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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, I understand the Minister has given a Civil Service answer. I do not buy the claim that there are no delays because I have seen too many of them. I accept what has been said in terms of the logic of removing the administrative burden from individual officers and operating hubs. I have sent information on particular cases to the Minister. We need to examine this issue. There...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I appreciate the Minister following up on these issues because some people are in constrained circumstances, to put it simply. That is obviously beneficial. I see the logic around streamlining. We need to make sure we catch whatever issues are happening regarding materials being lost. I have previously raised the issue of one lady who is raising kids with a number of disabilities. I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (25 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an expected launch date of the reformed reasonable accommodation fund, following the recommendations from the review of the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18406/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (25 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any intention of revisiting the foot and mouth compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18432/24]

Weather-Related Supports for Farmers: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all know the situation because we have all dealt with farmers across our constituencies. They have spoken to us about the difficulties they have had to deal with lately. To some extent we knew from January that we were going to have a fodder shortage and that particular issues would need to be addressed. I cannot let this moment go without bringing up again the serious floods in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress of the work done by the Newborn Screening Programme Advisory Committee; the number of new tests for newborns that have been approved since 2019; when further additional screening tests are planned to be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18259/24]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Éileamh don Ghaelscolaíocht: Plé (24 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe. Tá fadhb ann. Níl go leor bunscoileanna, Gaelscoileanna, Gaelcholáistí ná naíonraí ann. Tá fadhbanna againn maidir leis an supply chain. Tá cuid mhór fadhbanna ann maidir leis an gcóras i leith na n-aonad. Níl sé sin ag obair. Is féidir linn caint faoi Ghaelcholáiste...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Éileamh don Ghaelscolaíocht: Plé (24 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Baineann na ceisteanna le scoileanna satailíte, córas na n-aonad agus an sórt plean atá de dhíth don chosán ón naíonra go dtí an tríú leibhéal.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Éileamh don Ghaelscolaíocht: Plé (24 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Faoin am seo, níl an Roinn agus níl muid lán-dáiríre because níl córas ann. Tá an finné ag caint faoi bespoke solutions faoi choinne ad hockery in achan áit. Tá tacaíocht, spriocanna agus plean de dhíth. Is é sin uilig atá de dhíth orainn.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Éileamh don Ghaelscolaíocht: Plé (24 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Tá ceist amháin eile agam. Is as Dún Dealgan mé agus tá fadhb ann maidir le daltaí ó Thuaidh atá ag iarraidh teacht go dtí Dún Dealgan agus aois na ndaltaí sin. Is dócha go gcaithfidh muid é seo a athrú ach bíonn cuid mhór fadhbanna ann nuair atáthar ag iarraidh go mbogfaidh an Roinn ar chúrsaí...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Éileamh don Ghaelscolaíocht: Plé (24 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Narrow Water Bridge.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is good but the problem is this man turns 60 on 24 May. Is it possible to get a circular or something between the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, so we could get this sorted?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, he is not going to be affected in his pension.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the necessary legislative amendments to facilitate an extension of the mandatory age of retirement for uniformed services up to the age of 62 years to include full-time and retained fire service personnel will be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17788/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Can I find out the timeline for the necessary legislative amendments to facilitate an extension of the mandatory age of retirement? Specifically, I am asking about retained fire service personnel to the age of 62 years. I am really asking about John Molloy, who is the station officer in Dunleer. Unfortunately or fortunately, he will turn 60 on 24 May. The plan is to introduce this and I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We can allow an extra supplementary question because these questions are grouped.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the witnesses for attending. We are dealing with an issue that is very live at this point. We have all seen multiple questions asked in the Dáil and Seanad regarding dual use and ensuring we have a sufficient number of criteria and checks to make sure we definitely are not supplying anything - while it may have civilian application - that may possibly end up as weapons of war...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Therefore, the Department does not have a position at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We can all guess where the Commission is going. We have all seen the conversations in the public domain regarding joint security and defence from a European point of view and even beyond that. We have heard Ursula von der Leyen and others talking about the European weapons industry. There is huge fear out there. The Irish people are still very much wedded to the whole idea of neutrality....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We need to be very careful in regard to the drift that is happening in Europe at the minute.