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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Have there been any discussions on geothermal energy and grant schemes? What is the possibility of something that would do the equivalent of what the support scheme for renewable heat would do for a company engaging in capital expenditure and putting in a woodchip boiler and all the rest of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is using waste energy. We have an anomaly. I am thinking about the means of addressing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No. My question is probably unfair, like many that I ask. All I am saying is that we will need some sort of grant scheme that will facilitate geothermal energy and that the two Departments must consider it. Remote working has been spoken about. There has been a huge increase in it across Europe and across international borders. Some tech-sector jobs are advertised as entailing remote...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If only there was a solution to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: And the Department of Social Protection. There are insurance questions and everything else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I think we are constitutionally restricted from doing that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That was a very specific response to the question. The Minister spoke about modern technologies in house building. Deputy Farrell spoke about moving away from concrete. Since the Minister has entered this particular discussion space, has there been any major look at 3-D concrete printing, not only from the perspective of using less concrete but the science behind using alternatives forms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Modular.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all welcome the long-awaited citizens' assembly on drugs that is to commence in April. Many of us accept that the war on drugs is well and truly lost and see that our approach should be one of harm reduction and be health-led. We understand that our approach must also be about dealing with the substantial negative impacts on families and communities. However, I want to ensure we deal...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I congratulate Israel Olatunde from Dundalk on being the fastest man in Ireland and for smashing the 60 m indoor record. I will try to be as fast in asking my question. On the Irish protocol, we have had unhelpful commentary from backbench Tory MPs. One of them is called Boris Johnson or something like that. I seem to remember him from a time gone by. What dialogue is the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (21 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the work her Department has carried out to increase cross Border tourism in 2022; if work is underway to market the Newry, Mourne, Gullion, Cooley, Dundalk areas as tourism destinations within Ireland’s ancient east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8396/23]

Health (Amendment) (Dual Diagnosis: No Wrong Door) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Deputies Ward and Gould. It is decent legislation and is absolutely necessary. We can even hear that from what the Minister of State has said. We all accept that dual diagnosis is a particular issue. It is almost the crossover between two huge issues that we are all dealing with. As politicians, we become well aware of some of these cases and, unfortunately, some of the cases we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Disability Services (16 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The disability capacity action plan is needed. We know the unmet need in disability is for specialist services. Could a certain level of flexibility be shown? We know the silo issues that exist in the sense that a ping-pong game is sometimes played between CAMHS and children with autism who require services but cannot get them. We must deal with the issue across the board.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Home Care Packages (16 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all welcome and see the need for a legislative framework to deal with home support and give people the capacity to live in their own homes. We have dealt previously with the matter of recruitment and know the issues in that regard. We have had the strategic workforce advisory group. I want a timeline for the recommendations it has proposed and how we can ensure we have, as Deputy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (16 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the work of the legal aid review group; if he will confirm that income limits for those seeking civil legal aid are under review; when he expects the review to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6873/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (16 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will the Minister of State provide an update on the work of the legal aid review group and confirm that the income limits for those seeking civil legal aid are under review? What is the timeline for dealing with all of this? I have dealt with people who have found it very difficult to avail of legal aid where actions were being taken against them that could have had an impact on their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (16 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This review is absolutely necessary. It is vital that as many people as possible, particularly stakeholders involved in the area, make submissions. I am aware of some of the fine work done via legal aid. The income thresholds are a particular difficulty. The Minister of State has stated that circumstances have changed significantly over the years. The thresholds allow for €18,000...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (16 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all welcome the fact that the review is happening. The minute it is dealt with, we need a report, analysis and action to be taken as quickly as possible, particularly action to deal with the issue of thresholds.

Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There will not be much disagreement on this legislation. Many others have detailed, far more eloquently than I will, the necessity of the Civil Defence and the fine work it has done over many years. We need to have a proper legislative framework in place for the Civil Defence and, beyond that, ensure it is fit for purpose into the future. We know the Civil Defence steps into the fray...