/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 434. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support lifting the restrictions on the right to work, to allow all asylum seekers to work and implementing all the recommendations of a group (details supplied) in relation to the right to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9505/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support lifting the restrictions on the right to work, to allow all asylum seekers to work and implementing all the recommendations of a group (details supplied) in relation to the right to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9509/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 536. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to charge an elderly person (details supplied) with a medical card for a public hospital stay is a breach of Government policy on hospital charges; if he is in agreement with the hospital's decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9487/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 630. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 755 of 14 February 2023, if he will clarify which of the consultants listed in the HSE’s reply accept referrals for children under 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (28 Feb 2023)

Paul Murphy: 694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown in tabular form of the total number of cases brought for prosecutions relating to equine welfare by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9699/23]