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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (8 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 744. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms available and those being considered in relation to truth for families following the deaths of 23 persons in Dealgan House nursing home, Dundalk between April and May 2020 given the exclusion of a commission of inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6538/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (8 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the details of Covid-19 outbreaks (details supplied); and the role of the organisation in managing Covid-19 outbreaks. [6539/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 706. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the introduction of a measure for making a similar payment to that of the Covid-19 recognition payment to staff in private sector nursing homes and hospices who were affected by Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6271/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (8 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 746. To ask the Minister for Health the powers of an organisation (details supplied) in the case of a Covid-19 outbreak being out of control; the way this was defined by the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6540/22]

Freedom of Information Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is an element of agreement across the board on the relevance and necessity of FOI and the significant part it plays in us having a proper, accountable and transparent system, which has not always been the case. There have definitely been failings at State level. In fairness, I have heard the Minister make promises to increase transparency. That is making as much of government...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland (3 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am very glad that the Minister finished on the absolute need for the British Government to uphold the law, uphold the agreements they have agreed to and provide clarity. We have all heard it from business people we have spoken to before. Even today the representatives of the retailers and manufacturers have all given commentary. They want clarity and solutions to whatever difficulties...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland (3 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am very glad to see a Minister taking a slot on a Thursday evening. The graveyard slot, I think, is what people call it. This is an incredibly important issue. As with an awful lot of issues relating to Northern Ireland politics at this time, it is nearly a different question we need to ask since the Topical Issue matter was submitted. What Edwin Poots has done as Minister of...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Gabhaim buíochas. Everyone here accepts that there is an absolute crisis here in the cost of living. We have all engaged with people and realise what they are going through. We have all seen the prices that are going through the roof whether it is people buying their regular weekly shopping, at the fuel pump, or home heating oil. It does not matter because prices are just going...

Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, we support this legislation, which is clearly necessary. It addresses a shortfall that Deputy Louise O'Reilly would have pointed out at a very early stage. There is support for this right across the House because it does not make sense that there should be a scenario where workers would lose out on reckonable time relating to redundancy on the basis of being on the pandemic...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence (3 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress on delivering paid domestic violence leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60853/21]

Cancer Care: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I also thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion. I think every Member of the House agrees, from a human point of view, on where we need to get to and that we are not starting from where we want to be. Plenty has been said about the need to move properly to Sláintecare and a universal healthcare system that is free at the point of entry and provides care from cradle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Role of the European Union: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was going to start by pointing out how good a student Deputy Calleary was, and I might have even asked about Deputy Richmond but I always assumed he was best in class, or at least that is the story he has sold. We could go all over the place debating foreign policy but we will not go there. Deputy Calleary asked how far the European Union can go within the constraints. I acknowledge it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Potential Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Role of the European Union: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Professor Ó Beacháin does not believe Putin has gone off the deep end.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in relation to the 2022 leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4827/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There has already been much talk regarding the 2022 leaving certificate examination. Deputy Ó Laoghaire and others have put on the record where we stand with regard to the fact that the hybrid version is the only viable solution students and their parents wanted to hear about. They are dealing with a huge level of stress. What engagement was there in trying to deliver it?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is not the first time that reply has been read out this evening. The Minister talked about three out of four of the asks having been delivered upon but, as I said earlier, the most important one for an awful lot of students and parents has not been delivered. That has been said, however. I do not expect to get a different answer from anybody else. Those mitigations the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Minister. I have no difficulty that she is repeating the answer. I accept some of it. The bit I do not accept is that it was impossible to come up with a solution in this regard. The other question I put related to the fear that students are being short-changed at this point by not being offered the hybrid model. I accept those other necessary mitigations are occurring. The...