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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I will break this into two parts. There is assessment and then ensuring there are therapies. We know a workforce planning piece needs to be done. I do not know how many times I have said that even if we get that piece right, it will take a number of years to have everybody in place, involving CDNTs, primary care and all the rest of it. We need to find the best means to provide the best...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: As it has been brought up, I commend the work of the Louth Disability Cycling Club. I should particularly mention Gary Shields, the chair, along with Paul Callan, Paul Newman and the rest of the guys who do great work. It is one of the most impressive things I have seen in a long time. It brings families together and is brilliant. They would always commend the work done by Variety and the...

Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I believe the Minister of State and Deputy Doherty have dealt with a fair amount of the technicalities of this. Deputy Doherty has put questions in front of the Minister of State. I hope he will reply to on the publication of reports and that general idea of transparency, which we obviously all welcome. Beyond that, as much as we all welcome this legislation, there is the question...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: A number of elected representatives in the area met the farmers. One of the fears I brought to the Minister's attention was that there is a huge amount of damage done regarding fodder and fertiliser, and damage done to land. Farmers needed to carry out mitigation measures during the flooding and afterwards to allow them to relieve livestock. Some of the farmers' fear was that they had...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I welcome that this is happening and obviously a huge amount of work has gone into it. I accept that the Minister is probably not going to give an exact timeline. It would be over the next couple of weeks, but I would appreciate as much information as he can provide regarding that. I welcome the fact that there will be direct interaction with the farmers. Will it cover retrospective works...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what interaction there has been with his Department and other Government Departments about the schemes currently underway and in the pipeline for renewable electricity production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25731/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: What interaction has there been between the Minister's Department and other Departments about the schemes under way and in the pipeline for renewable electricity production? Anyone who has attended any IFA meetings will know this is a key issue. At times they gripe about some of the schemes that are available for the use of wind turbines or solar panels. The one positive is the fact that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We all accept the huge body of work that needs to be done and acknowledge what has been done on decarbonisation and diversification. It is a matter of making sure we work alongside the agricultural stakeholders from the point of view of putting in place schemes that suit them. What engagement has the Minister and the Minister, Deputy Ryan, had with the various stakeholders and farming...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I agree with the Minister that farmers are always innovative. It is a matter of providing them with the supports and incentives in relation to this. Electricity and energy production benefits wider society and the farmers. We all talk about ensuring the sustainability of the family farm and we need to make sure the family farm is as sustainable as possible. I want to ask about widening...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the action being taken in his Department following on from the recent report completed by Teagasc and submitted to his Department about the impact on farmers following damage to their farmland as a result of recent flooding on the Cooley Peninsula in November 2023; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Not for the first time, I will ask the Minister for an update on the action being taken in his Department following on from the recent report completed by Teagasc and submitted to the Department about the impact on farmers following damage to their farmland as a result of recent flooding on the Cooley Peninsula around Hallowe'en 2023. Obviously, there was a significant amount of damage and a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 26. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists across the State still treating medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 30. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the number of GPs available to private patients in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25719/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (12 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We all welcome the Narrow Water bridge project. We need to ensure it is built on time and on budget. I know Antóin Watters and Fiona Mhic Conchoille would also be very supportive of that. We have to prepare in every way to lessen the impact of the Border. We have to prepare for the eventual stage of there being no Border, which would deal with an awful lot of issues. I was at an...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Middle East (12 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on any recent discussions he has had with other world leaders in connection with the conflict in the Middle East. [23652/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Middle East (12 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: This House has heard previously that Israel behaves as it does because history has taught it that it can act with absolute impunity. For more than 76 years, it has displaced, occupied, annexed, imprisoned and murdered men, women and children, individually and by the dozens, hundreds, thousands and now tens of thousands. It is welcome that Ireland formally recognised the State of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The island of Ireland is faced with an ecological crisis and potential catastrophe in Lough Neagh and its surrounding waterways. This was particularly evident when the green algae bloom on the lough was especially pronounced during the summer months last year. It is clear that the entire ecosystem of Lough Neagh faces a serious ecological crisis. This is a crisis and challenge for the...

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The position relating to this matter has been laid out well by a number of speakers, including Deputy Kerrane. Deputy Conway-Walsh put it particularly well when she said that we are all in support of the restoration of nature and that we all accept the fact of the biodiversity crisis. The particular issue that we had, which relates to the motion we are dealing with today, was the fact it...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Pensions (11 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I would be willing to allow a bit of flexibility if the Minister was okay with it and wanted to give a timeline on Question No. 16.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Jun 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I am very supportive of modernising the appeals process, particularly any system involved. The sooner, the better, the quicker and the faster. We would all agree with this. I have no difficulty in passing on the information to the Minister. I was not going to say this but I thank the Minister with regard to the issue we dealt with previously. People are very supportive of it. What we...