Results 1,761-1,780 of 6,541 for speaker:Ruairí Ó Murchú

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agat. We just need a greater level of flexibility. I do not think the criteria is sufficient yet.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would like to revisit some of the comments made by the Minister of State. I ask him to go into more detail about the regional skills fora. Am I correct that a general review has been done on the skillsets that will be necessary in the future? There has been some commentary on the climate change targets and all of the rest. I mean that we have not reached the target that was set for...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I appreciate that and I would also appreciate if I could get that information later. Clearing the backlog will be worthwhile. It must be ensured there is a consistent and constant review of the skillsets that are required. It is not always possible to forecast that but we accept that retrofitting and house building need to be nailed on to the apprenticeship programme. We must do whatever...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is very welcome.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: As the Minister of State said, there are many moving parts. I assume he is the lead on co-ordination and the review of the skill sets that are needed. Beyond that, it is about ensuring the pathways are there, which involves discussions with third level institutions, employers, etc. My final question concerns an issue I have raised previously with the Minister of State and on which I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Mr. Llewellyn for giving up his time to come before the committee. The chief executive and other members of TII have been before the committee recently. Mr. Llewellyn has a good CV, qualifications and all the rest of it. This is the first time I have heard of somebody from Wales almost claiming to be from Ireland. I believe it was well put together, in fairness, so full marks in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is why I did not start asking Mr. Llewellyn about individual roads, or whatever. I thought I was very good in that sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a proof of concept. As much as we know this has worked in other places, we need to see it will work here and wider plans will then follow. That is welcome. It is a sensible way to approach the matter. Would Mr. Llewellyn be able to give any comment about the difficulties I mentioned? Has he had any conversations around the planning process and the difficulties TII and others...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Where does Mr. Llewellyn see his role or what is his plan around due diligence? It is a requirement to deliver on certain projects that are absolutely necessary within the national development plan, even if we are talking about the road network. That needs to be combined with trying to deal with climate change, carbon budgets and all the rest of it. The difficulty on one level was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I do not expect Mr. Llewellyn to do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: On that point, what interaction is TII having at this point, or what interaction does it expect to have, around ensuring we have the infrastructure that will be required in terms of EV charging points and whatever else, including a hydrogen strategy, is needed into the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Mr. Llewellyn for his time. I realise he has just come into the job and some of the questions I put to him were unfair, but that is the nature of the business. It would be very useful if we could have him and other members of TII before the committee on future occasions to talk about not only the short-term issues and some of the local issues on which we all become engaged but also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will not be asking any questions either. I thank Mr. Llewellyn for his time and his interaction with us. In fairness, regarding what he said about TII having several requests for the Department of Transport and the Minister to fulfil, we should also probably put our requests in following our previous meeting with TII. I refer to issues with planning and similar aspects. We should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Okay. Go raibh maith agat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If Deputy Carey is not available, I can take this slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I did not expect to have this opportunity anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Apologies for any confusion I may have caused. I am really good at causing confusion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid Testing for International Travel into and out of Ireland: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am not the best either. I caught a significant amount of the previous engagement, but apologies if I engage in any repetition. I have come across a number of people who tested positive in a PCR in respect of which they isolated, but for a number of weeks afterwards still triggered positive PCR tests. They had great difficulty getting back to work at that particular time. That would be a...