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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, that is fine. We have had representatives of the Irish Road Haulage Association, IRHA, before this committee a number of times. They speak of securing some sort of recognition at European level that we are an island. That needs to be taken into account. There is a particular status, the term for which has gone from my adult brain at the moment. The IRHA spoke about changing rules and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have a final question on ports, which I am sure the Minister of State has dealt with to some degree. It is mentioned in his opening statement. We all acknowledge that ports are run by private entities. We are constantly talking about Ireland becoming a wind superpower but only Belfast Port is fit for purpose. How do we make this happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: On the timeline-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was about to ask what the timeline was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am assuming the issue of drones was dealt with. This is my only question. The Minister of State indicated that a measure will be in place within a couple of weeks. I am curious as to what happened. The Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, informed the committee that a huge amount of due diligence and work had to be done by the Tánaiste and the Garda. Then, all of a sudden,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does the Minister of State not foresee the ports holding the process up, while accepting there are still other issues around planning, etc?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does the Minister of State still have a couple of minutes? It is now 4.01 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Quarterly Update on Matters relating to Minister of State's Remit: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for assisting us with many issues. I am sure many of them will be revisited time and again, but that is the nature of what we do. Our next meeting will be a private meeting via MS Teams at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 28 March.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the discussions with the Defence Forces and with the United Nations regarding the possibility of providing an increase in troop contribution to the UNIFIL mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13879/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (23 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the number of referrals from schools for students missing days that are currently before education and welfare officers, by county; the dates these outstanding referrals were submitted by schools; the details of the current backlog; the measures being taken to deal with the backlog; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (23 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the issue at a national school in Louth (details supplied); the steps being taken to resolve the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13877/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am not used to being first in. I thank Ms Clinton and Ms Tonge. They laid out to some degree, with regard to the framework of where we are, the absolute necessity of providing people with that throughput from education to employment. We have all seen the benefits that accrue for the person, for society, for the wider economy and obviously for their family as well. It is about being able...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: My apologies for interrupting but I should have mentioned, and it has probably been said before, that we have State services. Whether they are fit for purpose or whether people would require training is another issue. We need this sort of service and outreach service built into the education and training boards, ETBs, the Intreo offices and possibly even the local enterprise offices, rather...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: How would the university bring that about so that they would have enough time? Does it depend on how the student is entering into third level education, and so forth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: As this is people-centred, we are asking them what their needs and wants are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that. I met Ms Clinton previously and I was very taken with her career path. She saw that something was lacking and set about putting it in place. On some level, there has been proof of concept in the sense that a company bought out the particular idea. I looked at some of the assistive technologies and what CentralReach offers to people. In some cases, it is simple in the sense...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I can see how that is the case but I am wondering how it was assessed. We have seen many bad examples from America. Ms Clinton spoke about this transition framework and Project SEARCH. Could she give some detail on that? We have all had interactions with people who have had issues with the workplace equipment adaptation grant. What changes to it are necessary? There are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Sometimes when talking about augmenting, people think we are talking about replacement. We have talked about the issues relating to therapies across the board. Has CentralReach looked at some of these assistive technologies as regards augmenting those sorts of therapies, be they in speech and language, occupational therapy or whatever else? In general, it is repetition of strategies and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It makes complete sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Who is responsible for drawing it up?