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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If we are producing a huge amount, we will need the capacity to deliver or sell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: With some of the projects, we are talking ten years from now. Some of the projects on the east coast have been in play for a considerable amount of time. Even when nothing was happening, those concerned were keeping local politicians and others updated. In fairness, they have probably done more preplanning than anybody ever has. Some operations will have done it better than others. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is probably a matter of having a conversation with a number of the stakeholders on the plans and even where people envisage bumps on the road in front of us. That is before we talk about planning. What is it that the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, talked about? It was the competitive planning process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: And getting everyone's ducks in a row.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That would make sense. Would Mr. McGarry be free to go into detail on that? We are talking about the hiccups and the conversations the port is having. Obviously, we all got afraid when we heard that, beyond Belfast port, no port was fit for purpose as regards delivering. Mr. McGarry is working on the basis that a huge amount of work is being done on getting ducks in a row. Since the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. McGarry is dealing with EirGrid and the planning process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Has the change in the state aid rules facilitated this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They have been changed slightly recently but I get the point that this is critical infrastructure that relates to energy security matters. This should be a real conversation with the European Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The committee has work to do on this. Mr. McGarry has laid out three or four issues. The big worry is speed. We needed it faster, quicker and better.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will Mr. McGarry document some of this? For want of a better phrase, could we have it in bullet points?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The system can fail to react.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: For our future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: And then the capacity to build up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If we could get that letter that would be the shooting match. There is no point in me rehashing what I am sure everyone has been over and back on. It is going in the right direction. Mr. McGarry is not too worried. He will do his piece with regard to the port being fit for purpose. The worry that we have and the issues are being dealt with. We just need to do it better in a more...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: When will the Minister treat this emergency like it is an emergency and a crisis, and bring everything to bear to deal with it? We have often heard about Fianna Fáil's history on building houses when the State had no money. The Minister can talk about all the issues that there are from Covid right through to inflation rates and all the rest of it. We all accept that but let us be...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will follow up on that. It is a fair point. Is it possible to have that conversation at an EU Council level? If it is not possible to have that conversation even among some of the states across the European Union, Ireland will have to do an element of heavy lifting in relation to supporting the Palestinians. That will mean progressing the occupied territories Bill, recognising the state...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There are two major issues here that have been caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, namely, food security and energy security. I ask for some sort of update on that. There was some conversation around food security and some people were pushing for leeway on certain sections of the sanctions but I want to know where that conversation is developing. I agree with what Deputy Howlin...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Deputy should have kept talking.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice on the worries we all had about the EU ambassador to Sudan, Aidan O’Hara. He and his family have been through a traumatic circumstance. It seems he is in good health, which is to be welcomed, but we need to make sure due diligence is done. It highlights the issues happening in Sudan. This is something we do not like to see. The sooner we see sense and people come to...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, and possibly the Cooley Peninsula. There has been considerable conversation about being 25 years into the Good Friday Agreement. There were many twists and turns before and after that period but it is the lynchpin of what has been a very successful peace process. In the world we are dealing with at this point in time, many lessons would need to be learned. I discussed the Windsor...