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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: ------and also a solution for secondary school. I will also bring up the issue of Tallanstown National School, which is facing the fact-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Very briefly, the school could be dealing with one class that might have 37 children, including one with Down's syndrome, next year because it will lose-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I raise the issue of Scoil Bhríde, Sheelagh. It relates to an application it made at the end of 2023 for additional school accommodation, which was submitted to the planning and building unit. This was put in mothballs. It was sanctioned for two ASD classes and is afraid it will not be able to deliver on the second class. There seems to be a communication issue with the Department as...

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It has already been straightforwardly put to the Minister by my colleagues that if he has no intention whatsoever of introducing water charges, then it would make sense for him just to agree with us. We should agree the Bill and then create a scenario where there is absolutely no doubt with regard to introducing water charges and it becomes an impossibility to do so. We all know it was of...

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is one of those Bills on which there will be a large degree of agreement. It is work that needs to be dealt with. I do not think anyone agrees with the fact that people have been forced into retirement. Deputy O'Reilly stated that on some level this is about restoring the State pension to the age of 65. She was not the only one, but she stated that has always been her view, as it has...

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----those with disabilities and additional needs to stay in further education. An interdepartmental review is needed to inform this. I spoke to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science who said that he would follow up with a meeting-----

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----with personal assistants and that needs to be delivered on.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will meet next. [15161/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Many of us have brought up the infrastructural deficits we are talking about here, namely housing, Uisce Éireann, the electricity grid and communications. The recent Storm Éowyn showed serious pressures and the need to deal with this. Housing is just a crisis that has, in no way, improved for those who are impacted. We also know we are under severe pressure in respect of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all wish Deputy Boyd Barrett the best of luck. It is apt to do this during Questions to the Taoiseach because if ever there was a Deputy who made very great use of Questions to the Taoiseach, it was Deputy Boyd Barrett. When we talk about child poverty, we are all aware of the added costs of dealing with children with additional needs. The issue of special school places and the fact...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made by his Department in reducing child poverty and promoting well-being. [13487/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional space will be provided at a Louth primary school (details supplied) to accommodate an extra classroom and additional ASD places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16890/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to keeping a teacher at a primary school in Louth (details supplied) as its projected pupil numbers will be higher in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16889/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would appreciate that. The interdepartmental group has responsibility for delivering on policy and we saying we cannot have enough protections and mitigations. We know we are dealing with rising sea levels. When we talk about the likes of Dundalk, we are talking about a significant amount of redeemed land. Therefore, we were under pressure from the beginning. There are many houses...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is necessary to make these interventions. All these schemes are very important because we have seen the huge issue with flooding in the last while. We are talking about better preparations for extreme weather conditions. It is absolutely vital we see delivery of these particular projects. I did not expect the Minister of State to come back with specifics. The Dundalk-Blackrock south...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Construction Industry (3 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It would be very useful to have a greater level of detail regarding the issues they put out there with the planning system and infrastructural obstacles and the workforce piece, and then if there is a timeline and even projections. While I accept that some of this will involve public works and we will also have works that happen in the private sector, it is what we are looking at even...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement there have been between his Department and other Departments in 2025 on the delivery of necessary flood protection schemes in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16111/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I wish to ask the Minister about the Department's engagements on the delivery of necessary flood protection schemes in the State. This is a follow-up to the two parliamentary questions I asked him previously to which I received written answers. It is that whole idea of everything from the minor flood mitigations, the works that are being done regarding coastal protections and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Construction Industry (3 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the recent meeting of a group (details supplied); if there is a work plan for this group for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16112/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Construction Industry (3 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I seek an update on the recent meeting of the construction sector group, whether there is a work plan for this group for 2025 and if the Minister will make a statement on the matter. This takes in all the construction stakeholders. We could have an over-and-back discussion concerning the 40,000 houses last year, but the fact is there was a failure to deliver that number. We are where we...