Results 181-200 of 11,210 for speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (10 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the €99.1million in taxpayers' money announced in the Budget that the horse and greyhound fund will now receive would be better spent on public housing, public health and public education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40754/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (10 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 9 September 2024, in which he states 'Tusla has confirmed that it ceased using the services of this organisation in February 2024', if he is aware that employees (details supplied) have reported that this organisation is still working with Tusla; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (10 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 286. To ask the Minister for Health if Budget 2025 extends fertility supports to single women and same-sex couples; and if not, the reason. [40747/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (10 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 288. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of an open letter presented to his Department (details supplied); and if, given that this group was advised by his office that it would be contacted within a month about a meeting, he will provide a date to discuss the contents of the letter. [40750/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (10 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 293. To ask the Minister for Health the plans his Department has in place to try and avoid overcrowding in hospitals this winter; and if, in an effort to try and protect vulnerable patients, he will publicly encourage masking and clean air strategies in medical settings to reduce spread of infection. [40779/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of reports in relation to consistent issues of overcrowding with the 15B bus; if he will improve this bus service, making it more frequent and reliable for commuters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39641/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct a company (details supplied) to take steps to address the numerous complaints made about the current state of the bus services in Knocklyon; if he will ensure that they are addressing the root causes of the service disruptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39975/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason his Department and associated agencies have repeatedly omitted the Royal Canal railway line from Docklands to Broombridge during assessments that preceded the current MetroLink application. [40155/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 127. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 9 September 2024, if he will reconsider the response issued, given the further information supplied (details supplied). [39631/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the abolition of mandatory retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39913/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Gaeltacht areas that are now required to teach English as a first language; the number of teaching hours devoted to this; the impact this is having on the normal functioning of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39788/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she gave grants to three clubs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39713/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fallow deer, sika deer, red deer and muntjac deer in the country; how many of each have been killed here in the past five years; and the method of killing and the locations, by county. [39683/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 3,325 hares said to have been captured for coursing in the 2023/2024 season were all individual hares or if the figure includes multiple captures of the same hares. [39684/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide copies of the results of post-mortems carried out on two dead hares at both the November 2022 and October 2023 Thurles coursing meetings; and if the release of the remaining hares before the results of tests were received constituted a breach of condition 7 of the licence issued (details supplied). [39685/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, given the growing calls for a ban on hare coursing, he will refuse a request from the Irish Coursing Club for multi-year coursing licences and bring this cruel blood sport to an end by revoking the current 2024-2025 licences. [39686/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove subsection (3)(b) from Section 45 of the Wildlife Act 1976 which allows for ‘the sale by a person of live hares to a coursing club affiliated to the Irish Coursing Club’. [39687/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason NPWS officials agreed to provide the coursers with ranger reports prior to their publication on its website (details supplied). [39719/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of licences that have been issued in the past five years under Sections 23(6) of the Wildlife Act 1976 to ‘capture or kill humanely, or capture and humanely kill, a protected wild animal of a species specified in the licence for educational, scientific or other purposes as shall be so specified’; the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (8 Oct 2024)

Paul Murphy: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of licences that have been issued in the past five years under Sections 22 (9)(a) of the Wildlife Act 1976 to ‘capture and humanely kill, a protected wild bird of a species specified in the licence for such educational, scientific or other purposes as shall be so specified’; the species involved; and...