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Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We remember the Good Friday Agreement, which was signed 25 years ago. We look back on the period as a time when hope, courage and vision came into place when they were needed. We would like to see that in the future, particularly in light of the constrained circumstances in which we find ourselves. Let us talk about the history of the North. Partition was copper-fastened 100 years ago...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-East Inner City Initiative (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I support Deputy McDonald in her point that it does not make much sense to look at this initiative unless we have a review of it. The same goes for the Drogheda implementation board and its plan. Many things are happening that I definitely support. Some of this is about streamlining the communication between agencies, but I do not think there are sufficient resources to do the business we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If we are serious about tackling child poverty, first of all, we have to deal with those necessary services that are not available to our citizens. We are talking about those in the most peripheral of places and the most disadvantaged. I have spoken to the Taoiseach before to say that what we really need are these early interventions. Those includes family support interventions and also...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19260/23]

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is only a week since I was in here having done what everyone usually does, namely, checking daft.ie. At the time, there were 15 houses available in Dundalk. There are now eight. I look through the rents and I see €1,650 and €1,900. These figures are crazy. I do not know how anybody could contemplate or put the money together in relation to that. I note there is a house...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: As have I said previously, I welcome any news regarding any new players coming into the market. Obviously, we need them to come into the market and then offer something that is fair and reasonable. I think it was the president of the European Confederation of Outdoor Employers who spoke about what we are dealing with at this point in time as being very much an Irish phenomenon. An example...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Industry (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I do not believe that any of us is happy about the issue of public liability insurance. It was in the first six months of last year that we had a drop in the cost of motor insurance premiums of approximately 5%. I do not believe that anybody is of the view that this is sufficiently significant. The Government has indicated that 90% of its action plan for insurance reform is done and that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify whether Irish passport applications received from the North need a member of An Garda Síochána to witness the application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19809/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if UK visa holders living in the North and commuting in and out of Dublin Airport require any further visas. [19807/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the visa requirements needed for Ukrainian nationals living in the North commuting in and out of Dublin Airport. [19808/23]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Where does one start with questions when we are talking about disability and disability services? A considerable number of people have spoken about the difficulties of accessing services and how distressing those difficulties are for families. I will go through a couple of questions and follow up on some of what was said earlier. The Minister of State is proposing to have one...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine in some of these cases, and know from people who have come to me, that if people had these supports we might not necessarily get some of the hospitalisations that occur.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are all familiar with issues with not having enough OTs and speech and language therapists, SLTs. Taking only the OTs in these neurorehabilitation teams, some will need very specific skill sets. How do we ensure we get these people with the acute skills and get them trained up, as is necessary? I am aware of times when people have been able to access occupational therapy but it has not...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Okay. Talking in general about disability services, at times someone makes a determination about how severe a person's disability is, for want of a better term. With children, that might mean they fall into the CDNT system or primary care. How does that work with the changeover into this particular Department?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine the Minister of State is going to say something about the silos.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Exactly. An example I was going to use, and we have discussed this before, was a lady who was older than me and therefore fell into primary care. The family basically said they could not take her back into the family home, that her dad was in his 80s and not fit to look after her and that she required some type of assisted-living scenario. However, the only options that seemed available to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Families are doing the heavy lifting here and saving the State a huge amount of money. We cannot break them by failing to provide them with any element of respite.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was going to say that there is a difficulty even when we try to get home help at the moment. It is not happening.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Everyone would welcome a considerable number of those moves. Like I said, enforcement and on-the spot-fines can be difficult to put in place. We want to see a greater level of microchipping. Many of us have often spoken in this Chamber about the maintenance of databases. Some of this would need to happen on an all-Ireland basis. In the Minister's constituency and in my own, there are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update in relation to work being done by Government and local authorities to combat dog attacks on sheep; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18576/23]