Paul Murphy

1663. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he or any staff from in his Department are attending the upcoming symposium which includes an workshop to be addressed by an officer in the Israeli prison service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21242/25]

1664. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if an officer of the Israeli prison service is intending to visit Mountjoy Prison as part of an upcoming symposium (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21243/25]

1665. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if any public money is to be spent (including in attendance fees) supporting the upcoming symposium which includes an workshop to be addressed by an officer in the Israeli Prison Service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21244/25]

1672. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that a person (details supplied) is the registered breeder of a litter of nine greyhound pups born on 23 June 2023 despite them being banned from owning, keeping, dealing in or having control directly or indirectly of any dogs in their possession for ten years, due to pleading guilty to seven offences under the Animal Health and Welfare Act on 12 May 2022 in County Tipperary; if all nine pups are currently accounted for on the Greyhound Racing Ireland traceability system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18610/25]

1673. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a greyhound litter (details supplied) born on 23 June 2023 was created using surgical artificial insemination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18611/25]

1674. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a non-coursing greyhound (details supplied) who is registered as a rehomed pet in Limerick on the Irish Stud Book and the Greyhound Racing Ireland website but is reportedly advertised as being located and available for stud in the Hebei Province, People's Republic of China, following his last race at Galway greyhound track on 8 February 2025; if he has confidence in the racing industry's reported greyhound homing figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18612/25]

1684. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of injured horses killed at Irish racecourses in 2024, with a breakdown into type of injury and location; and if, given the ongoing suffering and death at races, he will defund horse racing. [18879/25]

1685. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and trials to date in 2025, with a breakdown into type of injury; 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. [18880/25]

1686. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of thoroughbred horses that have been subjected to wind surgeries in Ireland over the past five years (details supplied); and if he will consider banning these highly invasive and unethical operations, given that their sole purpose is to maximise air flow into a horse's lungs to improve performance and increase chances of winning more prize money. [18881/25]

1711. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to find and take action against illegal puppy farms that are not registered as dog breeding establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19812/25]

1712. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider forming a special task force comprising rescue centres, the Revenue Commissioners and an organisation (details supplied) and other relevant actors to find and shut down illegal puppy farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19813/25]

1713. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has reviewed the two detailed reform proposals submitted by a person (details supplied) concerning urgent changes needed in the regulation of dog breeding establishments and the Control of Horses Act 1996; the actions he will take in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19818/25]

1720. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the amount Bord Bia has spent on social media campaigns, including collaborations with influencers, since January 2021 to promote Irish fat-filled milk powder in Nigeria, Senegal, and Ghana respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20123/25]

1721. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide detailed information on the number of trade missions involving Bord Bia to Senegal, Ghana, or Nigeria, each year since 2021, including how many of these trade missions included the promotion of dairy products, including milk powder. [20124/25]

1722. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide detailed information on the number, names and organisational affiliations of all participants who were paid by the State to travel on the Bord Bia trade mission to Senegal and Nigeria in September 2023. [20125/25]

1723. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of market study visits to west Africa were conducted in preparation for the trade mission in September 2023. [20126/25]

1724. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord Bia has planned any future trade missions to Senegal or Nigeria. [20127/25]

1725. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings that have been held by his Department, Bord Bia, or any other representatives of the State, with government ministers, staff and civil servants in Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana on behalf of Ireland's dairy and agriculture industries. [20128/25]

1726. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide estimates of the carbon footprints per litre of fat-filled milk powder produced and of milk; and whether export emissions are included in the carbon footprint of fat-filled milk powder given that it is only produced for foreign markets. [20130/25]

1727. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fat-filled milk powder is sold to consumers in Ireland, if it is not sold to consumers in Ireland, the reasons why it is not sold, and if he will make a statement on his Department’s view on government-funded bodies like Bord Bia facilitating the sale of fat-filled milk powder in foreign markets. [20131/25]

1881. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vacancies on CDNTs in the CHO7 area and the total number of assigned posts to CDNTs in the CHO7 area, by position and team, in tabular form. [20215/25]

1882. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting to be seen by CDNTs in the CHO7 area, categorised by team and number of weeks waiting, in tabular form. [20216/25]

1883. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department plans to prevent service providers that have pulled out of the core funding scheme for childcare from introducing fee increases on service users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20219/25]

2228. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE provides a significant increase in annual funding, at a minimum to 2007 levels, to a centre (details supplied) for senior citizens, in order to enable its continued operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19807/25]

2229. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the CMO’s report, Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures, and of the report from the HSE’s national vaginal mesh implant oversight group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19808/25]