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Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The House has dealt with many issues recently related to violence against women, sexual assault, sexual violence and rape. There is no more heinous crime than rape. It can have a life-long impact on people, women in particular, so we need to ensure that all the protections of the justice system are put in place. All the updating of law is to be supported, whether we are dealing with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Outside the DUP, all of us across this island want to see an Executive up and running and Michelle O'Neill as First Minister. I welcome what the Taoiseach said about a window of opportunity. We need to make sure that is not lost and there is no drift. I am interested in hearing how the Taoiseach found his recent conversations with the DUP and about the onus on the British Government,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have to agree. This is not the first time I have raised this issue. The amalgamation of the Louth division with Cavan and Monaghan will not work at all. The Louth division will include parts of east Meath. One superintendent with responsibility for serious crime, who will be based in Bailieborough, will have to deal with the entire region. I understand the streamlining, but Donegal...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I asked about international engagement as regards dealing with drug issues.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 14. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on his recent discussions with the political parties in the North. [42603/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all support the work of the shared island unit. In particular, we have seen some major infrastructural projects such as the Narrow Water bridge, which we want to see completed as soon as possible, and that everything is going in the correct direction. I welcome any moves that are made in relation to educational improvements on a cross-Border basis. I have one issue that I would like...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of his Department’s shared island unit. [41329/23]

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I raised with the Aire previously the proposed changes to the new Garda operating model in County Louth, whereby the Louth division would be amalgamated with Cavan and Monaghan, with the addition of part of east Meath. I am fairly sure at this stage that the Minister has been spoken to and written to by joint policing committees across Louth, Cavan and Monaghan. I think Cavan and Monaghan...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will bring up a number of issues and look for ministerial and departmental engagement. First, I want to talk about the Muirhevnamor Community Youth Project after-school service. I asked for the information so I will provide it as it was provided to me. We are a community based Afterschool Service in a large urban housing estate in a disadvantaged area [of Dundalk]. The Afterschool...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----and we could get into them. The services are capping numbers, they say, and the ratios will not work. This is probably a service that an awful lot of other crèches may not be offering. I could probably continue for another hour-----

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----but I do not think the Ceann Comhairle would allow me. I will engage with the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, later.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If we are really going to deliver the From Poverty to Potential plan, we need to get serious about a multi-agency approach and early intervention must be more than a term we use. That means we will need to see the resources in play. We will be dealing later in this House with the issue of early education and childcare. The likes of Lios na nÓg, Muirhevnamore, will talk about the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Earlier, Deputy Ó Snodaigh and I met representatives of film crew in Ireland. I reiterate earlier comments about actors and how they do not have decent contracts or the residuals that many actors have across the world. Beyond that, we constantly deal with the other issues like blackballing and work conditions that no one would accept for film crew. We need the recommendations in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I got reasonable news in the form of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's, SEAI's, feasibility study on shallow geothermal heat sources to replace the gas communal system that is operational in Carlinn Hall, Dundalk. Obviously, this would be applicable in many of these types of scenarios. I have stated previously that these are almost the Achilles heel in relation to district...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 94. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on progress being made to recruit more personnel into the Defence Forces, particularly the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42596/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress being made in the investigation into the death of a solider (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42595/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, for taking this Topical Issue. Obviously, I would much prefer if the Minister for Justice was taking it but she has cover as I have seen her interviewed in Brussels. I spoke to her previously about the new operating model where the Louth Garda division will be combined with the Cavan-Monaghan division in December. It will be one of the few...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will use the example of Donegal and Sligo-Leitrim. They said it was done on a geographic basis. I accept that Louth is the smallest county but it has two huge towns. If we are going to talk about crime statistics, unfortunately, Louth can hold its own with the best. That is something we would prefer was not the case but that is the reality when you are dealing with big urban centres....

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all welcome the establishment of an agency dealing with DSGBV. We all get the logic behind giving one agency, operating under the Department of Justice, the scope to deal with the huge scourge of domestic violence. We were not exactly shocked by recent, disastrous statistics on violence against women, in particular, but the data on the huge increase in domestic violence during the Covid...