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Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (26 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the legislative programme. [26827/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Funding of Development Sector and its Role in International Development: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agaibh go léir. On some level, the witnesses present an absolutely frightening view of the world. That is where we are at the minute. On the proposed cuts and the cuts from an EU point of view, what are the exact outworkings of them? Obviously we are talking about everything from lifesaving right through to alleviating poverty and the issues around the lack of freedoms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Funding of Development Sector and its Role in International Development: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will come in very quickly on something Mr. Crowley said. The witnesses have laid it all out in respect of the frightening vista, the necessity for action and that if leadership can lead, we can get to a better place. That will deal with some of the major issues that we are dealing with currently, and that goes without saying. My point around conflict was to take it out of the equation....

Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What else can be said? We have the most expensive electricity prices across the European Union. They are two thirds higher than the average, with the typical Irish household paying nearly €700 more per year. That is really what it is all about. There is a certain acceptance of our being an island and at the end of a line, but there are some very specific solutions that my...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have had a review of and reports on the Offences Against the State Acts. Everyone supports streamlined legislation that is updated, that is fit for purpose, that is permanent and that deals with what this State faces as opposed to emergency legislation. A considerable number of my colleagues have spoken about the scourge of drug crime and organised crime and about what our communities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is a widening of the school inclusion model given that it is not specifically in special schools.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a case of moving from the pilot and expanding the model piece by piece. It does not mean it will be in place everywhere straightaway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In relation to that, Mr. Doody is talking about more bespoke solutions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There has been a cut.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There has been a cut and the Minister of State is saying it is all being reviewed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would be grateful if someone could come back to me on the De La Salle secondary school in Dundalk in respect of the actual building.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would like to check a couple of things with the Minister of State. She indicated there were 44 new therapists. What type of schools will they work in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Sometimes there is not always clarity about the school inclusion model. Everyone likes the idea of the school inclusion model because the therapies are provided where the need is and where the children are. Everybody can benefit from the teachers and SNAs in relation to best practice. The model is to move from pilot stage. What does that mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There was absolute logic to the decoupling. It is about having the occupational therapists and all the other therapists in place. We all agree that we need to see that quicker and better. I do not think anyone was shocked that the system worked. Will the Minister of State give an update on summer provision? There is a great deal about cuts in the public domain. The Minister of State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It would make sense to keep it under constant review. The school inclusion model seems to be the way to do it. Logic, intuition and everything else would say that, and the evidence backs that up. The big issue I have across the board is that we have never sat down properly and asked how we best use the resources we have as regards these therapists, of which we will not have all that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: These issues may have been brought up. I brought up an issue with the school building programme relating to autism classes with the Minister of State which has been sorted to a degree for next year. However, if the build had happened much earlier, we would not have had the issues because the plans had proposed two autism classes and some other facilities. Principals and others have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is the forward planning. At times there seems to be a hold-up even when plans are in place. Sometimes, the school authorities will say they do not have the same sort of power or whatever and need to go through the Department, consultants and whatever else, meaning that time gets lost.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I asked about the affordable scheme.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I commend the life of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, the voice of the GAA and, at times with a touch of magic, the voice of Ireland. I also recognise the contribution to journalism of Tommie Gorman, particularly at what was a very difficult and important time for Ireland as regards the peace process. I had a great conversation with him one day on the basis of shared Sligo...