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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Again, is there a cost factor? Do any other obstacles exist, for example with regard to capacity? At some point last year, I think we were carrying about 121,400 pupils anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What does the Minister think the cost of this will be? What are the obstacles in terms of ensuring we have capacity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Hopefully we will have a solution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Process: Engagement with Ambassador of North Macedonia (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I apologise. I had to be in three different places at once and I did them all badly. I am sure a number of people have covered what I will deal with. I imagine that the western Balkans and North Macedonia have probably felt they paid a high price, to use the ambassador's term, to enter negotiations. Could we get more information about that? It is fair to say the conversation about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Accession Process: Engagement with Ambassador of North Macedonia (21 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They are not as important as me.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Natural Resources (20 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Always take the opportunity.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (20 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all get the importance of remote working, especially in the circumstances in which we find ourselves, where it may be beneficial for people to reduce the amount of commuting they are doing - for multiple reasons at this stage. Those figures are definitely heading in a better direction than they have been. We just need to ensure that it is acceleration, acceleration, acceleration. I know...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (20 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome the fact that the Minister of State has an interaction with Eir from the point of view of delivering more at its end and the fact that NBI obviously has a serious capacity but, at the end of the day, this is all about ensuring that we accelerate this as much as possible, especially to reach areas that have been and will be waiting for broadband for a considerable length of time....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (20 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan; the number of premises that have been passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45632/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (20 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What is the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan and what is the number of premises that have been passed? Are we are likely to make the target of 102,000 premises, realising we are much behind where we thought we would have been? In further questioning I will speak about acceleration.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: On the European solidarity windfall tax, who would be liable within the State in that regard? The Minister has spoken about how difficult it is to reform energy markets but we could all make the argument that perhaps we should have started this conversation earlier. We must do whatever we can at this time, however. The Minister has raised the fact that we are dealing with a wartime...

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Regarding the better energy warmer homes scheme, it has already been said that we have 9,000 households awaiting works and an average wait time of approximately 27 months. That should tell the Minister straight out that this is not working. We all accept that we need to make huge inroads on climate action. I think everyone would accept that we are in a very different world now and we need...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements that he has had in recent weeks regarding the security and cost of the State’s energy supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45631/22]

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have all spoken about planning on previous occasions in the House. We in this State have had a colourful relationship with planning. On that basis, it is absolutely necessary that we have an impartial and trustworthy planning framework and infrastructure. I accept that files have been sent to the DPP and I accept that the Garda is investigating, which limits what can be said. However,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (15 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have spoken before about the operation of the work permit scheme. Streamlining is needed across the board, in respect of everything from healthcare workers to chefs. Beyond that, the Minister of State spoke about the task force. We all know the issues, whether we are talking about healthcare workers in nursing homes or home carers, which is a particular issue. The Minister of State...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We could be facing economic carnage. We have all heard from the owners of small businesses and industries. We need to deal with the cost of energy at both a domestic and international level, where we can do so, but we will also have to look at grant schemes. I refer to Suretank in Dunleer and Castlebellingham. To lay it out cleanly, the company is looking at its cost of €15,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the assistance that the Government plans to give to small businesses that are struggling due to increased costs such as energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44729/22]

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I take the opportunity to congratulate the Minister of State on his promotion. I welcome some of what he has said on the Corporate Enforcement Authority. If ever there was a place that needed such an entity to be fit for purpose it is obviously this State. Unfortunately, as we get a lesson about 2012, it is a further reminder of the perception of the connectivity certain people have. There...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I know that. We really need business supports. As much as we need to deal with those who have acted wrongly, which is an absolute understatement, we need to look after businesses that are under severe pressure at this point in time. I understand there is an international and domestic part to this, but we really need to make sure we can deliver.