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Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There was the third level difficulty, even if one gets onto the critical skills.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, a promise has been made here to follow up on this and to ensure it is put before the correct people who can make it happen. Probably the best thing to do is that Mr. Lynn do a synopsis of what the actual needs are. Given that he is moving beyond needing chefs, it is those requirements. We know about all the businesses and industries that are crying out for people and cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Humanitarian Crisis Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Department of Foreign Affairs (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus le hoifigigh na Roinne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Humanitarian Crisis Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Department of Foreign Affairs (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are in very much changed circumstances. We could see this at the Conference on the Future of Europe. We saw how the language and some of the recommendations changed. How could it be any other way? The Minister talked about the commentary around the war and the fact that most of the expert commentators got it wrong. Vladimir Putin must have been listening to the same level of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Humanitarian Crisis Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Department of Foreign Affairs (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are not signed up to anything specifically at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union Humanitarian Crisis Response to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Department of Foreign Affairs (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I know. I am certainly not saying that. It was just to seek clarity because I heard it said a number of times.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will follow on from where the Chair finished. On commercial bus operators, I accept what the Minister has said, which is that an NTA proposal would be required and that he is not against extending the 20% reduction to such operators. Am I correct in saying that the 50% reduction in student fares works by operators cutting their fares for such people in half and then getting something like...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Chair is right. Some operators are very worried. They want to be able to tell their potential customers when this is to come in because some will be making decisions about college on the basis of whether there is a commuter service that they can afford. I am sorry; I stopped the Minister halfway through.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That 70% is what is being talked about at the minute. That is the operators' understanding.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There will be a 50% reduction and the commercial bus operators will get 70% of that 50%.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They have been told that this is based on some formula which suggests that, if they drop fares by 50%, even though that reduction will not be covered in full, the number of customers will increase. This was raised with me by Matthews Coaches, which does a lot of commuter work, particularly between Dundalk, Drogheda and Dublin, although it also serves east Meath. It provides services to...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A fair amount of due diligence will have to be done. This firm had a foolproof business model that was impacted greatly. We will not really know what the reality of hybrid and remote working will be and the numbers it will be carrying until September, October or November. As the Chair said, with regard to students, it is about letting the operators know the realities as soon as possible so...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine we will have further conversations on this. We started with discussion of National Broadband Ireland, NBI, and the €30 million. As Deputy O'Rourke said, this is not exactly a saving but arises from not reaching targets. We recently had what was probably our best interaction with NBI. Once it reaches or exceeds the targets, I do not believe anyone will complain. With...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that. At that point, there will need to be as much government intervention as possible to ensure a solution is reached as quickly as possible. The negotiations between NBI and Eir could go on forever if either party was not very interested.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is okay once we are keeping an eye on it and once all parts move as quickly as possible when the court case is over. Nobody will complain about timelines being improved. Deputy O'Rourke dealt with the issue of the money that was to be ring-fenced for retrofitting. It has been brought to my attention that a number of medium-sized builders involved in installing heat pumps, dealing with...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What were the determining factors in setting the criteria for becoming a one-stop shop operator? I am no expert in this field, but I am told that the criteria are very tight, for example, a turnover of €1 million. I accept that the Minister would not want the Chairman, Deputy O'Rourke and I setting up a company to become a one-stop shop operator, for example, but I am talking about...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that, but the companies I am referring to have been doing this work and facilitating the people who have come to them in dealing with grants and so on. They say that they cannot meet the criteria because those criteria require them to be very big operators. Why is that the case? This might be something that needs to be considered.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is that covered in this?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (6 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is awful decent of the Deputy. It has been raised with me that becoming one-stop shop operators is an onerous process for people. I am afraid that this is creating another cause for a backlog and slowing down the entire operation. The people in question are worried from the point of view of-----