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Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will not go back over the argument that we need a citizens’ assembly or an expanded shared island dialogue. We see the Narrow Water Bridge project is moving on. It and the A5 are necessary pieces of infrastructure which we want to see progress as much as possible. I wish to ask about shared island funding for research projects. We know what it has done in the whole education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement and the Western Balkans: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Mr. Laják. His presentation was not only comprehensive but very interesting. We expected some of it. It is fair to say, and this is a point that many of us have made many times, that prior to the Ukrainian crisis and the Russian invasion the EU was not particularly serious about further accession. Let us be clear, the EU had its own worries regarding rule-of-law issues,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement and the Western Balkans: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What is the figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement and the Western Balkans: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Dr. Visoka. His last point on the fear of an eastern shift is one of the first points we made. To a degree, that has created the stasis. The language has changed somewhat since the onset of the Ukrainian crisis, but the impression I get from Dr. Visoka and the previous speaker is that people are not seeing this in real terms. Representatives from North Macedonia were before the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement and the Western Balkans: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What sort of concessions?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I apologise. I had to speak in the Dáil and I have suddenly discovered I am not as fit as I thought I was as I tried to run over and back. An awful lot has been dealt with, or not dealt with. If we get down to the contract, there is huge disappointment out there, and the sense I get is that the only place there is more disappointment than among the public is among those people who...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Eventually, we will get to an answer but I do not think there is anyone out there in the wider world who does not believe that the only reason for this was to conceal the payments in respect the figures that are actually displayed to the public. I apologise if I have missed anything, but at this point in time RTÉ is saying Ryan Tubridy's contract is what way exactly?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is obviously a fair bit of commentary on this. There is a slight dispute on it, and I will just read this quote rather than paraphrasing it. However, a source close to Mr Tubridy told the Irish Independent he does not believe that his contract is terminated and plans to contest that assertion by the national broadcaster. "We reject the suggestion that the contract is terminated....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----but RTÉ is still saying categorically at this point that there is no contract.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is it. Would it be fair to say that his contract is not terminated at this point in time?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, I get that. The way it was said was, to a degree, that things were put in mothballs, the previous contract was terminated, and that a new contract was only being negotiated. Maybe there is a certain element of things not having been made clear enough, but my understanding is that at this present time, he is still in contract?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Okay. I do not need to add commentary on the fact that we would be a lot better if certain players were here, particularly Dee Forbes. I do not think anyone is particularly happy with how a situation arose where she is not here. I accept that she is under no compulsion, but she should do what is necessary and come before us here so we could at least have everything in the public domain....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (27 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mine is a similar issue. Some of the rules on forced retirements and so forth were introduced to address pensions, particularly in the Defence Forces. These rules are from a different time. The Minister has allowed short-term fixes so that particular ranks can stay on beyond 50 years of age, which is welcome. He mentioned the interdepartmental working group. What is its timeline? Could...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (27 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would appreciate that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: One of many issues I have relates to the Ardee to Castleblayney bypass scheme on the N2 and the fact that an allocation of €600,000 - it does not matter whether that comes from a Minister or the TII - was made to Monaghan County Council, which is the lead on the scheme, to meet commitments but it is not sufficient to even cover the design phase. We are talking about a determination...

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 18. To ask the Taoiseach to report on any recent discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister, directly or at European level. [30972/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 9. To ask the Taoiseach his intention to establish additional units or divisions in his Department to those outlined in the programme for Government. [30973/23]