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Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The pathfinder project was mentioned. Again, it is the communication piece that falls through. In fairness to Bernard Gloster, he spoke about another aspect. I will use it as an analogy rather than get into the issue around CDNTs. He said the people who had a better experience of CDNTs had a link worker.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Therefore, there is a communication-----

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----rather than just a frustration of running from one silo to another.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is definitely the piece that is missing. In terms of vulnerable children, eventually their situation could deteriorate into whether it is as children but later as adults into street homelessness. On the particular issues around mental health services, we have all had issues at times trying to deal with some of these vulnerable people and the services are not there. Certain protections...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: ----actually stop people from getting the care that they require.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is becoming a normality in several places.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I realise there has been an element of hogging the questions so will be very quick. I will follow up on what Dr. Muldoon said earlier about the idea of family supports, particularly in what he called DEIS areas. He was dealing with the fact that there is a huge issue of grooming by criminal gangs. Some young lad who sees the trappings of wealth can get a scooter, start doing 20 quid runs,...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Their system works.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I promise that this is my final question but I am not renowned for keeping to my word. I think Ms Ward spoke about kinship care. That wider family piece is absolutely necessary. We have already talked about what needs to be done and the added supports which are required for foster carers and making sure we have more. When you have those in a family unit, some of which do a lot of heavy...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is brilliant. I was just throwing that out as a comment. There was a worst-case scenario where somebody had been taken into care and given to one of the parent's siblings. The story I remember hearing said it all for me at times. This was probably Tusla's best attempt to maintain someone within a family unit. The uncle went around to say that the wee lad owed money for his drug...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Office of the Ombudsman for Children (26 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agat. I left 21 seconds on the clock.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting at the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34880/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists, by grade, based at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34881/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (24 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the improvements planned in 2025 to ensure greater and more seamless access to public transport for those with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33746/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the upgrade of the N53 will be fully completed; if, in the meantime, mitigations will be made to ensure increased road safety at the turn from the N53 to Crossmaglen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33745/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (24 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 370. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount Discover Ireland has paid for advertisements on a platform (details supplied) in the past 12 months; if there is any oversight or control over which websites the advertisements are seen on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33744/25]

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What is the timeline for the review of the CDNT service model?

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is good. There is a logic to the three parts. Correct me if I picked this up wrong, but we have approximately 414 positions that are unfilled in CDNTs at the moment. If those positions were filled, does Dr. Tamming have a view as to whether the CDNTs could do the work they are meant to be able to do?

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree. I really appreciate that answer because I have not been able to get a Minister to answer me on that particular question. I think that is where we all lie. We are asking how many positions are unfilled, but even if they were filled, we still would not have a system that was fit for purpose. As to what Dr. Tamming said about an assessment of need not being required to access a...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Long term.