Results 521-540 of 11,841 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the number of vacant teaching posts in primary and secondary schools in the Dublin south west constituency; how this compares to the national average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3434/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mining Industry (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what contacts have been made with his Department by the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure in relation to transboundary issues arising from plans for mining in the Sperrins; what arrangements, if any, have made been to facilitate public engagement and consultation in this jurisdiction in relation to these...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 669. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for when the means tests will be removed for carer’s allowance; if there will be any change to the way carer’s allowance is taxed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legal Aid (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 802. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department sets the fees for solicitors on the Legal Aid Board's private panels or only sets out the overall budget. [2505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 863. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the ongoing abuse of horses throughout the country with some horses left malnourished, abandoned, and suffering in urban and rural areas alike; the action he will commit to in order to prevent further cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 918. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the recent news article regarding scandals surrounding a company (details supplied), given the fact that Tusla has announced that it has ended its cooperation with that company; if any Government bodies are still using the services of the company; and if so, will she provide...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 923. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that under the Child Care Act 2024, childminders are not permitted to have regular back ups, and have numerous other challenge (details supplied); and if she will ensure that conditions for childminders are up to Tusla standards. [2436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 928. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the shortage of speech and language therapists and a hiring freeze, there is a growing number of children who cannot get the help they need, many of whom have been waiting on the list for years; if she will commit to ending the hiring freeze, providing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 929. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the national childcare scheme policies which are restricting after school services for children transitioning to primary school, as well as the financial strain it has been putting on families, the actions she will take to resolve these issues; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 950. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether she agrees that multi-annual funding should be introduced for the youth work sector in order to enable multi-year planning and continuity of youth work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2639/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 951. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1068 of 9 April 2024, to outline the progress on the development of a ‘workforce development plan for the youth sector, to support the recruitment and retention of staff and volunteers in the sector’ as committed to by her predecessor (details supplied). [2640/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 952. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason employer pension contributions are not included in eligible costs for the youth service grant scheme pilot; whether she agrees that pension costs should be included as an eligible cost given that youth work is experiencing a recruitment and retention crisis; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 953. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital funding being made available to the youth work sector in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2642/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 954. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of the budget allocation for youth work and youth affairs in 2025; how the funding is being allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2643/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 955. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total capital funding allocation for youth work within each budget per year from 2009 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2644/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 956. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total current funding allocation for youth work within each budget per year from 2009 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2645/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Work Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 957. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total allocation to each youth work funding scheme per year for the years 2014 to 2025, or from when the funding scheme was introduced if later than 2014, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2646/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 1004. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans, if any, to address the shortage of childcare places in Dublin south west, which according to a recent report has the worst shortage of childcare places nationally (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 1011. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she will take the stop the closure of the afternoon session of an organisation (details supplied), a vital community service provided by the Dublin City Childcare Committee and funded by her Department; the reason parents have been told at very short notice that the session is to close from next...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Asylum Seekers (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Murphy: 1084. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide therapeutic support for child asylum seekers and refugees coming from war zones including Gaza. [2326/25]