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Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept what the Tánaiste has said. We all know a mandate was given for Ms Michelle O'Neill MLA to be First Minister and one party is holding this up at this time. That party was obviously given succour and support over many years by a particular British Government that was playing its own game in relation to the outworkings of Brexit. We all thought, with the Windsor Framework, we...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree that there is a limited timeline. We are in a period of drift which we would hope would not happen. I assume it has to be absolutely clear to the British Government, and even beyond to unionism, that there can be no return to continued direct rule as happened during the 1990s which I believe some of the DUP Westminster team may hope or long for. That is not the way things are....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness I was asking for a timeline and I have got one for publication. We are speaking about early October. In a previous parliamentary question I asked whether we needed to do work to ensure there was an SEAI grant system for management companies and companies such as Frontline Energy and others involved in this communal heating system. This is from the point of view of delivering...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is all very positive. I will be holding the Minister of State to his word on this. It is absolutely vital that when this is published we look at the best means. I accept there will have to be a large amount of consultation between the landlords, residents and all of the specific stakeholders involved in Carlinn Hall and any other applicable communal heating systems. We really need to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I wish to raise the issue of autism supports. The report of the Joint Committee on Autism made 109 recommendations. We all know the difficulties that parents face in terms of autism units and disability school transport. I am even hearing from crèches that they do not have the resources they need to provide support for a considerable number of the children with autism who are...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In schools.

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all welcome the establishment of an agency dealing with DSGBV. We all get the logic behind giving one agency, operating under the Department of Justice, the scope to deal with the huge scourge of domestic violence. We were not exactly shocked by recent, disastrous statistics on violence against women, in particular, but the data on the huge increase in domestic violence during the Covid...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Would the Tánaiste give a report on his engagements with the British Government and the parties in the North on the resumption of the Executive? We are obviously in a period of drift which we all would have feared. All of us would acknowledge the fact the DUP should just find a way to get along with the rest of us from the point of view of delivering government which people need....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to parliamentary Question No. 146 of 25 July 2023, to provide an update on the progress of the publication of review of the SEAI study into Carlinn Hall, Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41755/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is not the first time this week that I have spoken to the Minister of State about Carlinn Hall. We have a feasibility study by the SEAI into a shallow geothermal heat source solution for the communal district heating system. During the summer I received a reply to a parliamentary question that stated the report was drafted and there were recommendations for short-, medium- and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, for taking this Topical Issue. Obviously, I would much prefer if the Minister for Justice was taking it but she has cover as I have seen her interviewed in Brussels. I spoke to her previously about the new operating model where the Louth Garda division will be combined with the Cavan-Monaghan division in December. It will be one of the few...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will use the example of Donegal and Sligo-Leitrim. They said it was done on a geographic basis. I accept that Louth is the smallest county but it has two huge towns. If we are going to talk about crime statistics, unfortunately, Louth can hold its own with the best. That is something we would prefer was not the case but that is the reality when you are dealing with big urban centres....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trips to Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41752/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the work of the Heat and Built Environment Delivery Taskforce will look at solving issues with existing district and communal heating systems such as Carlinn Hall in Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41754/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I got reasonable news in the form of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's, SEAI's, feasibility study on shallow geothermal heat sources to replace the gas communal system that is operational in Carlinn Hall, Dundalk. Obviously, this would be applicable in many of these types of scenarios. I have stated previously that these are almost the Achilles heel in relation to district...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Earlier, Deputy Ó Snodaigh and I met representatives of film crew in Ireland. I reiterate earlier comments about actors and how they do not have decent contracts or the residuals that many actors have across the world. Beyond that, we constantly deal with the other issues like blackballing and work conditions that no one would accept for film crew. We need the recommendations in the...