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Investment in Sport and Sporting Infrastructure: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am just after running over from Hodges Figgis from the launch of The Irish Unity Dividend by Ben Collins. Everything that should be done from sport right through should be done on the basis that we are one single island, eventually delivering a 32-county unitary state that delivers for its people. Coming from Dundalk, it would be impossible not to mention how proud we are of Kate O'Connor...

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I just went onto the RTÉ website and saw a headline: "Israel issues 'last' warning for Gaza City residents" to flee. Israel Katz followed that up with: "Those who remain ... will be considered terrorists and terrorist supporters." The article states: The intensification of military operations in Gaza City has forced the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to temporarily...

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We must do it whether it is by getting a number of countries working together or by getting the EU to do it properly by qualified majority voting. We need to make sure we take the agreement apart because Israel was given a prize it should never have been given-----

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----because of what it has been doing since 1948. We are looking at genocide. We have seen the western world absolutely fail. It is an utter disgrace.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There will be a need, at times, to deal with the issues relating to social media. I would ask that people desist from any speculation and leave the investigations to the Garda. We need to make sure the supports are provided. I am aware there is a candlelit vigil tonight at Stonetown community walking track at 9 p.m. and I have no doubt the community will come together on this.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I take this opportunity to pass on my condolences on the death of Mark, Louise and Evan O'Connor, a family who suffered absolute devastation. I do not have words for the shock that that family and the wider community have suffered. Superintendent Andrew Waters said that he would maintain engagement with the family and would also ensure that those supports that are needed would be provided,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is very hard to discuss anything relating to SNAs without dealing with the onslaught of fears that have been expressed to politicians due to the guidelines from the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, which provide that there will be a very limited school-led review and that the window will be shut. There has been row back on that. There has also been row back on the fear that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The NCSE guidelines need to be updated to ensure there are no further worries about what people believed were the changes introduced. We do need to look at some element of flexibility in dealing with specific children like Tiernan. He is registered blind and has a propensity to break bones. We can all imagine the difficulties that exist and we talking about a four-year-old child. The...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Tá fáilte roimh na finnéithe go léir anseo. One of the reasons for this meeting was on the basis that the autism committee would have met with a number of the organisations before. We had the issue where the State had attempted its alternative to assessment of need which did not work out very well, and I was taken by the...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are all afraid of moving from the AON and removing that one right. I would back Senator Clonan up on that. What we need is a real conversation. What is the best we can offer now and how can we improve it into the future?

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: While they are still getting therapies.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What would a perfect assessment of need system look like?

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: And their main worries.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have a follow-up question to what I asked earlier. The witnesses have all laid it out. Ms Walker-Strong spoke about the idea that first we need to make sure we have data. Then we are talking about a proper screening system. This is not just for kids with disabilities; it is also something we definitely need from a child protection view. Then we need a responsive system with regard to...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a logistical disaster.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It would be constantly reviewed.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is an easy sell to the kid.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We must make it as easy as possible and put the resources where the needs are. We just need a timeline in that regard and to ensure there is enough engagement with the likes of the witnesses who know how to do it. Mr. Bernard Gloster said that the people who had the best outcomes from CDNTs, or at least those who said they had, were those who had a contact person. That is a vital piece...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There are highly challenging needs and real difficulty in that regard, and that is before you talk about respite and residential services. None of it is done in a planned way.