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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the short-term and long-term solutions for communities whose homes are heated through communal/district heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that is being made in signing-off on pension increases due to retired An Post workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of housing assistance applications received and processed by each local authority from January to June 2022; the number of staff dedicated in each local authority to the processing of HAP applications during the same period; the turnaround time from receipt of HAP applications to their completion in each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 950. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the criteria for those who are eligible for the third booster to include people of under 50 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54341/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Earlier on, a couple of things were set in train that need to be followed up on. That is the thing about the necessity of the autism register. We all know the difficulties that exist in relation to diagnosis. I also get what Ms Carr says, in that a person is diagnosed as autistic and that is not going to change. Sometimes we have an element of madness whereby we need an updated diagnosis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is that not usually followed up by, "I don't mean you"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There are still big steps to go but would you say that more people realise there is a considerable number of people with autism and to a degree, you do not always get the negativity you would have got even a couple of years ago?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Ms Carr terrified me with the paint, so I will be leaving no red or blue paint around I had just got a beautiful new champagne carpet laid that day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, I understand what happened there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is it, but the funding has been redirected.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: You have autism units and everybody that is directly accessing the services because they have seen the benefits.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I could go on for an hour but I think I have already taken up too much time,

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am going to listen to the opening statement now and run back in, and tell them that when I said someone was subbing for me, that it was kind of true and kind of not true. We will see what we can do, as soon as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: As per normal, if I just did not press anything, this would work much easier. I would like to thank Ms Archbold, Ms Murphy, Mr. Darmody and particularly, Ms Darmody, who laid it out absolutely starkly in relation to her family and brothers, Neil and John. I had to ask a question in the transport committee that came up at the previous meeting, but after Ms Darmody spoke, I was absolutely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The house is burning, so we need a short- to medium-term solution before we get everything else correct and have the proper service in place, which is providing-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: One would probably struggle to get those services at the minute because they are probably block booked by the HSE because of the lack of the capacity it has itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The house is burning and we need provide water as soon as possible in any way or means that we can and then we fix the other parts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get it. We would have to find the means, as they say, to also then facilitate those who could not afford it. However, there are wider issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There are issues that the Minister, Deputy Harris, in particular will have to deal with in relation to how we will fix it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that the house is burning at the minute, as Ms Darmody said.