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Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Joint Policing Committees (3 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: My understanding is that nothing is holding this up. It is just a matter of getting it into play as quickly as possible. I understand the process for representation by Tusla, the Garda, the HSE and the local authorities; that is fairly easy. I am talking about the other bodies and organisations, such as community residents associations. How exactly will that work? There is a huge body of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the plans for improving processing times for international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35633/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (3 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any proposed cuts to CAP, likely to be made from the EU portion of the Pillar 2 payment, will be covered by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36522/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of farmers still awaiting ACRES payment; the plans in place to clear the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36523/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (3 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if pension deductions are allowed for in the calculation of local authority rent; if, when mandatory pensions are introduced, these pension deductions will be accounted for in rent calculations by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36920/25]

Message from Select Committee (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has completed its consideration of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025 and has made amendments thereto.

Estimates for Public Services 2025: Messages from Select Committees (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2025: Vote 42. The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the following Revised...

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Tá leasú Uimh. 4 in ainmneacha na dTeachtaí Gannon agus Carthy. Amendments Nos. 4 to 9, inclusive, are related. Amendments Nos. 5 to 9, inclusive, are physical alternatives to amendment No. 4. Amendments Nos. 4 to 9, inclusive, will be discussed together.

Middle East: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was lucky enough to be in Roe River Books in Dundalk on Friday night. If it were not for the subject matter, I would say Fintan Drury provided a great show. He was there to talk about his new book, Catastrophe - Nakba II. It starts with a quote from Benjamin Netanyahu on 29 December 2022: "The Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right to all areas of the land of Israel ......

Middle East: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What we are talking about here is very small, but we need delivery.

Middle East: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It might need to be small before we see greater because we have seen failure from Britain, America, Germany and many others.

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is hard to believe we are back here again. It is 20 years since the Leas Cross case, which led to a commission of investigation and the establishment of HIQA. Like many of my colleagues, I believe HIQA needs to be given some of the powers it has requested. As Deputy O'Reilly said, we need some facility for unannounced visits of a particular type. We cannot be utterly reliant on "Prime...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----there is still a particular issue with the capital assistance scheme. I spoke to the Minister for housing about it. It needs to be delivered. It is creating an issue because those who should be getting disability housing in St. John of God services and other services cannot get it because the councils are not able to deliver and the funding is put in with the tenant in situ scheme and...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Apologies.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. The Minister of State spoke about the need for respite housing and disability housing in general. I have spoken to Bernard Gloster, the local authorities and the Minister about this. While they accept there is an issue, nobody has exactly come up with a solution yet. Approved housing bodies such as St. John of God used the capital assistance...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I ask because the Minister of State might have more clout with the Minister when it comes to getting this dealt with. To return to the issue of assessment of need, I accept what the Minister of State has said in that the focus must be on providing therapies. There is a fear that the Government plans to remove the one right that somebody has, which is for the delivery within six months of...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: So that is not going anywhere.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I completely agree that it is not working. Everyone is open to a better way of providing them once the stakeholders have been dealt with, and then we can ensure therapies are provided. No matter what the number is concerning the number of positions unfilled in CDNTs, the answer we got here last week was that even if all those positions were filled we would still not be able to offer what...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that. I welcome the promise that there will be no change in the legislative right people have to access an assessment of need. When Bernard Gloster was before the committee, he said that people had a different view about CDNTs. He said that the people who had a better experience of CDNTs had a link worker or a direct contact person, which is the issue. We also heard here last...