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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [34229/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is very difficult to talk about well-being if we are talking about situations where people are going to be evicted and forced into homelessness. I return to the issue I spoke about earlier, which is that people in housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancies, if they fall into arrears, are not given an opportunity to enter into a payment plan. People are being asked to pony up money, which...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are dealing with rushed legislation on an issue we all, to a degree, saw coming down the tracks. Long before we entered into the disaster of the war in Ukraine, we had been speaking about whether we had difficulties with energy security. We knew that there was the possibility of blackouts and wondered whether they could be avoided. There was also the issue as to whether anyone could...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all know we are dealing with disastrously high rates in relation to rentals, particularly in towns such as Drogheda and Dundalk. It will hardly be a big shock that since news of the increase in the housing assistance payment, HAP, discretion level to 35% was first talked about that the local authority, namely, Louth County Council, has been inundated with calls. Can we get an actual...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (28 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the work of a group (details supplied) in addressing the serious concerns arising from the experiences of some members of the Defence Forces in particular women serving and retired members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34228/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (28 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the work of the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34227/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all understand the logistics leading to the lateness in the leaving certificate results, but it is causing a huge amount of heartache. A family have contacted me as a young woman has been offered a course in the Netherlands that must be accepted on 26 August. She has also been offered a course in Coleraine that has to be accepted on 1 September. The first round of CAO offers will not...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Where do we start? Regulation, building product surveillance: it is fair to say they were not up to scratch, far from it. We have failed a number of people miserably. We are talking at the minute about Donegal, Mayo, Clare, Sligo, Limerick, Tipperary and up to seven more counties. I have heard a number of Teachtaí talk about my constituency of Louth. This is a small island and it is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications by citizens of Northern Ireland are processed any differently from applications by Southern citizens; if these applications are viewed as non-domestic applications that in turn take longer to process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34640/22]

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are all here for the one reason. We want to see the spaces and places provided for some of our citizens, that is, children with disabilities. Up to this time, we have not had the necessary planning to deliver that. We all welcome this legislation and, if it streamlines the section 37A process, then that needs to be done because it seems to be a process that is far too long with far too...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree that a lot of people use dramatic language about the health service. We all know how difficult the work in the health service can be. Sometimes that is down to the weaknesses that exist there but it is not to take away from those who work in it. All of us and our families have received great care there but we also know about the issues with waiting lists and we know about the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----under severe pressure but the Minister had met-----

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----some of those families and they had spoken about the fact that they needed a mechanism to provide them with the necessary answers. We always look for a public inquiry but the Taoiseach and others have talked about the type of inquiry they do not want. We need to see what sort of inquiry the Government will come up and we need it as soon as possible. I apologise greatly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with the French Ambassador (15 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the ambassador for coming. I apologise for being a couple of minutes late in attending. I was listening to the meeting on my way in. I had to deal with logistics relating to children this morning. Many of us would say that if we were dealing with the European question during the financial crisis, we would not necessarily have got support on the street for the European project...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with the French Ambassador (15 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That was why I got in early.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the European Committee of the Regions (15 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Ta fáilte roimh gach duine atá anseo. It is great to have this interaction. In fairness, Deputy Howlin probably dealt with the first issue I was going to deal with, which is the weakness of our local government. Certain powers lie with us or with the Executive, and not with local representatives. Beyond that, there is a general under-resourcing of those areas for which there is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (30 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); her plans for the continuity of Irish-medium education in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34884/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure there are no delays in the publication of the leaving certificate examination results, which would cause unnecessary frustration for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34883/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (30 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline further supports that will be made available to lower-income families to mitigate the impact of the cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (5 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the work programme and engagements of the Drogheda implementation board; the status of the recommendations contained in a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35982/22]