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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform what engagement there has been between his Department and other Departments this year in relation to the delivery of necessary flood protection schemes in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47005/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (26 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the supports and grants available to farmers who wish to provide renewable energy and electricity generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46995/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (26 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the contacts his Department has had with the EU, other Departments and other State agencies recently in relation to the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46996/23]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will not be shocked if a huge number of Deputies concentrate in whatever short time they have for speeches before the EU Council meeting on the importance that needs to be given to Gaza at this time. The fact is Gaza is facing obliteration. We have not had the courage we would like from EU leaders. We have all been, at best, deeply unhappy and, at times, deeply shamed by the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Changing Lives Initiative is a community-based, cross-Border project creating a better understanding of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, and providing an intervention programme for families with children between three and seven years of age experiencing behaviours consistent with ADHD. Since 2023, it has been available in Louth and Meath, and I know there are further...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Ireland has a long history of neutrality, of being non-aligned and of independent foreign policy. Like many who have spoken before me and to whose voice I will add mine, the reason I will do this is because it is our history. We are not a colonial power like many others. We were the colonised. We had a history of trying to find a roadmap towards self-determination. We have had great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union and the Commission Work Programme: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I also had a radio interview earlier; I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union and the Commission Work Programme: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There are a million questions when we are talking about the Commission. We could talk about competition law or the conversations that are happening on unanimity versus qualified majority voting, QMV, and other issues. We could discuss the cross-border taxation issues that exist for remote workers. I am going to keep it simple and speak about the Gaza crisis we are dealing with at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2023 Poll Results: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank our guests. The poll involves a sample of 1,200 in both the North and the South, and I welcome the fact that it is done on an all-Ireland basis. No matter what any poll says, that is the trajectory we are on. EM Ireland hardly got a breakdown as to how people designated themselves in how they made their determinations as to whether they thought there would be a united Ireland in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2023 Poll Results: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: But we do not have it down to a percentage within that 45% of those who would have designated themselves as unionists or British or whatever else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2023 Poll Results: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would not have imagined so. That is just curiosity on my part. It is a very high number, considering that it is only a generalised conversation that is happening. Of course, I would like to see that 24% be higher, but I am sure a significant number of people in the South just said to themselves that ten years is a short period and we are dealing with X, Y and Z. That is why the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2023 Poll Results: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is the only time I will interrupt. It would probably be different this week on the basis of what is going on in Gaza. Ms O'Connell is exactly right that a poll is a snapshot in time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2023 Poll Results: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: People would be delighted if I were setting the questions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2023 Poll Results: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would give the answers as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union and the Commission Work Programme: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Hopefully.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister of State had to leave to deal with a personal issue.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have already had a significant, but I would not say sufficient, conversation in the public domain on the underfunding of our health services and the belief that the amount of money being allocated is not even sufficient to maintain the existing level of service. Let us imagine what this will lead to. We all have our worries regarding the moratorium on recruitment. We all know the issues...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What about ISIF and the divestment Bill?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that some countries have a different starting place on the basis of what has been a disgraceful history of pogroms, expulsion and extermination of the Jewish people, but we must deal with the Israeli regime that is in existence at this point in time. We can judge the people in that regime by their own words and deeds. They are involved in maintaining an apartheid state and in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Israeli onslaught on Gaza continues. What Israel offers is bombs and starvation. We have all heard the figures at this stage - 5,791 Palestinians killed, including 2,360 children, and 704 Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours. There is nothing else this can be called but a war crime and forced displacement. It can be called ethnic cleansing. We dread to think what a land invasion...