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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the plans there are to reduce third level student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37555/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to legislation that would make it mandatory for all vehicle drivers to use dipped headlights during the daytime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37296/25]

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe. I apologise for running in and out. The difficulty with this place is that everything is on at the same time. I will deal specifically with the NDA and disability. The opening statement is very short but, in fairness, there is a huge amount in it. We all want to have equality legislation that can vindicate rights and provide a buffer and even,...

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is a cost of disability.

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is straightforward. Mr. Finlay is saying that, as much as possible within the legal framework, we should provide the tools whereby somebody can take these cases and then ensure it is explicit about what is persecution, for want of a better term, or a failure to deliver on what everyone else has a right to have. That is sound and straightforward. I will ask a very specific question....

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is while accepting there are serious charges that will always be taken into account relating to employment.

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Ms Bayliss has gone into some of this and I am aware I missed some of the meeting. We dealt previously with some of these issues with regard to equality legislation, and it is about how we deal with the issue of equality for people so they are not impacted detrimentally by socioeconomic disadvantage. It is how we build this into the framework in a way that works and is reasonable. I will...

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that disadvantage and deprivation are big issues that have a large impact on those families, and are wider issues for society. When we do not deal with these issues, we will deal with the outworkings in the criminal justice system and everywhere else, where we continue to fail miserably.

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This question is to IHREC. Regarding political ex-prisoners, the argument could be made on some level that some of this legislation might have been required previously. I am talking about those who were released under the Good Friday Agreement and had encountered issues with, for example, insurance and the right to adopt. At one stage, many of them had issues related to work. I remember a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans, and the international engagement there has been, on the issue of the Middle East, particularly on the genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the recent engagement there has been between his Department, the US administration, the EU, unions and industry on the issue of possible American tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37591/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the work being done by his Department to ensure the viability of community centres and community and voluntary organisations in County Louth, through the provision of capital and non-capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the local improvement scheme in County Louth in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the engagement there has been with his Department and stakeholders in industries affected by US tariff threats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32379/25]

Committee on European Union Affairs: Findings of the 2025 European Movement Ireland EU Poll: European Movement Ireland (9 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is very strange. You would not be the first Chair who has directed comments at me.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Findings of the 2025 European Movement Ireland EU Poll: European Movement Ireland (9 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Some of my colleagues are obviously wasting my time for me. I have been through a number of these polls at this stage. It would actually be interesting to look at the changes that are tracked over a number of years. On the question of whether Ireland should remain a member of the EU; we know that rates high. We know that it has all taken a hit. I do not think anyone will be shocked by...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Findings of the 2025 European Movement Ireland EU Poll: European Movement Ireland (9 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Could we get some rough comparator, particularly on views that have changed throughout the European Union on the direction it is going and the issues that have arisen? Obviously, Palestine and Israel comprise a major issue, but I am also referring to migration and so on.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Findings of the 2025 European Movement Ireland EU Poll: European Movement Ireland (9 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is all worthwhile information. On the question of which issues are people most concerned about at an EU level, how exactly was this framed? There is the cost-of-living question in the poll, which is straightforward: nobody was saying there is too much money. As for the migration question, one could possibly argue that someone might have an issue that the European Union has become overly...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Findings of the 2025 European Movement Ireland EU Poll: European Movement Ireland (9 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is fair enough. I was just wondering about it. That is sound. As I said previously, one would never stop if one was to put in all of the questions. Even on the United Ireland piece, a poll would want at least two or three more questions. The responses to the question "Would you support a United Ireland in the EU?" are very positive, with 67% saying "Yes" in the North. I would love...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Findings of the 2025 European Movement Ireland EU Poll: European Movement Ireland (9 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is about the comparative breakdown over a number of years. This piece is required and particularly in relation to the direction and whether it gets rectified. Again, we would all need to see a lot there.