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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Unless everyone on the list decides to go on the cancellation list, in which case it will not work. At the moment it is an option that is open to people. I must admit that I got it very quickly. I can admit at this stage that my NCT was probably out of date for a number of days but not for months. I will be honest: after I got notification, I first tried to get a test and I was offered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Walsh has mentioned that particular issue. Anyone would say at the moment that no young people are going through apprenticeships.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, more so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: So quicker, faster, better. That is as much about the RSA looking and the Department answering and reacting. That is something we can follow up. There is a particular issue with the driver test centre in Drogheda. Are we any further on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: So by hook or by crook it will be business as usual from February on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that. The RSA should interact with anybody who might possibly come up with a solution. Who did the RSA interact with on the matter of finding a site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is just about making sure we do not have a break in service. We must do anything that can be done from the point of view of finding the location. We only need to find one. It is just the case that time is running out. People might say this is utter clientelism or localism. It is probably an issue when people have to travel to Drogheda. There is no NDLS office in Dundalk for people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: As much as one might want to centralise, there will be an element of a sensible solution in offering people as many services as close to them as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have been over and back to the witnesses about a person who is looking to change what they claimed was a full English licence. It was in rag order, which is about as best as I can describe it. In fairness to the organisation, it has been on to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, DVSA. A solicitor also made contact because, in fairness to the guy, he maintained it was a full licence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the additional funding received in budget 2023 for school transport; the way in which additional school transport places are being provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49958/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I did not think we would get to this question. The Minister has dealt somewhat with the issue I raise but the fact is we have a school transport fiasco every year. We must ensure that is not the case into the future. A review will need to deal with eligibility and distances, including allowing for circumstances where schools are equidistant, and facilitate as many concessionary tickets as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. At this point, what we want to see is accommodation of all the pupils who previously got concessionary tickets, as well as those in receipt of what are now being called concessionary 3 tickets. For students who have no siblings who ever travelled on the school bus and are the first in the family to enter the fray, I would like to think the numbers will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, the review needs to look at all the criteria and we must ensure this particular issue is not ongoing. I like to think all sensible politicians would welcome that, as will families. There is no point repeating myself other than to say we need to deliver for people as quickly as possible, accepting the capacity issues and making sure they do not arise next year.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister of State recently visited Coláiste Chú Chulainn in Dundalk and the two ASD classes there. Many parents have come to me and their issue is ensuring that their kid coming from primary school has a space in an ASD unit, if that is what is suitable, in secondary school. We have insufficient places or classes. At the Joint Committee on Autism a number of stakeholders...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I concur with what has been said. We have a scramble every year. We hope that our numbers are sorted for concessionaries on the basis of luck and then every local elected representative gets involved in these campaigns in areas. I have told the Minister previously that sometimes they almost welcome it as a chance to show themselves as busy, but I would be a hell of a lot happier if we...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What we are talking about here are rights for citizens and be able to deliver a service. We are literally talking about a cradle-to-grave care. We all accept that this has been lacking. We could all reiterate some of the points made about psychology services, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and physiotherapy. We all know the waiting lists. Everyone has spoken about the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Carlinn Hall in Dundalk is one of these communal district heating systems with in or around 200 homes. The fact is that at the minute, the prices have risen. We are now talking approximately 42 cent per kWh. Frontline Energy provides heat. I have dealt with the Ministers and the Department. It looks like the long-term fix is the possibility of biomass or geothermal energy. We need to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What about Carlinn Hall?