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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to extend all public transport fare reductions to private bus operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45719/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the Office for the Promotion of Competition in the Insurance Market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45714/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Energy Prices (22 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that are under consideration to alleviate the huge increases in the cost of energy for small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45715/22]

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was about to give them a clap.

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was in deep trepidation there as I was not quite sure what the Ceann Comhairle was going to say. I am very glad it was not-----

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, that was not it. It was more whether it related to me. In these circumstances, I generally work on the basis that I may have done something wrong.

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is all right then.

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is early in the day. As I have said on numerous occasions previously, most of the good points have already been made and I will make them with less eloquence. We can break this down fairly straightforwardly. The idea of the Bill, albeit technical in nature, is to provide the Government with powers to protect security or public order from hostile actors using ownership of or influence...

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Authoritarian; that is it. Sorry. When you are down a hole, sometimes you just keep digging. It is a specific problem. We have this within the State. It is something the Minister of State and the Government need to consider. We need to do a piece of work on it. We cannot have people who are operating within the State and putting-----

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am. Unfortunately, I may have got tongue-tied. I apologise for that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was talking to a locum pharmacist working in County Louth. A lady who was on the drug payments scheme came in to him. She had a medical card but previously it had been taken off her. She had a medical condition. She was late for her medication. He wanted to know why and she said that she did not have the money in her account. She was taking the medication every second day, which,...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a line I have used before. Sometimes when everyone else has spoken, you are just repeating what they have said, only not quite as eloquently. It has all been said. We have seen an abject failure to ensure we have sufficient capacity to generate the electricity we will require. A huge number of people became scared over the summer when they heard of amber alerts and that we had not...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: When the Minister of State has an opportunity, he can explain exactly what the reason is. Yes, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has spoken about-----

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----the difficulty with reconfiguring the market, but that is it. We all get it. There is a limited supply. There are links along that supply chain. I get it. If the Government and the European Union do not take action, there will be people who will try to make money at every level-----

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----and across the board and we will face companies being closed and families being put under severe pressure. We know the Government has not done the work on ensuring we have the generation capacity. We know it has not done the work on renewables. We know the planning mess there is. We know we cannot deliver what we need to deliver in respect of offshore wind. The Government should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine a significant amount of this has been dealt with, and we all get the logic of the cost-of-living move, but that only works if people are getting the saving by being able to get their kids on the buses. We know the issue with concessionary tickets. It is a mess every year and we need a review that will deal with that. I used to think at times that politicians were quite happy with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What sort of numbers are we talking about? Are we talking close to 6,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will there be an attempt to deal with all of those?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that.