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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: So it did not. I will finish on this question. This is an urgent issue, not just because of the workers but because of the issue of the adequate minimum wages directive. What further follow-up work is being done on that in the context of assessing whether this can legally stand up and count as proportionate? I accept that, in principle, one can have exceptions and carve-outs, but the Low...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I am talking in terms of this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank Ms Pyke.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department’s citizenship unit contacts authoritarian regimes in countries such as Iran, Russia, and Afghanistan for background check-purposes as part of establishing good character in the citizenship process. [36422/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address a situation where a young child (details supplied) has been forced to spend many days in Crumlin Children’s Hospital in order to access an MRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36333/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 790. To ask the Minister for Health the number of halo traction chairs currently available for use in Children’s Health Ireland at present; and if there are plans to increase their availability given the urgent need for such equipment. [36846/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 791. To ask the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland has used non-CE marked halo gravity traction chairs in the treatment of children with scoliosis; and to confirm the compliance of this practice with Medical Device Regulations (EU) 2017/745. [36847/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 792. To ask the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland has notified parents of any failure to comply with medical device regulations regarding the use of non-CE marked halo gravity traction chairs; and the steps taken to rectify this issue. [36848/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 793. To ask the Minister for Health if the current halo gravity traction treatment beds in use at Children’s Health Ireland are CE-marked and compliant with the Medical Device Regulations (EU) 2017/745; and if any audits or inspections have been conducted to ensure this compliance. [36849/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 796. To ask the Minister for Health the details on the procurement of the halo gravity traction chairs currently in use or which have been in use over the past several years at Children’s Health Ireland, including the brand, make, model, and supplier of the chairs; and whether these chairs were procured in compliance with Medical Device Regulations (EU) 2017/745, in tabular form. [36852/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 797. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have undergone halo gravity traction in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals since January 2000, including the length of treatment for each child, broken down by year and across all hospitals within the CHI network, in tabular form. [36853/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 794. To ask the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland has reported any adverse incidents related to the use of halo gravity traction chairs or beds to the Health Products Regulatory Authority; and if so, the follow-up actions taken to investigate and address these incidents. [36850/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 795. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that future equipment purchases by Children’s Health Ireland, specifically in the treatment of scoliosis, fully comply with Medical Device Regulations (EU) 2017/745; and whether there are plans to review the procurement process to prevent the use of non-compliant medical devices in the future. [36851/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (9 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 15.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the protests by students across Bangladesh, who are demanding justice and accountability; if he will condemn the state violence being used against protesters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[33888/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Extradition Arrangements (9 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 31.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will make political representations to Greenland against the extradition of a person (details supplied) to Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34259/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (9 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 53.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to protest against the ban on women's voices and bare faces in public imposed by the Taliban government in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34973/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (9 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 107.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has now approved the agreed increase in payments for the 7,000 An Post pensioners.[34743/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: An Garda Síochána (9 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 156.To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any gardaí serving as Irish-UN peacekeepers abroad have been returned home over allegations of sexual misconduct; and, if so, how many.[34721/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: 221.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct his Department to have a bus shelter installed on Greenhills Road at the top of the ‘dip’, stop number 2336 at Tibradden Drive, heading towards Tallaght (details supplied).[34418/24]