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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jul 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the interaction there has been with his Department and other Departments about the schemes currently under way and in the pipeline for renewable electricity production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34672/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (13 Jul 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering how there can be better interaction and co-operation between officials and agencies of his Department and other State agencies which are involved in inspections on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34673/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (13 Jul 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her interactions, and those of her Department, with the RTÉ board and executive board in relation to the ongoing issues at the broadcaster; if she will outline the terms of reference for the inquiries into RTÉ that her Department is involved in; and if she will make a statement on the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I want to bring up the issue of the new operating model for gardaí. The Louth Garda division is to be added to the Cavan-Monaghan division in December. This area is not workable; it is far too big. We might look at the crime statistics in County Louth, which I think will even take in part of east Meath. In the town of Dundalk we recently had an incident in which three gardaí...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are already hearing it is.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I also asked about the new operational model.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am sorry.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Most people here are in relative support of the idea of a directly elected mayor for Limerick. A number of my colleagues and others across the House have spoken about the fact that this Bill will require amendment. Everyone who has spoken about how when talking to councillors from their own party, other parties or none, particularly long-serving councillors, they will talk about their lack...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Misuse of Drugs (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree with what has already been said. The fact is that when we talk about cocaine, we are dealing with a cocaine pandemic. The place is absolutely littered with it. Deputy Griffin is correct when he uses the term "normalised". Some young people who are involved in sport prefer to take cocaine than alcohol. Others think cocaine is the means by which they can continue to drink for three...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Deputy O'Dowd for being so gracious and allowing me in. We will probably not be as nice over the next while, but so be it. I commend the president, Dr. O'Callaghan, and his team on the piece of work they have done. This is the most positive we have been in relation to DkIT and technological university status. I do not know how many times we have all said that we are starting...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have never refused time. I could be very sorry about this.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It was the equivalent of calling Michael J. Fox "chicken" all right. I realise that. The points have been very well laid out by my colleagues. What we are talking about is "too little too late". We have constantly been told about what could and could not be done, but it took until when the European Commission and the European Union were willing to look at windfall taxes. There are...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, I thank the Social Democrats, including Deputy Cian O'Callaghan. It is hardly shocking that we have a motion that relates to affordable housing, but it is more like a lack of affordable housing. We have unaffordable rents and house prices and the situation is getting worse. We can all bandy about all the percentages we want – good, bad or indifferent – but the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, I was just looking after Deputy Paul Murphy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will follow up on the issues raised by Deputy Boyd-Barrett, about companies that take section 481 tax relief. There have been a considerable number of allegations, especially about workers' rights being over-ridden and blackballing when people make complaints. We understand that some of this relates to how the film industry works, in the sense that it is project by project which can allow...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We need to see Government support for the stakeholder forum proposed by that report, which would deal with and look at all these issues and make sure they are aired properly, so that we can put in place a system that is fit for purpose. We all want to see the film industry blossom but we want to make sure that people are treated as they should be. The programme for Government speaks...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It seems that Fórsa has achieved a roadmap to job evaluation for its members in local authorities, which could mean the end of the industrial action. That is very positive except for those people who will now have to take calls and emails from me. If we are talking about housing, we know we need to see a complete escalation in respect of modern methods of construction. However, I...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is all I will need.

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It has already been said. What the Government is doing with these increases in October is heaping pain on pain. We can talk about childcare workers, people under pressure who do not have any information about plans to deal with mortgages and rents, the cost of shopping, or the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, that does not even want the powers to be able to deal with the madness...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Government has an opportunity to at least mitigate some of the pain. We can at least talk about fossil fuel replacement-----