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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (30 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); her plans for the continuity of Irish-medium education in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34884/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure there are no delays in the publication of the leaving certificate examination results, which would cause unnecessary frustration for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34883/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (30 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline further supports that will be made available to lower-income families to mitigate the impact of the cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27826/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all know we are dealing with disastrously high rates in relation to rentals, particularly in towns such as Drogheda and Dundalk. It will hardly be a big shock that since news of the increase in the housing assistance payment, HAP, discretion level to 35% was first talked about that the local authority, namely, Louth County Council, has been inundated with calls. Can we get an actual...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passport applications by citizens of Northern Ireland are processed any differently from applications by Southern citizens; if these applications are viewed as non-domestic applications that in turn take longer to process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34640/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome the witness. Mr. Vurm has dealt with what we would see as the major issues. Obviously, these are security concerns and the very much changed world following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We do not know how that is going to work out. All we know is that it is a much smaller and far more dangerous world. There was much talk even before it, throughout the pandemic, of European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Could he put up a map, please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There are a couple of those gap intervention areas the Chairman would like to point out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome Mr. Hendrick, Mr. Malone and the rest of the team. It does look like we are in a slightly better place than before, which is welcome. I reiterate the point made by everyone that everybody wants to get this service tomorrow. Obviously, it can make a significant difference in people's lives, which was shown throughout the pandemic. We are looking at a figure of 102,000 by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, the Chairman tried.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The difficulty is we had a figure of 60,000 premises passed for the end of January and the end of March, but for multiple reasons we did not reach it. It is vital we stay ahead of this. I am going to bring this back to where the conversation started initially. For all of us it was probably from the point of view of acceleration. I just want it on the record again that originally we had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The self-install product was going to be my next question. In fairness, clarification has been given a number of times that it is not actually a product. It is just the ability for the NBI to put in the ducting. It is either that or it is the piece of work Eir does itself to make it ready to increase capacity. There is no promise from Eir with regard to increasing that. If this is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Roughly.