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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: Is the Taoiseach aware of the report into hip operations at Children's Health Ireland, which has been reported on in The Ditch? It suggests, incredibly, that nearly 80% of hip operations carried out on children in Cappagh hospital, and 60% of those operations in Temple Street, were unnecessary surgeries done on children. A whistleblower suggests they may have been done "purely for financial...

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: The motion is right that there has been a lot of waste by this Government so far and by successive Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael governments down through the years. The motion and the analysis and speeches we have heard from the proposers, however, fail to look under the bonnet and figure out why this waste is happening. The solutions proposed would actually make things even worse. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to reform the DIRT tax from a flat tax to a progressive model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9888/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) currently does not have school wardens assigned to it; if the appropriate resources will be allocated to the school to ensure they are put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10028/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is still planned to have 400 new special classes opened in September 2025 given that the list of special classes only lists 254 new classes; and when further new classes will be announced. [10116/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 134. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant funding an organisation (details supplied) received for their inspections each year since 2019. [9923/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount awarded by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) for linear profiling training since 2019. [9924/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grand funding for marketing awarded by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) each year since 2023. [9925/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 161. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1732 of 9 September 2024, if she has been made aware of the case in question; if not, will she examine it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9849/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who had been waiting for an ultrasound for six months only to find out that she had stage 4 cancer; how she intends to ensure that waiting times are shortened to detect issues in a more timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9928/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the current understaffing in the National Ambulance Service; how she intends to solve this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9998/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide appropriate funding to a charity (details supplied), which provides essential mental health services in communities and requires funds to continue operations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10006/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate funds for financial assistance to radiation therapy students, who are currently under pressure and receiving no financial support, uniform allowance, travel allowance or payment for clinical placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10022/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will meet [6433/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: On Friday parents of children with additional needs were forced to sleep outside the Department of Education to try to fight for appropriate school places for their children. Earlier that day, the Government announced 254 new special classes in schools. That is much less than the 400 that had been promised. However, when you delve into the detail there are not even 254. I have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: It is hard to imagine a more impactful measure on the wellness of both people and the planet than insulating people's homes. I want to raise an incredible case in my constituency where a family is being threatened with prison for retrofitting and insulating their home. In 2018, Clive Ryan from Kilnamanagh received a Government grant from the SEAI to retrofit his home with external wall...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: It was just regular. Then they said that he needed planning permission but he does not have it, and he must pay a fine or take it off.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: Yes, but so far it has been denied. It has not been accepted.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [6432/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Murphy: Have you read the UN charter?