Results 721-740 of 12,709 for speaker:Paul Murphy

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: The Minister needs to come into the House, outline his plans and allow them to be debated.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: Not agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people working directly in the greyhound racing industry; and if plans are being made for a just transition for those people as State support is withdrawn. [25586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether a ban on fox hunting should be introduced. [25589/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of injured horses killed at Irish racecourses in 2024; and if, given the ongoing suffering and death at races, he will remove State funding for horse racing. [25587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that died on track or afterwards as a result of injuries sustained at tracks in 2024. [25588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 May 2025)

Paul Murphy: 183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether State financial support for greyhound racing should be withdrawn. [25585/25]

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]