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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (19 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that. We are in an incredibly precarious situation and we need to make sure all is done in respect of protecting our communities from flood risk and many other risks that are ahead of us in a changing world. As regards Annagassan and Termonfeckin, we need those processes to conclude within the timeline the Minister of State has spoken about and we must then ensure the other...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (19 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all accept the absolute necessity of an all-island rail review and the fact that partition has had a huge impact. We have all seen the maps of Ireland where on the western coast there is nothing in terms of any level of rail connectivity. This obviously relates not only to partition but planning failures over many years. Alongside this, whether I was canvassing in Armagh where people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (19 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Could we have a timeline on the report? Can the obstacle produced by the DUP by not allowing an Executive to be in place and Ministers to be in their roles doing the necessary jobs for the people be avoided? Beyond that, I ask the Minister for an update on the rail plans for Dublin, Belfast and beyond to Cork, including electrification. We are still operating on the same timeline in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (19 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the all-island strategic rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2145/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (19 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts that are being made to address the backlog in NCT centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2144/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (19 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 137. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management plan under CFRAM for County Louth; the progress that has been made to date on the implementation of same; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2147/23]

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The vast majority of people out there accept the absolute reality of climate change and the need to act. I do not think there is anyone here who can in any way understand the madness of what we are seeing in Germany, where a village is being demolished for a coal mine and coal-produced electricity. Nobody considers that will be a viable solution into the future. We must look at ourselves...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: My first question is to Ms Donaghy. I was a minute or two late coming into the meeting so I apologise if Ms Donaghy or anyone else covered this in their opening statement. When he was Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe said he recognised there had been certain issues brought forward relating to section 481. In fairness, Deputy Boyd Barrett has stated them. I will probably restate them in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Department is meeting Equity tomorrow and it is going to have further engagement with IFWA.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is vital. Some of the complaints were specific and some were not. We will go through the industry. I get it, in that a DAC has to be formed. I get the way films work. It is very difficult for it not to be on a project-by-project basis but there are certain problems created there. We talk about a sustainable industry and worthwhile employment. Beyond that, a fair question was put...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is it. I believe that is what we all want, to basically have some sort of framework that provides people with safe and sustainable employment. There will always be disputes but there seems to be a huge amount of unease at the minute. Have the witnesses heard about this issue about ratios? We have heard it from numerous people at this stage. It is very easy for someone to say it does...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I think we all agree on that point. I accept that the ratios sound like a disaster from a long-term point of view but it is something that has been said in numerous instances. If money is going to be paid out, we need a means by which we can make some determination that an overreliance on trainees is not happening. I reiterate there is a requirement for new collective agreements. Beyond...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Perhaps it is an unfair question. It would hardly be the only unfair question that has ever been asked at a committee meeting. The idea in 2011 related to a tax break. It was a proposal. Deputy Donohoe, before he was a Minister, brought in a number of computer gaming companies.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The idea at that time was specific and I know we are talking about a different issue. At that time, there were not enough people in the State with significant experience in managing gaming projects. There was a notion that we could take them in from the point of view of ensuring we had the industry and the teams. We are obviously in a different place now as regards digital gaming. I am...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There was a suggestion that the gaming industry was not where it could be. People were leaving.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, it needs to be addressed and it will suit the workers, industry and even the producers in the long run.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is a general agreement - and our guests have far more power in this respect than I have - that we can push this to a particular place to allow for frameworks, forums and relationships. Perhaps our guests could go into the specifics of the computer gaming credit part of section 481. I worked in Leinster House for a very short time in 2011 and there was a meeting in the audiovisual...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The issues that have been brought forward obviously relate to Equity. There is agreement across the board that there is a need for a better agreement that would protect the intellectual property and long-term payments for actors. That would obviously allow for a greater level of sustainability. It is about bringing that about. Numerous people have come to us and spoken about the issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I congratulate Mr. Jacobs and thank all the witnesses for coming before us. A number of people have appeared before us in the past while. The Single European Sky is the sort of solution that works for everybody in terms of reducing the number of logistical nightmares people face with delayed flights along with reducing emissions because you are reducing the amount of fuel that is wasted so...