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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 662.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a site (details supplied) has been considered as a location to house International Protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25371/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 690.To ask the Minister for Health the number of first-time spinal appointments that have taken place in CHI over the past three years, broken down by month, in tabular form. [24657/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 714.To ask the Minister for Health if he will lift the HSE's recruitment embargo, considering the negative impact it is having on the already lengthy waiting lists within the HSE, and specifically speech therapy for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24813/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 819.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently attending the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda. [25260/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 820.To ask the Minister for Health the model of care used by the transgender clinic in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda. [25261/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 821.To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently attending the transgender clinic in University Hospital Galway. [25262/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 822.To ask the Minister for Health the model of care used by the transgender clinic in University Hospital Galway. [25263/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 823.To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of the National Gender Service’s clinical staff’s time that is spent on each of the assessments, other clinical work and administration. [25264/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 824.To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals to the National Gender Service that were affected by the issue with closed cases to Cluain Mhuire late last year; and how this is being resolved. [25265/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 825.To ask the Minister for Health the reason the speech and language service in Dublin South West has been closed; and the action he is taking to address this. [25266/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 868.To ask the Minister for Health when a place will become available in the National Rehabilitation Hospital for a patient with a severe brain injury (details supplied), who has been waiting for a place in a general hospital ward since last October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25497/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 914.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions his Department is taking to increase the number of Irish speakers going into the workforce from third-level, in alignment with the government's target of having 20% of public sector employees fluent in Irish by 2030. [25374/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (11 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 915.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the collaborations in place, if any, between third-level institutions and secondary schools to aid the transition of students moving from Irish speaking schools, particularly students from Gaeltacht areas, to third-level studies. [25376/24]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: It would not take any more time to write the legislation differently. It would take the same time. The measure is designed to exclude as many workers as possible. Many will not qualify for the payment at all or will not get the full rate. A maximum payment of €450 a week is the least a Government with a €65 billion surplus thought it could get away with. ICTU has said it is...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: For the benefit of other people who may be on the list of speakers I will take approximately ten minutes. I welcome the introduction of pay-related jobseeker's benefit in the Bill. It is long overdue that workers are not plunged way below the poverty line as soon as they lose their jobs. However, I do have a real problem with how the Government is proposing to pay for it. This Bill...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: I am not sure he can. That is the problem.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: Why is the Government increasing tax on workers? This afternoon, under the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, employees' PRSI will be increased from 4% to 4.7%. It is the most regressive form of income tax we have, which will mean that a worker on the minimum wage will end up paying almost an extra €200 in PRSI and a worker on the average wage will pay almost €350...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: He has been in Tesco.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commit to publishing rents as recommended by the Housing Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24336/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to address the scale of babies and toddlers from being born into and brought up in homelessness as revealed by recent Census data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24337/24]