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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Shared Island Dialogue (17 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 39. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the vision for the Shared Island Dialogue following the Assembly elections in Northern Ireland. [22990/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (17 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has plans to address the concerns regarding the effectiveness of the social welfare supports that are available to families and households in response to a survey (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24654/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance (17 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 143. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to establishing a child maintenance service which supports lone parents and their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24655/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (17 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will commit to delivering a pension at 65 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18811/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (12 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will quickly revisit the issue of the autistic four-year-old. There was a family intervention meeting and the mother was told that no therapies would be possible for a couple of months. This child is not toilet trained and that is creating specific difficulties. The problem is that the child cannot get a place in a special school or in a regular school until that is resolved. The only...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (12 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Unfortunately, in the context of all of these issues, there is always an element of Groundhog Day. That is something we need to address. We cannot continue having these same conversations. I want to start with the response to parliamentary question I received in the past while. It stated that there were no occupational therapists in paediatric services at the HSE primary care centre in...

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Security: Statements (12 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Many of us have spoken about the criminal Russian invasion of Ukraine and also its impact on food security. We must all reassess the matter and make sure we are prepared and protected into the future. It is true that during Covid we had adequate food supplies. We all accept that we have had a fabulous farming industry in this State that has been able to deliver for us for generations and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Following Liz Truss's threat to Maroš Šefčovič of British Government unilateral action to undermine the Irish protocol, what level of Irish Government engagement has there been with the British Government? Has the Tánaiste spoken to Boris Johnson? Obviously, we cannot have a return of the spectre of a hard border in Ireland. The British may be looking for a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (12 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a targeted support package for school bus operators during this challenging time with soaring fuel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19653/22]

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will reiterate some of what Deputy Gould has said in the sense that it is very difficult to talk about consumer protections while not talking about the necessary mitigations and protections and, possibly, if we are talking about energy suppliers, windfall taxes. I will put it as simply as that. While we accept that Government has done some things and cannot do everything, we will all...

Defamation Act 2009 Review: Statements (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Once again, it comes down to the difficulty of trying to strike a balance. Obviously, people have a right to their good name and to be able to defend themselves. Anybody who has had to have recourse to the courts at this point in time in respect of any matter, from planning right through to criminal investigations or anything else, knows the courts are absolutely backlogged and all the rest...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Many in this House believe we should already have a citizens' assembly on drug use. We need to make sure that happens as early as possible in 2023. Anybody who has engaged with any community in Ireland knows the dangers and harm drug addiction is causing. Looking outside my constituency office on court days, I can see people who have been impacted by drug addiction. This impacts utterly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 23. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [22989/22]

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are here to discuss the living wage. Specifically, we are talking about ensuring that people have sufficient money to meet their absolute needs. We are not talking about their wants, but about their needs and about the basic level of income required to live normally in our society. It should be a given that we provide this as a society. Otherwise, we will be providing people with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The only mistake Mr. O'Brien, Ms Agrawal and Mr. Galvin made was that they did not get into ponderous meandering. We are not quite used to synopsised, short narrative. They will also discover very quickly that I am not used to it myself. They have dealt with a fair amount. The big issue to which we should be listening, as Deputy Howlin said, is the idea of engagement. Ms Agrawal got it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is what I would have expected.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is on all of us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, if Deputy Howlin goes through the issues I brought up, I am, on some level, a beaten docket but nobody brought up the issue of drug addiction when we talked about health. I had a meeting yesterday in the estate where I live. It was one of the first issues that people brought up with regard to drug dealing, crime and their impact. I could not see how that would not be brought...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It was about 14 questions all in one. I mentioned climate change but I asked the members of Comhairle na nÓg to pick a number of issues in terms of what they believe, from the perspective of their generation, needs to be done at a political level and at a European level, in particular. They should feel free to throw in an issue that matters to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Europe Day and the European Year of Youth 2022: Engagement with Comhairle na nÓg (11 May 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I assure the Chairman that I am not asking another question. In fairness, our guests were very clear in respect of the work that needs to be done on bridging the gaps, particularly as regards information. I have taken on board all their points in respect of the issues. None of it is shocking. It was all very well put. I apologise, but I need to leave the meeting now to make more...