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Energy Regulations: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: He will at the wedding.

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I reiterate what Deputy John Brady said about the 52 officials, including members of the Government and Members of the Oireachtas, who have been declared personae non gratae. I am fairly sure that nobody was preparing to travel to the Russian Federation. This is an affront to our democracy and to our place in the world. We need to ask Ambassador Yuri Filatov to make his journey home. If...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is a reply to the Minister and he is correct on some level in the sense that I did not speak about the huge successes there have been in the Irish film industry. Maybe I should have said that at the outset but the fact is that we want that to continue. We want to ensure that we have what I spoke about earlier, namely, a sustainable industry that provides a good level of employment and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I said I would take 30 seconds and I hope I will not make a liar of myself. I welcome the Minister's interaction. There is an acceptance of the need for a greater level of collective agreements across the board. However, the power differential needs to be taken into account. That is the reason some individuals are keeping their heads down. We need to find some means whereby they can make...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (17 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to sporting clubs and associations to deal with the rising cost of energy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56376/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (17 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update in relation to interactions with the IABA; the current position with regards to future funding for the IABA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56375/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome the witnesses and I apologise if I am ignorant and walk out, but I am meant to be in two or three different places at the same time. I will do all of these very badly. We had Brexit, and I remember at one stage Peter Robinson in a pre-Brexit place talking about how secure the union was and we can make an argument as to whether he was right or wrong. Obviously, Brexit has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will listen back because I am going to run.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am going to go. I think it has changed circumstances, even in relation to some of the people in this room and across this island.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I find it deeply offensive that the Senator is to leave when he heard that I was going to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am deeply disappointed that Professor Shirlow has not come round to Irish unity. I thought that would have happened in the interim. In fairness, he-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Irish Government has a piece of work to do on that as well. In fairness, Professor Shirlow named his son very well. On the basis of what I heard and the synopsis, the mood music is better regarding the TCA and protocol. We do not have a crystal ball but Britain has bigger fish to fry at this point in time and Rishi Sunak is likely to be somewhat more pragmatic than previous Prime...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Some of it was a general comment. I think that Dr. Petit has given the answer that mood music is better and we will see where we are going.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In relation to Professor Phinnemore, I said that the difficulty with Brexit is the streamlining. We all want to see that happen. The constitutional issue is in play. People vote for political parties for a pile of reasons. There are people who are having conversations now and I said that the possibility of a referendum in Scotland changes everything. Whether a British Government is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, I agree with Professor Shirlow completely on that. Most people do not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes. I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-UK relations and the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am not going to ask another question. It is fair to say that the British Government has a serious work to do regarding its relationships with all the unions we have spoken about here. I agree with Professor Shirlow that it is about relationships. We are all complex people and we do not necessarily fall into absolute boxes. We definitely have to deal with the damage done by partition and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I wish to deal with the issue of junk food marketing and the dangers to children's health. Safefood research estimates one in 20 children on this island will die prematurely due to problems caused by being overweight. The biggest junk food brands are designing online games for young children to promote their products. Research in Britain shows children aged under 16 years there are exposed...