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Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is very straightforward. This has been running for a week and half and we still do not know whether students - and in some cases their parents - will be paying €2,000 or €3,000. If we had the support of this Chamber and followed through on Sinn Féin's motion, students would be paying €1,500 next year. That is the clarity we need. How we got here, on some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Táimid críochnaithe leis sin. Rachaimid ar aghaidh le ceisteanna eile chun an Aire. Tá Ceist Uimh. 101 i m’ainm. Táim ag iarraidh é a chur siar. If Members are happy enough, I will put that question back until I am out of the Chair.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, and I am being utterly magnanimous, or at least partially magnanimous.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Fees (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Tá Ceisteanna Uimh. 104, 105, 107, 110 agus 112 grúpáilte.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress made regarding the funding issues at SOLAS and ETB apprenticeship training programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37556/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I ask for an update on the progress made on the funding issue at SOLAS and the ETBs and the impact this is having on apprenticeships, the community sector and adult education within further education. Will the Minister provide some detail? We have all heard of a hole in the budget of between €40 million and €50 million but some clarity on that would be appreciated.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Can we get a figure for how big a hole we are talking about? I have heard it is between €40 million and €50 million and I have heard in relation to Louth and Meath ETB that it is between €8 million and €11 million-plus. It is necessary that the Minister engage with SOLAS. Like Deputy O'Sullivan, I think at some point we will need to know how this came about....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It would be hard to say I am still not apprehensive about this. We will need some detail on how these postponements will happen. I agree with the Minister that pressure has to be put on in relation to the fact the apprenticeships must not be cancelled. We need to find the money and make sure everything is not held up. I agree with the work being done on the funding implications through to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What about the adult education and community piece?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No one in this Chamber is going to give out about increased capacity for our passport services. In every constituency office at this point, there is no shortage of calls from people trying to make it on holiday who are absolutely afraid they will not get their passport in time. Obviously, we need to make sure people check their dates and do whatever is needed. We have spoken about this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all know what we want to see with the EU-Israel association agreement. We know the pieces we want to see here and I see there are questions tabled about the occupied territories Bill. I would like to think we are moving closer to delivering on services. I think everybody who is in this room would also like to think that there will be follow-through by the Tánaiste's Department and...

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is an epidemic but there is a point in saying, as Deputy Catherine Connolly did, it is unacceptable criminality that has to be called out in every way it can. There is a requirement on all of us to do it. The nicest way I can put it is unfortunate pieces online - we know the characters I am talking about - cannot be given the sort of space they...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The work of Tusla is incredibly important. It has a huge remit. I am not sure the State has been exactly where it needs to be regarding delivery. We will talk about early intervention, some of the chaotic circumstances and making sure we catch these and that we intervene, even if that is a nuclear intervention. While we do everything to avoid that, it will always be necessary. Ms Duggan...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I know this is a difficult question but could Ms Duggan talk numbers in respect of what Tusla needs to deal with what it assumes it will be dealing with?

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will follow on from earlier discussions about early intervention and how, when we miss that opportunity, we end up dealing with cases that are more complex. I would also like to hear more about our guests' engagement with mental health services, addiction services and so on. We keep talking about no wrong door, one single door and so on. We do an awful lot of talking about it rather than...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, we would all agree with the point about scaling up. Ms Duggan has already spoken about the reorientation of the organisation to become more fit-for-purpose and reactive. That relates to reporting and ensuring that all cases are dealt with but it is also about ensuring we have the proper protocols and that we catch these issues outside. We speak about reporting but as a State...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is a particular issue and a message that needs to get out there. If we could have those early interventions, we might not have the issues that people worry about. How would the home visiting service operate? Would the families be known to Tusla already?

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is that sort of process.