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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is the sort of answer and brevity I was looking for. Mr. Walsh referred to training pilots. I am taking up this clientelist issue on the basis that somebody raised it with me. A young fella in Dundalk wants to be a pilot but is worried about the expense and so on. What are the means by which somebody can go about that? What is the cheapest, best and fastest route, for want of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Are enough people being trained?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: How would somebody get connected to one of those schemes?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cost of Living Issues (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Aire spoke about the electricity credits. In this regard, I would like to bring up an issue. Would it be possible to consider a bespoke solution for communal heating systems? Constituents of mine in Carlinn Hall have a gas-fed communal heating system that presents a particular anomaly. In the long term, the only solution is to change the source, but in the short term we need to...

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will take the positives from what the Minister said. There was acceptance the model for retained firefighters is not working and that the issues with pay, conditions, rostering and the fact the job is not attractive must be dealt with. That is why the firefighters are watching proceedings from the Gallery at the moment. It is the reason a huge amount of them made the journey to Dublin....

Science Week: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A number of us in this House were lucky enough to attend a Literary and Historical Society debate in UCD. I will not talk about the result because I was robbed, but that is for somebody else to make a determination on. As I was leaving, a PhD student came up to Deputy Ó Ríordáin and I and spoke about the pressure they were under from a financial point of view. They said that...

Science Week: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Well, I am not the best computer programmer, and we can all agree on that. I would like to mention that transition year students in St. Louis Secondary School in Dundalk, alongside the transition year students in the Dominican College in Drumcondra, are involved in putting on “Science Week Live!”. It is on today, Monday, Wednesday and Friday and they are doing this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Housing Provision (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [51679/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 132. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are many Cvil Service pensions that were eligible for the pension increases that took place on 1 October 2022; the number of these pensions that have had the increases applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56373/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 512. To ask the Minister for Health when section 38 organisations, whose workers are entitled to the backdated pay increases awarded under building momentum and detailed under HR circular 025/2022, will be given the extra funding to award this back pay given that without additional funding these organisations cannot afford same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56200/22]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will speak on amendments Nos. 53 and 54. Deputy Boyd Barrett has dealt with a considerable number of the issues and I will not hold the Minister and everybody else too long. All the witnesses we heard from in regard to the section 481 relief said it is an absolute necessity for ensuring we have a sustainable film industry. The problem is the intellectual property issues as they relate to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We probably did in the previous iteration. I did not want to-----

Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Although I believe it would be an excellent end to any evening to have me speak for 20 minutes, I will not subject anyone to that. We have had a considerable amount of conversation on this Bill. We all realise the issues we have in society with regard to hate. I, like many of my Sinn Féin colleagues, welcome this legislation in principle but there are question marks over it. Many...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Many National Learning Network students have received letters stating they will not get the €500 disability support due to be paid on Monday, 14 November. That is people in receipt of disability allowance, invalidity pension, blind pension and carer's grant. When a National Learning Network student enters training, their disability allowance changes to a training allowance for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I hope the Department conducts that review thoroughly. I accept that the Minister is aware of the stretch of road in question. Perhaps we must look at the modalities and protocols by which we deal with wide stretches of roads with a considerable volume of traffic because of an increased number of people living nearby. Schools in the area are thriving and we must ensure they are safe places...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options open to a community (details supplied) in north County Louth, which is campaigning for traffic-calming measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54989/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What options are open to the parents and community in and around Bellurgan National School in north Louth? These parents have been campaigning for a considerable time for traffic calming measures. There has been back and forth with many elected representatives, including myself, and, in particular, Councillor Antóin Watters, with the local authority and others. We have not been able...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is an element of frustration in me raising this issue. The parents have been out campaigning before school starts and alongside elected represented and others, to a degree, stopping traffic and more generally making a point of highlighting the dangers that are there. In fairness, the Minister has set out a number of options. I believe the local authority needs to be more proactive on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration is being given to allowing parts of motorway hard shoulders to be used as bus corridors, such as the one going into Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54990/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures under consideration to alleviate the huge increases in the cost of energy to small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54997/22]