Paul Murphy

104. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reforms she will make to the child protection system to make it fit for purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59241/25]

115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is concerned that Budget 2026 will increase child poverty; the measures she will take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59244/25]

173. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla has sufficient funding and resources to protect children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59240/25]

609. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a minimum BER for the private rented sector will be legislated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59248/25]

625. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether those with refugee status entitled to emergency accommodation as provided by local authorities, what legislation is relevant here; and whether local authorities have been given direction on these cases. [61737/25]

816. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of matings in the greyhound racing and coursing industries that involved surgical artificial insemination in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; the number of those matings that involved the use of semen obtained from a sire deceased at the time the surgical artificial insemination occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61920/25]

817. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific date for making the results of his Department’s consultation on surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds available for public review; and a specific timeline in respect of the next steps following this consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61921/25]

818. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhound homed via Irish Retired Greyhound Trust, listed both directly and assisted from 2019 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61922/25]

819. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds exported yearly via Irish Retired Greyhound Trust to the United States of America from 2019 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61923/25]

820. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Greyhound Racing Ireland or Irish Retired Greyhound Trust pays for the cost of transatlantic transport of non-coursing greyhounds to the United States of America from 2019 to 2024 inclusive; if so, the yearly cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61924/25]

821. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of exports of non-coursing greyhounds by country destination as recorded in Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System (RCETS) from 2021 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61925/25]

822. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide Greyhound Racing Ireland's costs to sponsor the Greyhound Derby quarterfinals, semi-finals and final on a television station (details supplied) in September 2025; the viewership figures for all three broadcasts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61926/25]

823. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to award €19.82 million to Greyhound Racing Ireland in the 2026 Budget was reliant on the figures stated in the July 2021 report (details supplied) based on estimates from 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61927/25]

824. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is acceptable that page 28 of Greyhound Racing Ireland's 2025-2029 strategic plan's performance metrics includes the number of injuries at racing tracks but not the number of greyhound deaths at racing tracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61928/25]

825. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is acceptable that Greyhound Racing Ireland's industry update January to June 2025 includes the injuries at racing tracks as a percentage of starters instead of the actual number of injuries at racing tracks and also excludes the number of greyhound deaths at racing tracks, given the industry's claims of transparency and integrity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61929/25]

826. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which an Irish greyhound who raced at Curraheen greyhound track in Cork is recorded on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61930/25]

888. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting for an assessment of needs in the HSE CHO9 area; and the breakdown of the number of children waiting on same in Dublin northwest (details supplied). [61679/25]

1025. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the baseline budget for Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces in each year 2023 to 2026; the breakdown of the core LDATF funding; the additional community-based drug services funding allocated via the Drugs Initiative budget; and temporary or non-baseline allocations. [61646/25]

1026. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the €1.7 million additional community-based funding allocated in Budget 2025 has been incorporated into the 2026 baseline for Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Forces; and if not, the reason. [61647/25]

1027. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which Budget 2026 achieves 'no reduction' in Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force funding when the overall allocation for the drugs initiative has fallen from €11.6 million to €8.7 million. [61648/25]

1028. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the funding per capita for Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Forces operating in high-risk areas including Finglas-Cabra, Ballymun, the Canal Communities, Tallaght and the North Inner City; and to compare this with 2008 levels. [61649/25]

1029. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason Budget 2026 contains no emerging needs allocation for Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Forces, despite clear evidence of new patterns of drug use for example, crack cocaine and increased demand for harm reduction services. [61650/25]

1030. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department reconciles its claim of 'no reduction in allocations' to Local Drugs and Alcohol Taskforces with the 25% variation between Budget 2025 and Budget 2026 reported publicly. [61651/25]

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the triple lock will be retained in view of the support for it demonstrated by the outcome of the presidential election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60858/25]

50. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on whether NATO warships carrying out drills with the Naval Service compromises Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59245/25]