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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that. It probably sounded like I was oversimplifying. I just mean that is the sphere we are in. Who knows what research is going to pay off? That is the reality but we have no choice but to do it, given the circumstances. That is a fair point when you start looking at the figures properly. When you get down to it it is like every problem in that people try to aim at the middle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is a different kettle of fish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: How could that be operated tomorrow?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are doing it because it is what we always did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We need the EU-plus to sit around the table and come to a decision on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes. The Chair dealt with my final point. We often have conversations in this forum on Shannon Airport. People talk about the regional imbalances and all the rest of it. Some of it could be down to where certain of the Deputies come from but occasionally there has been decent enough over-and-back, which IATA has probably added to. People generally say unless aviation policy changes we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes. Then in the best-case scenario what could be done and what would it take? In very general terms, I cannot count the number of people who have sat where Mr. Walsh is and said Shannon and the regional airports must be built into a new aviation policy. However, I am not sure anybody has specified what that would look like in order to deliver what people would like to see in the sense of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will speak on amendments Nos. 53 and 54. Deputy Boyd Barrett has dealt with a considerable number of the issues and I will not hold the Minister and everybody else too long. All the witnesses we heard from in regard to the section 481 relief said it is an absolute necessity for ensuring we have a sustainable film industry. The problem is the intellectual property issues as they relate to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We probably did in the previous iteration. I did not want to-----

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is an element in this Chamber every day, and seemingly more so of a Thursday, of returning to the scene of the crime. We get an opportunity to probably rerun one of the many single transferable speeches we have at this stage. This is not the first time any of us has dealt with forestry in the House. We all see the issue as what is described as low-hanging fruit, in the sense that it...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (24 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This motion is necessary to deal with specific amendments. A fair amount has been put into the public domain by my colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, in particular, on the digital hub and the fear of lost good, initiatives from a part of Dublin and that will need to be addressed. Across the board, we all welcome parts of this Bill in dealing with European directives and codes that need...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Strategic Infrastructure (24 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in relation to plans for the protection of critical State infrastructure in the coming months and years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57665/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an updated report on the progress that is being made on the further evaluation that is being carried out on the issue of long service increments in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that is being made on the opening of autism and special educational needs' units in secondary schools under the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; the progress that is being made to ensure that children with special education needs are catered for in the education system from pre-school to post primary level; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (22 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 42. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his latest communications with the British Prime Minister. [56372/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Change Negotiations (22 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 52. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the COP27 conference which he recently attended in Egypt. [56371/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (22 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the Government's response to the UN report detailing evidence of torture and abuse of prisoners by both sides in the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57917/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: As usual, my timing was terrible. My apologies, I walked out of the meeting at the worst possible time. What we have heard is very positive. I am not a member of this committee and I have just imposed myself on it. Probably similar to others here, I have skin in the game. I have an interest in this issue in relation to my son. This is why I take what has been said here in a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I could have done it myself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The point I failed to make earlier is that people want their children to have the skill sets they need to be able to operate. The witnesses are trying to build a framework whereby they can be themselves but be themselves in society and play a part. That is a benefit all round. It can be difficult to put all that together.