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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Data (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Staff are in limbo.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Equality Issues (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Women's Aid annual report was published and makes for very stark reading. We are talking about nearly 34,000 disclosures of domestic violence. We know this is right across Irish society, including public bodies. We need to know what plans are in place to ensure we can provide the rights and protections these women deserve. To these figures I will add a number of figures which...

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I also follow up with our support and solidarity, particularly at this time as we look forward to Pride. We accept that huge strides have been made over the past 50 years but there is still a hell of a lot more to do and we need to ensure that everything is done to ensure absolute equality for all those in the LGBTQI+ community. I wish to raise an issue relating to Outcomers. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the progress being made in the investigation into the death in Lebanon of UNIFIL soldier Private Seán Rooney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29526/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Tánaiste for the answer he has given. Obviously, the loss of Private Seán Rooney was a huge loss to his family and the 27th Infantry Battalion in Dundalk. We all want justice done. Some of my questions are the same as those of Deputy Cowen. I accept that the Tánaiste might not be able to go into sufficient detail but we want to be sure that his interactions with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I absolutely agree that we want to see justice. We also want to see a fair trial. Based on what the Tánaiste said, there will be plenty of interaction and eyes on this from our point of view. It was necessary that UNIFIL carried out its particular investigation. Obviously, our Defence Forces have their piece of work to do. This needs to be followed up with a Garda inquiry. All of...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is not the first time we have dealt with home support and home care packages. I thank the Regional Group for putting this vital issue front and centre. It is a pity we are still talking about this. We all speak about how we want to facilitate people to be able to live in their own homes. The problem is that we are not very good at putting in place those pieces that allow this to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, I have listened to most of this but that does not mean I will not need to be corrected at some stage about something I did not hear. Professor Mathiesen’s take was interesting. Deputies O’Rourke and Smith dealt with the issue of communal heating systems. On some level we all see the potential in regard to district heating systems. Everyone gets the idea of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: People are reliant on their neighbours.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is a housing estate; it is not even an apartment. It is probably somewhat anomalous compared with the rest of them, which are nearly all apartments - the 200 homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept everything that Mr. Connolly has said and obviously this is an issue that needs to be dealt with. Carlinn Hall will clearly need a bespoke a solution. Hopefully, geothermal with a follow-up grant scheme or whatever will provide it with that, yet beyond a bespoke solution for that estate, we all understand the heat produced by a data centre or whatever. I am just wondering what is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----the general Dundalk area and whether we are talking about kilometres rather than 1 km, which would provide considerable bandwidth. The regulation or legislation is necessary so that we do not continue with the problem that we have created, which even Britain has dealt with but we have not. Unfortunately, we are still slow to react. The information I got from that developer is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It definitely makes sense. Grant schemes exist. If we are only talking about a small number of these, some companies could put the capital expenditure in and they would swap for biomass. They would be able to benefit from SEAI grant schemes. I am not sure that we have that part in play. Even if geothermal is theoretically possible, it need to be ensured that the grant scheme follows up....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Perhaps Dr. Connolly's organisation needs to be party to this conversation to make sure that everything is on the table when determinations are made. We will follow up afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is there any chance we could put a couple of questions to Professor Mathiesen on possible alternatives for some of those communal heating systems?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I previously brought up the issue of Carlinn Hall and the communal heating system fed by gas. There is a particular issue with these designs. The district heating steering group would need to report. I like to think that report would contain that sort of information. A geothermal feasibility study has been carried out in Carlinn Hall. In fairness, as I said, the Taoiseach's office came...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [29523/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I spoke earlier about the issue of geothermal. If it is feasible to carry out some of these schemes, we need to make sure we have a support scheme for renewable heat, SSRH, grant scheme in play. Have any thoughts been given since Deputy Brady's proposed legislation on the banning of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, which is obviously a State entity, from investing in companies...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: On ISIF, the occupied territories and the companies, have we any update on finding a solution to that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I appreciate it.