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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cross-Border Co-operation (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 367. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work that is being done in his Department to fix the anomaly whereby many workers who live in Northern Ireland and who work in the Republic are precluded from working from home due to the significant Revenue Commissioners implications for their employers; if he will detail any contacts that his Department has had on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cross-Border Co-operation (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 368. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the survey that is being carried out related to cross-border workers and the issues that they face in relation to working from home, income tax and social protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1995/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who has previously built a principal private residence but subsequently experienced marital breakdown is eligible for the vacant property refurbishment grant Croí Cónaithe towns fund; if they qualify under the fresh start principle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63304/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when section 9 of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 will be established on a permanent basis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63644/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to review the guidelines on eligibility for the back-to-work enterprise allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63646/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 1145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for citizenship applications to include the categories for EU nationals, international applicants and applications based on marriage to an Irish citizen; the additional resources that are being allocated to this section of his Department to reduce these processing times; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 1146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected that the new County Registrar for County Louth, based in Dundalk Courthouse, will be appointed. [2109/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would like to take this opportunity on my behalf and that of Deputy Imelda Munster to add our condolences to the family, friends and comrades of Private Seán Rooney, who died carrying out peacekeeping for the UN in Lebanon. He made the ultimate sacrifice, as did Private Michael McNeela in 1989, who was also from Dundalk. Seán Rooney grew up in Dundalk. He lived there until...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (15 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the work of the Broadband Mobile Phone Taskforce, particularly the work being carried out in providing alternatives for persons who are waiting for broadband connection for up to five years under the NBP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62056/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (15 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the feasibility studies for geotherm for communal and district heating systems, to include an outline of grant schemes or other funding mechanisms for residents using communal and district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (15 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline a detailed timeline for the delivery of the Digital Connectivity Strategy; if he will provide an update on the National Broadband Plan in view of this new initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62562/22]

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Last-minute amendments are not the way to deal with legislation but enough has been said on that. Many of my colleagues have brought up the fact that environmental organisations and the likes of Wind Energy Ireland have brought up particular difficulties with the Bill. They have stated this legislation could deal with a slow-up in being able to deliver on renewable energy. Those are issues...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Once again, we are back in this Chamber dealing with some of the many crises at this time. We are talking about energy and we can break that subject into two parts. There is the issue of our capacity difficulties, where we are facing the possibility that we do not have the capacity to deliver and that we could be looking at blackouts. That tells us one thing about our lack of preparations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank all the witnesses for coming in. Before we talk about aviation strategy, can we deal with Dublin Airport? How many of Aer Lingus's flights have been cancelled? How many of those issues were specific to Dublin Airport? There has been a minor bun fight in the sense of the DAA stating that the de-icers are the responsibility of the airlines and the airlines not necessarily agreeing....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. O'Neill is saying there is an infrastructural problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: At that stage Aer Lingus was backing everything up across Europe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Aer Lingus is saying the DAA was not prepared at an operational level, and it has put its hands up, which is different from what is out in the public domain. Beyond that, it was mentioned that logistics have been fixed. What does that look like? Does that mean everything has been done or does some of this require long-term infrastructural change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What has been fixed that has made it better?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In the long term, space for this would need to be built in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does Aer Lingus foresee any other difficulties in the Christmas period and it being busy? Michael O'Leary and others have been in here and said that they were not quite sure if preparation had been done by the DAA, but the DAA has said it has done its preparation and Ministers have also said that. Is Aer Lingus reasonably happy?