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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify whether Irish passport applications received from the North need a member of An Garda Síochána to witness the application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19809/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if UK visa holders living in the North and commuting in and out of Dublin Airport require any further visas. [19807/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the visa requirements needed for Ukrainian nationals living in the North commuting in and out of Dublin Airport. [19808/23]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Where does one start with questions when we are talking about disability and disability services? A considerable number of people have spoken about the difficulties of accessing services and how distressing those difficulties are for families. I will go through a couple of questions and follow up on some of what was said earlier. The Minister of State is proposing to have one...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine in some of these cases, and know from people who have come to me, that if people had these supports we might not necessarily get some of the hospitalisations that occur.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are all familiar with issues with not having enough OTs and speech and language therapists, SLTs. Taking only the OTs in these neurorehabilitation teams, some will need very specific skill sets. How do we ensure we get these people with the acute skills and get them trained up, as is necessary? I am aware of times when people have been able to access occupational therapy but it has not...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Okay. Talking in general about disability services, at times someone makes a determination about how severe a person's disability is, for want of a better term. With children, that might mean they fall into the CDNT system or primary care. How does that work with the changeover into this particular Department?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine the Minister of State is going to say something about the silos.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Exactly. An example I was going to use, and we have discussed this before, was a lady who was older than me and therefore fell into primary care. The family basically said they could not take her back into the family home, that her dad was in his 80s and not fit to look after her and that she required some type of assisted-living scenario. However, the only options that seemed available to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Families are doing the heavy lifting here and saving the State a huge amount of money. We cannot break them by failing to provide them with any element of respite.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was going to say that there is a difficulty even when we try to get home help at the moment. It is not happening.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Everyone would welcome a considerable number of those moves. Like I said, enforcement and on-the spot-fines can be difficult to put in place. We want to see a greater level of microchipping. Many of us have often spoken in this Chamber about the maintenance of databases. Some of this would need to happen on an all-Ireland basis. In the Minister's constituency and in my own, there are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update in relation to work being done by Government and local authorities to combat dog attacks on sheep; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18576/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I ask for an update regarding any work being done, or any proposals, relating to the Government or local authorities combating the issue of dog attacks on sheep.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Can we get some information regarding the timeline for those statutory instruments? When will we see them in operation? Are any changes proposed from a legislative point of view? I have never been exactly sure what "in effectual control" means. I accept we are creating a set of rules regarding irresponsible dog owners. Where we have good dog owners, responsible people and good manners,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will meet next. [18117/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I spoke to the Taoiseach previously about the tech sector. Obviously, there have been a number of difficulties owing to job losses. Is the Taoiseach still assured that the sector is absolutely strong, given the State's significant reliance on it? Could I raise an issue I brought up previously, namely the difficulty whereby remote workers are not allowed to work for employees across the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I believe the Irish people are very much committed to non-alignment and neutrality. We see what is happening in Sudan and we hope the evacuation of Irish citizens is going as well as it can be. Questions about our capacity will need to be answered. We are also talking about cyber and hybrid threats. There is talk of the telecommunications cables. I want to know what has been done as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the current situation in regard to the development of a national security strategy. [19261/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy (Resumed): Discussion. (25 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, a significant number of questions have been asked about what can be done to improve these circumstances. This is part of autistic people being the experts and, therefore, giving testimony about their own lives and circumstances, as they perceive them. I ask Ms Dada to go into more detail about that. We all get the idea that the assessment system is not what it should be and...