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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a college fee waiver will be given to a person (details supplied) in order that they can continue their studies; if not, how their college fees can be covered for the remainder of their course, given they are an international protection applicant; if they will be eligible for the international protection student scheme for FE and HE...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the free travel scheme to all social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7897/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a poverty impact assessment was carried out into extending child benefit to 18 year-olds in full-time education or training compared to extending it to 16, 17 and 18 year-olds not in full-time education or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7895/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend child benefit to 16, 17 and 18 year-olds not in full-time education or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7894/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will carry out a poverty impact assessment of extending child benefit to 16, 17 and 18 year-olds not in full-time education or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7896/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that have been taken to alleviate the driver test backlog; if tests are being carried out on weekends and evenings; if the additional testers from October 2023 are making an impact; and if so, what is this impact; if it is possible for the RSA to make temporary changes to third learner permits where they last two years rather...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that Go Ahead Ireland, which operates the 120 bus service from Edenderry to Dublin via Celbridge, is authorised by his Department and by the NTA to reduce capacity since around 29 January 2024 by 13 passengers through denying access to 13 seats to the rear of the coach used (details supplied). [7715/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will inform this Deputy whether the arbitrary reduction of capacity to the 120 bus service, which is turning the already under-capacity service into an unusable one for commuters, is in accordance with the contractual obligations under which Go Ahead Ireland operates the service. [7716/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the reduced capacity of the 120 bus service has been authorised by his Department and by the NTA; if so, if he will make a statement as to why it has been authorised, as it has caused a member of the public to be unable to board this bus on several occasions, along with a number of other people who were then significantly late for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what sanctions will apply to Go Ahead Ireland if the company has been breaching its contractual obligations for the 120 bus service. [7718/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action he will take to ensure that full capacity is immediately restored on the 120 Service operated by a company (details supplied). [7719/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the local demand for a more frequent 56A bus service, given that currently this route is only scheduled to run every 75 minutes; if he will instruct the NTA to make this route a more frequent service in peak commute times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7863/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 243. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any guidelines for businesses to follow in relation to employees who are in the process of IVF; are employees provided with any protections in terms of guaranteed time off for medical appointments, job security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7498/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for emergency works funding dealing with urgent school security (details supplied) will be decided upon. [7577/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that children with coeliac disease are properly catered for in the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6385/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing, trials and sales events in 2023 and to date in 2024; the type of injury in each case; the date and location where they occurred; the number killed outright or euthanised by track vets; the number and causes of additional racing fatalities; and the results of any related post-mortems. [7685/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the greyhound track attendance statistics for 2023 and to date in 2024, covering both Greyhound Racing Ireland tracks and private tracks; the breakdown of the figures, by attendance at each track, type of entry, that is, paid entry, free entry, entry by adults, children, staff, owners/trainers,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 530. To ask the Minister for Health when will Government funding be available for public IVF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7497/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 555. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 1 February 2024, if he believes that transgender patients are allowed to choose to access care under models of care other than that of the National Gender Service. [7655/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Murphy: 556. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 1 February 2024, if the National Gender Service can explain exactly how the assessment quality can be compromised by being virtual, and if they have ever offered virtual assessments. [7656/24]