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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a DEIS application and school meals application for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59627/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Reform (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have engaged with the Minister on this issue previously. There are many positives. As Deputy Ó Cathasaigh said, it is a matter of ensuring that best practice is employed. Universal design makes campuses more comfortable. Whether we are talking about autistic people or those with other disabilities, it is by means of universal design for learning that we can enable individuals. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the work that is currently being undertaken by his Department in respect of workforce planning and the future training of students in the area of disability services, particularly occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and child psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59172/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I ask the Minister to detail the work that is currently being undertaken by his Department in respect of workforce planning and the future training of students in the area of disability services, particularly occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and child psychologists. I could probably have used the term "etc." at the end of that sentence. We have had discussions in this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is all very welcome. As the Minister stated, it is about ensuring there is a pipeline, something we have not had in recent years. I welcome that the Minister is talking about multiple Departments. We all get that there is crossover, particularly in respect of disability services. It is fair to say we are not starting from the point at which we would like to start in the sense there...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is all very welcome. We must also deal with issues relating to working conditions, among other factors that are outside the remit of the Minister, to increase retention and make it attractive to work in those spheres. We are dealing with the sphere of disability. My constituency colleague Deputy O'Dowd may not like what I am about to do, but I raise again the issue of personal...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I refer to the education and training board ETB industrial relations meeting that is to take place on 15 December. Fórsa is going to have a specific meeting as well. Will the Minister provide the dates in that regard and give a commitment to meet the PAs afterwards. I know a significant number of others have done work-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I appreciate that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education and Training Boards (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Deputy O'Dowd for tabling this question. I thank the Minister for his interaction on this particular issue. The Minister said there is sometimes a cliff edge in respect of adult disability services. That is the piece that needs to be fixed. We all know the working conditions and the payments these PAs are getting are insufficient. A number of them who have contacted Deputies have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Rule of Law Report: Engagement with European Commissioner for Justice (24 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Commissioner. His report was incredibly comprehensive and I do not think there was anything he left out. Ireland has a large degree of involvement in financial services and we have had the issue in relation to the Russian money that had, for the want of a better word, "washed" through here. The Commissioner would be reasonably happy that a significant amount of work has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Rule of Law Report: Engagement with European Commissioner for Justice (24 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have in the sense that we all see where there is legislation domestically and there are the directives from Europe in this regard. We are not quite in the place we need to be. The fact that we have some of these technical and social media colossi here means that we have to have uncomfortable conversations. Sometimes it may be easier for the Union or the Commission to also have those...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has given consideration to the use of 3D printing technology and the possible benefits of same to the current problems with housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to increasing the income thresholds for families wishing to apply for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59146/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the plans in relation to facilitating those with disabilities and special needs to access further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59173/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: North-South Co-operation (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the work that has been carried out in recent months on developing the Narrow Water Bridge; and the current projected timeline and costs. [48260/22]

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There will be much agreement that this is a good first step. There was an element of waiting decades for this legislation but at this point we need, as mad as it may seem, not to rush it. We need to ensure we cover as many of the loopholes as possible. Many of us know people who suffered from gambling addiction, whether anecdotally, from the work we do in our constituencies or from those...

Building Defects: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are talking about the possibility of upwards of 100,000 homes with building defects. Some of my colleagues have already spoken about the human impact and we have to think of that. I am sure the people in the Visitors Gallery can tell the Minister particular stories. It has already been said in the House how people did absolutely nothing wrong. They went out and bought homes, they...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice to much of what has been said. The people of Ireland accept that Israel is an apartheid state. We know that it engages in the annexation of Palestinian lands. We know about the illegal settlement. We know about the crimes against humanity, the executions and all the rest. It is fair to say there has been an abject failure at European level to call out Israel for what it...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are at this point that happens on many occasions. We all want to deliver for the many women who have been failed by what happened in respect of CervicalCheck. The recent death of Vicky Phelan has put this matter at the top of the agenda, as is absolutely necessary. The fact, however, is that we have often had issues in this State where the Government and agencies, especially when we...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is fair to say this is far from the perfect circumstances in which to deal with an issue such as this and the gravity relating to it. In fairness, Deputy O'Reilly has stated that where mistakes have been made previously, there is no room for shortcuts. We must ensure we deliver on the promise we owe to Vicky Phelan and to many others who have been failed. We must also ensure that we...