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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They have been changed slightly recently but I get the point that this is critical infrastructure that relates to energy security matters. This should be a real conversation with the European Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The committee has work to do on this. Mr. McGarry has laid out three or four issues. The big worry is speed. We needed it faster, quicker and better.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will Mr. McGarry document some of this? For want of a better phrase, could we have it in bullet points?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The system can fail to react.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: For our future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: And then the capacity to build up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If we could get that letter that would be the shooting match. There is no point in me rehashing what I am sure everyone has been over and back on. It is going in the right direction. Mr. McGarry is not too worried. He will do his piece with regard to the port being fit for purpose. The worry that we have and the issues are being dealt with. We just need to do it better in a more...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: When will the Minister treat this emergency like it is an emergency and a crisis, and bring everything to bear to deal with it? We have often heard about Fianna Fáil's history on building houses when the State had no money. The Minister can talk about all the issues that there are from Covid right through to inflation rates and all the rest of it. We all accept that but let us be...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will follow up on that. It is a fair point. Is it possible to have that conversation at an EU Council level? If it is not possible to have that conversation even among some of the states across the European Union, Ireland will have to do an element of heavy lifting in relation to supporting the Palestinians. That will mean progressing the occupied territories Bill, recognising the state...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There are two major issues here that have been caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, namely, food security and energy security. I ask for some sort of update on that. There was some conversation around food security and some people were pushing for leeway on certain sections of the sanctions but I want to know where that conversation is developing. I agree with what Deputy Howlin...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Deputy should have kept talking.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice on the worries we all had about the EU ambassador to Sudan, Aidan O’Hara. He and his family have been through a traumatic circumstance. It seems he is in good health, which is to be welcomed, but we need to make sure due diligence is done. It highlights the issues happening in Sudan. This is something we do not like to see. The sooner we see sense and people come to...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, and possibly the Cooley Peninsula. There has been considerable conversation about being 25 years into the Good Friday Agreement. There were many twists and turns before and after that period but it is the lynchpin of what has been a very successful peace process. In the world we are dealing with at this point in time, many lessons would need to be learned. I discussed the Windsor...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all have huge differences with American foreign policy but it is fair to say President Joe Biden is somebody who has a real connection with Ireland and with north County Louth and the Cooley Peninsula, which is obviously a fabulous part of the world. It was news to us all the vital part Rob Kearney played in the independence struggle so I thank President Biden for that. Let us be clear:...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 11. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the visit of US President Joe Biden to Ireland. [18118/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Build it into planning for everything. It is the reality that we live in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Silos.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Dr. O’Connell said it exactly. It is recognising things as they are. We will say, and I agree, that we should be better at how we assess and gather information and that we have the databases and all the rest of it. However, let us be clear. We never prepared for secondary school on the basis of what we knew of the children coming through primary school. On some level, that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They have made their own solutions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: And one's personal resources.