Results 2,081-2,100 of 6,530 for speaker:Ruairí Ó Murchú

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It has been said here that we are laggards as to where we need to be as regards the delivery of offshore wind. Many of us have spoken about the fact that we could be a wind superpower. I have heard experts state we could change the entire energy map of Europe, but that matters only if we have the capacity. What are the Government's plans to ensure we have the auctions, planning framework,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yesterday, I brought up the issue of housing adaptation grants for older and disabled people and I need the Taoiseach to revert to me on that. Carlinn Hall is a large housing estate in Dundalk with a communal heating system that is gas-fed having previously been biomass-fed. A feasibility study was carried out on the use of geothermal heating. I ask that the results of that study be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice to the call to look at the re-municipalisation of waste collection services. We all know about the issue of costs in that regard, which have spiralled, and that of people who cannot afford to take out services, in addition to those who abuse their neighbours and others by dumping. This is an issue that needs a greater amount of resourcing, whether it is through local...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with the circular economy will next meet. [21452/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will meet next. [21453/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Progress of North Macedonia: Engagement with Foreign Minister of North Macedonia (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The witnesses are all very welcome. It is all very positive that the necessary moves are being made and that North Macedonia is assuaging any difficulties there may be. I also add my voice to what Deputy Howlin has said in that it has been a long road. Not to mix analogies or metaphors but we have all been down this road before in the sense - and it is not the first time I have said this -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Progress of North Macedonia: Engagement with Foreign Minister of North Macedonia (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: My apologies for interrupting but I accept that North Macedonia has come a great distance if we are talking about the 1990s and the fact that a great number of these countries were at war with each other, in a particularly horrible genocidal war. We have all seen, however, that there are particular issues if one is looking at Republika Srpska now, and while North Macedonia is most definitely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Progress of North Macedonia: Engagement with Foreign Minister of North Macedonia (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We can go in the same order again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Progress of North Macedonia: Engagement with Foreign Minister of North Macedonia (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept the difficulty relating to 130 votes and having to keep 27 member states on board at all times. Dr. Osmani stated that there have been successful moves in the past year. From that, I take it that North Macedonia is finding the EU to be more receptive than it was previously. He believes North Macedonia has gone above and beyond from the point of view of settling Bulgaria. Nothing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Progress of North Macedonia: Engagement with Foreign Minister of North Macedonia (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: As Dr. Osmani stated, as North Macedonia is so interlocked anyway, it makes sense, but, beyond that, it is almost a starting point to entering the wider Single Market and so on. I have no doubt North Macedonia is dealing with a cost-of-living crisis, the significant level of inflation and so on. Since the war in Ukraine in particular, all countries have experienced an energy crisis. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Progress of North Macedonia: Engagement with Foreign Minister of North Macedonia (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I asked three questions in one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Progress of North Macedonia: Engagement with Foreign Minister of North Macedonia (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is North Macedonia dealing with a significant amount of disinformation and cyber threats?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Progress of North Macedonia: Engagement with Foreign Minister of North Macedonia (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is the last time I will interrupt. Has North Macedonia engaged with social media companies? The time is right. They are set up perfectly to almost provide malign actors with a weaponised system.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Ceannteidil an Bhille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2022: Grinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach (Atógáil) (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Cuirim fáilte roimh an bhfinné. Tá brón orm go mbeidh orm rith tríd seo. An bhfuil mórán cainte faoin údarás agus toghcháin i measc an ghnáthphobail? Cad iad na cumhachtaí uile breise a bhfuiltear ag lorg faoi choinne an údaráis? Tá sé ráite go bhfuil an cheist seo an-tábhachtach, ach tá jabanna...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Ceannteidil an Bhille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2022: Grinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach (Atógáil) (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Cad é tuairim ár n-aoi faoi sin? Tá go leor ceisteanna ann.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Ceannteidil an Bhille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú), 2022: Grinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach (Atógáil) (10 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Gabhaim buíochas le Sorcha Ní Chéilleachair.

Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Táim an-bhuíoch as an deis seo caint faoin Aontas Eorpach. I agree with what many of others have said, that is, the future of Ireland is solidly within the European Union. We have all seen the difficulties and madness of Brexit. We all accept the world in which we operate is complex and it is far easier to operate within it through co-operation with and alongside many...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on European Union and international affairs will next meet. [20528/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I, too, wish to follow up on the Russian ships in Irish waters. We have already heard mention today of the secret air defence agreement with the RAF. There needs to be far more discussion of that and the whole question of military non-alignment. It raises the question of capacity. Considering the humanitarian operation, and we can see much good work was done in Sudan, there are questions...