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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual cost of all long-term leased social housing by local authority in 2021; the number of long-term leases owned by each local authority; and the number of long-term leased social houses purchased by each local authority in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [3789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual amount spent on maintenance of all long-term leases by each local authority in 2021; and the ownership of the units at the end of the lease term. [3790/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Citizens' Assembly (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 173. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the citizens’ assembly on drugs to convene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3792/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming here today. Very quickly, on the Commission and those last pieces of the process, when will this be in play?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is good and possibly one of the few things to be salvaged from Brexit. What does the Minister mean by the pre-application work or the preparatory work that has been done by the SEUBP?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree completely that there is an onus on all of us to ensure information gets out to the organisations and that those relationships are made. I have seen where some of the smaller pieces of work have been done. The SEUBP and whoever else have made connections with some organisations. In some cases, it is about redirecting them and pointing out that this does not necessarily suit them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is not a question. It is about ensuring that, as I said, whether it is local authorities or whoever is involved, nobody adds any complications. I think we all agree that would be a positive thing to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The small grants, and looking at some of the learnings and difficulties that would have previously existed around the bureaucracy, are very positive measures. In fairness, whatever I may think about what is not in the programme, if the Minister is looking at those things then it covers a fair amount of scope. How tight are the criteria? In the process that is left regarding the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does the Minister believe that the scope is fairly wide within them and that there are not overly strict criteria? I do not mean the governance, which is obviously necessary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: My apologies, but I have just arrived. I am very good at being a nuisance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, it is something I should know. I ask the witnesses to give details on the process for assessing applications. Who will make the assessments and who will assess the assessors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, I can see the logic of NIFTI and making sure all this is happening. I accept the difficulties and also that part of the Minister's job is to look at means of speeding this up. When the Minister appeared before the committee previously he spoke of a survival of the fittest scenario almost with regard to planning applications. We probably need a planning process that takes away...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special EU Programmes Body: Engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There will be considerable interaction by local authorities with elected representatives and others. Sometimes when local authorities run projects, they look after those pieces of work that suit themselves and in some cases suit individuals. The biggest problem we have always had with project funding is that those with capacity are those that receive. That is understandable in some cases,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Minister and the officials. The Minister will be pleased to know that the briefing we got the other day dealt with a number of questions. My understanding is NIFTI is ensuring that the national strategic objectives are being adhered to and that, when anything is being assessed, all other factors need to be taken into account, including the national planning framework and...

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I do not think there is anyone here who was not shocked by the horrific murder of Ashling Murphy. It knocked us for seven. At times like this, we become aware of numerous cases of violence against women in our towns, some of which end in absolute tragedy for those women and their families. This struck a nerve across the board. I was in Strasbourg for a meeting of the Conference on the...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Obviously, what Russia is about to do off the coast of Cork is fairly ratcheting things up.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I think that is a fair commentary.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Vladimir Putin is bad and what the Russians are doing is absolutely disgraceful. Is that clear enough?