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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (15 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Bogfaidh muid ar aghaidh go Saincheist Tráthúil Uimh. 4. Tá an tAire Stáit, an Teachta O’Donnell, á glacadh. Fanfaidh muid bomaite amháin ar an Aire Stáit. Tá an cheist seo in ainm an Teachta Colm Burke.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (15 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 141. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work being carried out to advance the Action Plan for Insurance Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39277/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (15 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 364. To ask the Minister for Finance if further changes can be made to the section 481 film tax relief scheme, particularly in relation to securing quality employment in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33743/25]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is an epidemic but there is a point in saying, as Deputy Catherine Connolly did, it is unacceptable criminality that has to be called out in every way it can. There is a requirement on all of us to do it. The nicest way I can put it is unfortunate pieces online - we know the characters I am talking about - cannot be given the sort of space they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all know what we want to see with the EU-Israel association agreement. We know the pieces we want to see here and I see there are questions tabled about the occupied territories Bill. I would like to think we are moving closer to delivering on services. I think everybody who is in this room would also like to think that there will be follow-through by the Tánaiste's Department and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No one in this Chamber is going to give out about increased capacity for our passport services. In every constituency office at this point, there is no shortage of calls from people trying to make it on holiday who are absolutely afraid they will not get their passport in time. Obviously, we need to make sure people check their dates and do whatever is needed. We have spoken about this...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The work of Tusla is incredibly important. It has a huge remit. I am not sure the State has been exactly where it needs to be regarding delivery. We will talk about early intervention, some of the chaotic circumstances and making sure we catch these and that we intervene, even if that is a nuclear intervention. While we do everything to avoid that, it will always be necessary. Ms Duggan...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I know this is a difficult question but could Ms Duggan talk numbers in respect of what Tusla needs to deal with what it assumes it will be dealing with?

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will follow on from earlier discussions about early intervention and how, when we miss that opportunity, we end up dealing with cases that are more complex. I would also like to hear more about our guests' engagement with mental health services, addiction services and so on. We keep talking about no wrong door, one single door and so on. We do an awful lot of talking about it rather than...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, we would all agree with the point about scaling up. Ms Duggan has already spoken about the reorientation of the organisation to become more fit-for-purpose and reactive. That relates to reporting and ensuring that all cases are dealt with but it is also about ensuring we have the proper protocols and that we catch these issues outside. We speak about reporting but as a State...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is a particular issue and a message that needs to get out there. If we could have those early interventions, we might not have the issues that people worry about. How would the home visiting service operate? Would the families be known to Tusla already?

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is that sort of process.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The witnesses dealt with a significant amount around foster carers and those pieces that have been done and need to be done, because we need to attract as many people as possible. I will talk about something that is historical and was brought to my attention after the fact. I get that Tusla will go out to family settings. Sometimes that is suitable for putting somebody into care. I am...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What is safety? I sometimes think that safety is the absence of imminent physical danger. Something else could be terrible in the long term.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that. I spoke earlier about the tragic case of Kyran Durnin. If we had a specialist public health nurse, home visiting service and whatever else, we would catch some of that. In the reorientation, I would like to think that protocols will be changed. Without getting into the detail of an individual case, I hope the protocols around such cases and the instances that arose are...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will Ms Duggan comment briefly on the Kyran Durnin case and the protocols?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans, and the international engagement there has been, on the issue of the Middle East, particularly on the genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the recent engagement there has been between his Department, the US administration, the EU, unions and industry on the issue of possible American tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37591/25]