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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It makes complete sense. The witnesses have spoken to who they need to speak to, and their speech as to what is needed is in the public domain. It is just the sooner, the better. It is absolutely necessary. For almost every person who has appeared before the committee in the last while there are two issues, tendering and the planning process. With regard to fixed-cost tendering, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all understand that there must be consultation. Sometimes the best thing to do is to carry out pre-consultation with communities for bigger projects. However, the fact is that there is a problem in the system. There are a large number of people who may be looking at big projects and think they are covering everything from a planning point of view, but they cannot be sure that they can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, Mr. Parlon has been straight about the difficulties with costs, inflation, tendering and planning. I think he meant it in the best sense when he said we should never waste a crisis. Obviously, we have a housing crisis and have had it for some time. We have the particular humanitarian Ukrainian crisis which is also a housing crisis here. Regarding never wasting a crisis,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What can be done better?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The State needs to deal with the tendering piece and then make sure it has the plans that will allow for the throughput. The CIF is saying there is sufficient elasticity to make it happen.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Haulage Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his engagements with truckers in relation to the rising cost of fuel which is pushing businesses to the brink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19652/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Haulage Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I want to ask about the Minister of State's engagement with the hauliers. The rising cost of fuel is impacting hugely on all of us but we are talking about businesses that are on the brink. I would like to have a statement in regard to what has been done for them but, beyond that, what are the plans to ensure we keep an absolutely necessary cohort in the economy up and running?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Haulage Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all accept there are factors beyond the control of the Government. We came out of Covid and we had the issues of Brexit, which impacted on the supply chain and are impacting us all greatly, and this was then followed by a huge global crisis, in particular a European crisis, with the war in Ukraine. With regard to those factors the Government has control over, are we looking at an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Haulage Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister of State said it herself. It is about ensuring we can move the essential goods we require because we need to keep the show on the road. I will go back to the point that it is the future plans. Are we looking at extending the €100 payment and what other factors are we looking at? Are we going to properly look at the diesel rebate scheme and update it? On the wider...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The shared island unit dialogue certainly needs to be expanded to deal with the constitutional issue but the unit needs to attempt to deal with cross-Border issues. A particular issue at the minute is hybrid remote working. The example I give is people living in the North and working in the South who were remote working, many of whom have been told they now need to be at work five days a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest Shared Island dialogue initiatives. [18040/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (26 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the acceleration of the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan in 2022 to catch-up with the recently missed revised target of 60,000 homes by the end of January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (26 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have been passed to date by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19441/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (26 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 29 March 2022, if he will provide an update on engagements regarding the Temporary Protection Directive in relation to driving licence requirements for displaced people entering the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Apr 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 1760. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on (details supplied); the current waiting times for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20857/22]