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Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----I go off at a tangent. I do not think anyone will be against the idea of Microfinance Ireland coming under State control. I do not think anybody will have any difficulty with any streamlining. It is exactly as Deputy Quinlivan says. It is a fact, though, that we need to look at the relationship between some of these smaller enterprises and the banking and lending sector. We know...

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: But I think house prices are impacting businesses. As I have said previously, we support this Bill. We need to look at the wider issue of making sure that we can provide the proper credit and that we provide those additional supports as regards those companies. I welcome, as I said, the positive interactions I have had with the Minister of State, but who knows what the future holds? I...

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agat.

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister of State is pretty fast.

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is unacceptable language.

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If necessary, I would be willing. I would stand up to the mark.

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, I think I could get strung up.

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I might get kicked out of the parliamentary party.

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agat. I thank Deputy Cullinane for bringing this motion forward. We could deal with the multiple proposals he has put forward, but I just wish to deal with one. I refer to developing a public contract for GPs and launching a pilot programme in areas where there are shortages of GPs for out-of-hours services and leave cover. We all know the issues that exist, including in my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Can I come in?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It relates to funding and flooding.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I bring up the issue of the difficulty for autistic kids and their families in accessing necessary mental health services. I have just come from a meeting of the all-party parliamentary group on autism with Families for Reform of CAMHS. We all know the ping-pong game that has existed between disability services and CAMHS. At times, it has been a case of no room at the inn if somebody has...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----with autism. All private assessments have stated the child has ADHD but that child cannot get an assessment anywhere, which is necessary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will follow on from Deputy Howlin. We are talking about a rapid response to misinformation and disinformation but that is not happening at this point. Mr. Godfrey has, in fairness, taken a bit of a hit from some of the characters online who have put him up as a hate figure. Unfortunately, that is the world we are in. When we are talking about misinformation and disinformation, I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They are the bad guys, not us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Starting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They will need to. In fairness, Coimisiún na Meán is taking on their algorithms, which are obviously how they make money, but they cause a lot of this issue and the amplification. How does it work regarding the European Commission's enforcement and Coimisiún na Meán's engagement with it? My fear is with a post-match analysis, the match is lost for a number of people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Having never been brief in my life, I will begin. On some level, Coimisiún na Meán has an impossible task. We obviously wish its representatives luck. As I said before, it is taking on Goliath but is an absolute necessity based on the issues we have. There are a number of things. When we get into the idea of trusted flaggers and all the rest of it, we have all seen the hate and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (21 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress being made to raise the mandatory retirement age in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13226/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Middle East (21 Mar 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the current situation in South Lebanon; the current activities of the Defence Forces on the UNIFIL mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13227/24]