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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (4 Nov 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire. I welcome some of what the Minister of State says but I am not sure it is going to give the answer we need. As I said, there is serious concern among the staff and the public that the position that I am talking about - the clinical specialist radiographer - will not be filled. We need to make sure this happens and I would like to think the Minister of State...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (4 Nov 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will the Minister of State go back to the senior Minister to find out if this position will be in Dundalk?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (4 Nov 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank everyone who facilitated me to do this. I have just made my way up from the civic reception in Dundalk to celebrate the Louth Ladies Gaelic Football Association, the Louth senior team and the under-20 team after a spectacular year. Hopefully, there will be more of that to come. I had to leave Jarlath Burns and Marty Morrissey, but this is obviously an incredibly important issue. ...
- Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (4 Nov 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have just come from a meeting of the foreign affairs committee where we engaged with American Chamber of Commerce Ireland. We talked about geopolitical circumstances and the situation in Gaza. It is fair to say there was disagreement on the occupied territories Bill. I believe we, like many other states, are on the right side of that argument. We also spoke about the current uncertainty...
- Office of the President: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am very glad to have an opportunity to speak on this motion. It is straightforward. We all know that we need to facilitate far more people in the democratic process. Anybody who has been involved in elections over many years will know the issues that exist when somebody has to go on holiday and the difficulty of getting a postal vote. It is one of those things that is a lot easier to...
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe go léir. It is great to have everyone here. The whole idea for many of us is that sport is involvement in community. For some of us, it can be very competitive. Some of us would like to be more competitive than we are, but that is a different kettle of fish. I agree with Deputy Keogh. It is no shock that the GAA is here on a day like this,...
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: People would say I am doing that when there are other things I should be doing.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. O'Brien should explain what that is to people and how it works.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is all about involvement and engagement. As we have all seen, this as very positive. It is about how we can facilitate as many people as possible. What resources need to be provided to facilitate people? We all know the projects that are working well, whether it is the High Five boxing academy or the all-star inclusive clubs programme. I have seen the work that Mr. O'Brien has done to...
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Due diligence so we can make the best bang for our buck.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is what every community organisation will say. They are constantly chasing money. It will be chased down the wrong cul-de-sac at times and they are not doing what they could. If we could get multi-annual funding delivered, we would be in a far better place. Specifically on the GAA, we are talking about a voluntary organisation where a chairperson will be hammered if they cannot...
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: How can both be sustained? At the end of the day, the GAA is always going to be a competitive sporting organisation that is based on volunteerism.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: May I just-----
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: One would think there would be some element of flexibility from the Chair.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I know.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Participation in Community Life for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (22 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: We can be a bit more flexible than a minute, in fairness. Right, it is no-----