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Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister will probably get a great deal of agreement across the House that this process is very rushed. It is lastminute.com. We are dealing with planning. I think we could all accept that we started from a point of having very poor planning regulation in this State. We all know what the impact has been on regular people in that regard. Much of that has been in the public domain for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Jul 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I wish to raise the issue of workforce planning and how we are obviously lacking in certain skill sets. What is the input from the regional skills framework and from departmental heads in relation to filling those spaces? If we are talking about add-on courses for retrofit and whatever, could we look at apprenticeships from a point of view of fitting them into the actual base...

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: I was having my own technical difficulties. I thank the Cathaoirleach and the committee for dealing with this issue . Fair play to Mr. Lynn. This is an issue about which we have all heard at constituency level. I got it from Mr. Lynn. There are a number of hotels and other businesses that are under pressure and that would have contacted me in the past while. We all know the importance...

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: That is not to take away. Senator Buttimer has played his part in the sense that this meeting is happening.

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...