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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is the problem. We are in the age where context does not exist.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Of course it is, and probably making more sensible options. It is also accepting that we are not going to get a lot of these things perfectly right and systems will need to be constantly reviewed. We all get the idea that the best case scenario is that the research is done. Reasonable accommodations can never be perfect but they can be better. If we can build guidelines in, well then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Rather than the long term.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are living longer so it is going to be a bigger issue. As elected representatives we come across these cases and they are always a disaster but half of the problem is that the house is not suited to the alterations that are needed, or the cost is just too much

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is it. The National Disability Authority will have its cost benefit analysis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What about the autism-specific piece?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would imagine it is the same elsewhere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: One is also doing it in the context of trying to build in active living and all of those other factors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: And also for those who do not need to use it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The context includes the fact that we have a huge housing issue in general and that we need more, quicker and better.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It will never be perfect.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress being made to open additional units for children for September 2023 with autism at primary and second level schools in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22883/23]

Control of Exports Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is very close to the topic. It relates to taxation from the point of view of remote working, North and South. The matter relates to PayPal. Some 120 staff of the latter had to be transferred to PayPal UK lately because they are remote working and it is no longer possible for them to continue to be paid in the South. There are obviously particular conditions around that. However, we...

Control of Exports Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What we see in the Bill is the laying down of the necessary legislative framework. We are speaking about the export of items that can be used for civil or military purposes and for the control of the provision of brokering services and technical assistance and of the transit of those items. We all have big worries about the sale of weapons. We are especially worried about weapons of mass...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made in relation to flood risk management at Annagassan and Termonfeckin, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21491/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (11 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the targets for 2023 for the climate division of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21492/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (11 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the work being carried out in his Department to promote the Border counties North and South as a destination for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21790/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (11 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline any engagement his Department has had with other Departments in relation to the tax implications for workers who live in the North and wish to work remotely for Southern-based companies and the tax implications for the firms who wish to recruit them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21791/23]

Civil Defence Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Bhí sé sin deacair.

European Year of Skills: Statements (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I apologise for any repetition from the last time we spoke on these particular issues. I agree that the debate is timely. We have the OECD report on skills. We also have the beginning of the European Year of Skills. We had Europe Day yesterday. We all know the positives from the solidarity that Europe has shown to Ireland particularly during the time of Covid and through the entire...