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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the difficulties faced by non-binary people looking to change their name; if he will ensure that this oversight in the system is urgently addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27107/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the handwriting assessment that would be accepted by a primary school as the basis to use a laptop (details supplied). [26759/24]

Mortgage Interest Rates Cap Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: This is a huge issue affecting hundreds of thousands of people in this country. One in three mortgage holders is paying at least €3,000 more per year than they were just one year ago. One in five is paying almost €6,000 extra a year. This is a huge cost-of-living crisis which has its roots in the same profiteering that lies behind the rising cost of rents, food and fuel. All...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: Unfortunately, I do not believe the Minister of State that no stone will be left unturned, as we have been here before. There have been similar revelations in the past, yet the situation continued. There is an industry that is politically influential and powerful. Every time I raise the matter with the Minister, he spends his time talking about how great the industry is and so on. It is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: It is hard to know where to start, such is the scale of the horrific abuse of horses revealed in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme broadcast last week. The first thing to do is to thank the makers of the programme and the whistleblowers who spoke to them, and acknowledge the investment of resources and so on undertaken by RTÉ to reveal what is taking place in this massively...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: Around 15,000 young people in this country are legally paid less than the minimum wage. They are discriminated against for no reason other than their age. Some of those who represent those workers in Mandate are in the Gallery now. There will be a protest by those affected at 1 p.m. outside the Dáil. We have a national minimum wage of €12.70 an hour. It is an amount that is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I am quite struck by the Minister’s answer. I was asking about 17-year-olds getting paid €8.89 an hour - poverty wages - and she spent probably three quarters of her answer talking about all the supports for businesses that Fine Gael is going to provide. There is legalised super-exploitation of young workers taking place right now. The Government has a commission report which...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I had a look again through the programme for Government. I was struck by the number of commitments to improve animal welfare standards. There is even a reference to prioritising equine welfare based on a robust traceability system, which would certainly raise eyebrows after last weeks RTÉ's "Prime Time Investigates" programme. I will focus on Dublin Zoo, an issue I raised previously....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: The minimum essential standard of living report was published today and it is pretty damning. It shows that social welfare is lagging behind basic needs. In more than three quarters of the cases at which the report looked, people had an inadequate income. In 43% of cases, people had a deeply inadequate income. It found that the costs of a minimum essential standard of living, that is, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 8. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the published third meeting of the cross-government network on child poverty and well-being. [24002/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [24000/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: I want to raise the issue of Palestinian third level students who are going to be here as a consequence of the genocide that their families are experiencing in Gaza. Perhaps they are able to flee, have already fled or are going to be fleeing here over the next period. I was in touch with the Taoiseach and his office previously when he was Minister for higher education regarding a particular...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: Who is being elevated?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the barriers created by the fact that not a single PSC office in County Dublin opens outside of Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm or takes appointments; if she will review the issues this is causing to access for people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26013/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 14 May 2024, if, given the circumstances, she will ensure that this appeal is reviewed (details supplied) as soon as possible in order that the person can return to her family here in Ireland and leave Gaza. [26015/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Slaughtering (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of thoroughbred horses that have been slaughtered to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25993/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 348. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the lack of paediatric dieticians in the Dublin southwest area; if he will confirm where residents should go in the absence of local services; and if he agrees that the HSE’s response is inadequate; if he will provide a more detailed response (details supplied). [26004/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 350. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1536 of 17 January 2024, if the move to a new site for the National Gender Service has since been confirmed, as indicated in a recent newspaper article (details supplied). [26010/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of National Gender Service patients who have stated that they regretted starting medical treatment at 16 years, as referenced in a recent newspaper article (details supplied). [26011/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (18 Jun 2024)

Paul Murphy: 393. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware of a report (details supplied); if she agrees with the reforms outlined in the paper that are designed to ensure that Ireland creates a regulatory framework that is well-resourced, controlled and enhances the welfare of dogs; if she intends to implement these reforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter....