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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Perhaps into the future it might be. I was at National Broadband Ireland's, NBI, offices this week and while a number of deadlines and targets have been missed, what the company is saying at the minute would make one somewhat more hopeful. I will be very glad when NBI can appear before this committee and state that it has met its targets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, I have seen that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Henry is saying it is policy but he is also saying that this really needs to happen at a governmental level or it is not going to happen at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Henry is going to have a difficulty with getting all of those parts that are competitive operations of their own to co-operate. That can only happen if the piece at the top is right, if there is a plan-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have had this meeting on Shannon Airport over and over again. That is no disrespect to anyone; it is just what happens. That will continue until such point in time when somebody grasps it and puts an entire aviation plan in place across the board. Then there will be difficulties in dealing with individual stakeholders that have their own agendas because not everyone is as sound as me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that and I think it would relate to a significant section of society, unfortunately. In Ireland we have always had a history of people drinking too much and you now hear that people use cocaine as a means of being able to drink too much and they can still go on a three or four-day bender with it. That can sometimes end in absolute disaster. I used the term "recreational" but there is...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are dealing at the moment with attacks on democracy and truth and the necessity for real journalism. Many have mentioned the issue of the social media giants, the working of their algorithms and how they, at times, facilitate the telling of mistruths. We have a duty of care and protection for the vital work, particularly in conflict situations, carried out by journalists. In our...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I raise the issue of the loss of 307 PayPal jobs, 172 in Dundalk and 135 in Ballycoolin, which will kick in from 27 June. What was the Government's engagement before this shocking news was broken this morning to workers and their families? Promises have been made by PayPal of good packages. This needs to be ensured. We still do not have clarity as to whether these jobs are being...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020 Report: Motion (19 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Deputy Ó Ríordáin for his work on this. He has dealt with what I am going to discuss, and a lot more eloquently than I will. What we are talking about is straightforward. It is education as the great leveller, to use Deputy Ó Ríordáin's words. We are talking about ensuring that there is an equal playing field in respect of access. I welcome the fact...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (19 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome the Minister's answer. A major issue that needs to be taken into account, as Deputy Conway-Walsh mentioned, is that colleges, on the basis of the funding structure, may sometimes choose to offer particular courses because it makes more financial sense to do so. We need to deal with that aspect. In regard to the whole issue of workforce planning, lifelong learning and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (19 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is an issue we certainly will be revisiting into the future. I welcome the Minister's commitment in this regard. I will do now what I generally do, which is to apologise and raise a related question. The question will not shock the Minister greatly. It is a specific question about technological university status for Dundalk Institute of Technology, DkIT, which he visited recently....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (19 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being considered in respect of the yearly increase in the number of applicants to the CAO system and the lack of places for the most in demand courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25342/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Admissions (19 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What measures are being considered to the yearly increase in the number of applications to the CAO system and the lack of places for the most in-demand courses? I ask that the Minister take into account the issue of having to deal still with the issue of grade inflation, the date of results, which is an issue for a great number of students and parents, and the particular issue of necessary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail his engagements in relation to the introduction of a TRIPS waiver on Covid-19 vaccines and technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25339/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to address Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland being frozen out the the job market in the south with some remote working positions stipulating an address in the south as a requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25340/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (19 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the technological university status bid of Dundalk Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25341/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Once again, we are dealing with a British Government with Liz Truss and Boris Johnson and unilateral threats to undermine the Irish protocol. Our only hope is that the British Government is engaging in a farce it is not really too hopeful of seeing through, just to keep some of the Conservative Party happy. That is obviously not good enough, however. It gives succour to the DUP, which is...

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing this forward. I often get up here and say that I will not repeat what has already been said and then I repeat exactly what was said, but in this case it is impossible not to because it takes about 30 seconds to point out that the Government will hand €450 million to developers. There is no affordability win. All we are doing is failing to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Gabhaim buíochas and I thank, in particular, Senator Buttimer. I will go straight into this as to when exactly is the cliff edge meant to occur?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It will occur in the end of June. This is the cliff edge that we had spoken about previously before the pandemic.