Results 241-260 of 6,541 for speaker:Ruairí Ó Murchú

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electricity Supply Board (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the engagement there has been with ESB Networks and other relevant State agencies on the issue of building resilience into the electricity grid, post Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6004/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electricity Supply Board (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Unfortunately, it sounds like we have the correct weather for the sort of question I am going to ask. A huge number of people were impacted by the recent Storm Éowyn. Huge damage was done. I get that the Minister could not mitigate against all of that but we were all talking about resilience. What engagement has there been between by the Minister, the Department and the Government -...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electricity Supply Board (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I think everyone would welcome engagement, and some would wish this engagement had happened previously, particularly on issues relating to forestry, corridors and the very infrastructure. We know the other failures regarding the grid. I would like to think those engagements were also happening with Uisce Éireann and other bodies. We have seen the issues caused for a huge number of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are way over time. Quickly.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bord na Móna (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Questions Nos. 72 and 73 are grouped, but I thought there used to be a protection on priority questions.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bord na Móna (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Outside the initial 30 seconds to ask a question, you are all given the same amount of added time. It is 18.5 minutes altogether.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bord na Móna (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It has happened a couple of times in the past while but did not previously.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We had an extensive conversation concerning the obvious dangers of AI but more so the positives, the innovation and productivity of the technology and its absolute necessity from an enterprise point of view. We also spoke about the fact that digital literacy is an issue. I agree with the last two speakers. It is very important that the advisory council is fit for purpose and the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline how he is preparing for the threatened imposition of tariffs on EU-origin goods and services by the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6760/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the supports being provided to businesses following Storm Éowyn, if he is considering schemes to provide supports following future extreme weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6761/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the plans for the development of communal and district heating schemes; if consideration is being given to funding streams such as the RHSS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6005/25]

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I might have been better had I used ChatGPT or something else to write a speech for me. I did not and I will go for a more traditional method of dealing with this. In fairness, and I might never say this again over the next four years, I agree with the previous speaker from the opposite bench, especially on the need to look at holding special hearings. We definitely need to look at...

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Appropriate school places, particularly for those children with special needs, has to be a priority. I agree with the Minister on that, but the fact is we are now dealing with what has been an abject failure for children and families. It has been stated by many already that we have all been contacted over many years by frustrated parents who cannot get their kids into school places. I have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If we are to move anything regarding the constitutional question and unity, there is obviously a huge body of preparatory work that needs to be done. I accept that some work on modelling and comparison has been done by the shared island unit. More needs to be done on that. The Taoiseach gave his answer about the citizens' assembly. I do not care what it is called once it is a forum...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is the Taoiseach's proposal. Obviously, he is against tax relief for students-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----in the North. It is the Government's tax relief.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is an anomaly that could be dealt with.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will it come in on budget?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 22. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the work being done by the shared island unit in his Department. [4795/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Feb 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would like to agree with all that has been said on the legacy Act. I imagine there is agreement across this House and beyond that it is utterly unacceptable and some of this relates to the fact that Britain does not want to deal with its particular role in the dirty war that it conducted in Ireland. In my own constituency, in my own town of Dundalk, we are looking at the 50th anniversary...