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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Louth divisional drugs unit in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24946/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Interparliamentary Relations after Brexit: Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for the Executive Office (12 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is great to see everybody. This is a terribly agreeable committee. I will follow on from something that was said by both Mr. McGrath and Ms Anderson. In fairness, it is in line with what the Minister for Foreign Affairs said to this committee following his meetings with business interests, which is the fact that all that they are interested in is finding solutions. I accept there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Interparliamentary Relations after Brexit: Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for the Executive Office (12 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is probably not a shock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Interparliamentary Relations after Brexit: Northern Ireland Assembly Committee for the Executive Office (12 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We can definitely say that was Deputy Calleary's idea and that it is absolutely necessary. In fairness, when the Minister, Deputy Coveney, spoke about his conversations and engagement with business interests, he said that a huge amount of them were unionists and that their concentration was on working the protocol and just delivering. As was said earlier, businesses are all about getting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Mr. Bassato for his presentation and I will follow up some of the questions asked. Professor Mark Ferguson was before the committee to speak to a review of antigen testing. For an aviation-type setting, and considering what has happened in other places, the proposal was for serial-type testing. It would almost be a case of people doing the test themselves and sending photographs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept it is law but did any public health authority in Italy give authorisation to this before it became law?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Digital Green Certificate and Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I asked what work has been done in Italy on the digital green certificate. What happened with the 29 cases where the antigen test was positive but a PCR test was negative? Were the people just released from quarantine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Testing and Air Travel: Nuevo Ireland (12 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Dr. Kenny is making the sale for this in relation to transport, particularly aviation, from the point of view that the danger into the future, until we have everybody vaccinated, booster shots ready and all the rest of it, will come from variants. This is a system that can be deployed. What Senator Dooley has said needs to be done in relation to information on ramp-up capacity. I assume if...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (13 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 30. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the commission on the future of the Defence Forces report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25079/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I bring up the issue of the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. We need to accept the disparity between a huge military power like Israel and the Palestinian people. We have also had the de factoannexation and stealing of Palestinian land. We can only consider this a continuity of a plan for Israeli expansion. What will the Government propose in relation to our seat on the UN Security...

Education (Leaving Certificate 2021) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Táim an-bhuíoch don Cheann Comhairle as an gcúpla focal sin. There is a general acceptance that there is a fairness in this legislation as regards leaving certificate students being given choice. We accept that students, parents and teachers across the board had an incredibly difficult time during the pandemic. I hope we have learned lessons from the difficulties we had...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We support the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020. I acknowledge that it is a technical Bill but there are anomalies in it that need to be addressed in the context of the particular situation in which we find ourselves with the Covid pandemic. I am sure that every Deputy in the Chamber and outside it has encountered multiple people who find themselves in the type of situation this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected plans for secondary school provision throughout County Louth including provision within the Irish language education sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25082/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the plans in relation to the guidance for the 2021 summer provision programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25083/21]

Recent Cyberattack and its Impact on the Health System: Statements (18 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I wish to add my thoughts on our dealings with Mr. Ciarán Ó hÓbáin at the committee meeting earlier. We certainly did not get the answers we were looking for. We obviously accept a criminal entity has made a dreadful attack on this State but a question is being asked about capacity in the NCSC. I want to deal with this, in particular. We welcome the review. We need it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Organisations (18 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is a straightforward ask. The Irish Mixed Martial Arts Association, IMMAA, which was established in 2017, needs a roadmap in order to get recognition as a national governing body. It has engaged with the Executive in the North, including the former Minister, Ms Carál Ní Chuilín, and the Minister for Communities, Ms Deirdre Hargey. Its engagement in the North has been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Organisations (18 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all accept that safety is paramount. We accept what the Minister of State has said with regard to the working group, the process and the engagement to date. However, the IMMAA believes that it is caught and that there are obstacles in its way. The Minister of State spoke about the Global Association of International Sports Federations, GAISF, requirement. This association believes that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2021 Poll Results: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will defer and cede my time initially to Deputy Brady. I believe he had his hand up and I would not like him giving out about me afterwards. However, I would like it to be noted how constructive, collegial and magnanimous I am.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2021 Poll Results: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will probably be in some agreement with much of what has been said but I will pontificate and the witnesses can feel free to agree, refute or even attack what I say. Like everyone else when it comes to polls, I trust the ones that support my argument and the others, I believe, need to be questioned. I imagine a significant number of people would agree that the EU is moving in the right...

Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I concur with Deputy O'Rourke. We are glad to see this legislation. The nursing home support scheme, or fair deal scheme, needs significant tweaking. More widely, we need not only to support people in nursing homes but ensure we are not impacting on the sustainability of small businesses and small family farms. That is something that has to be dealt with. The pandemic period has made...