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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I raise the issue of housing adaptation grants for older people and those with disabilities. Louth County Council has a lack of funding in this regard, and I imagine it is an issue for all local authorities. My office is dealing with many people who fall into the priority 1 category, which covers those who are terminally ill and fully in need of care, to facilitate release from hospital or...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: First and foremost, we need the money. It is not going to cut the mustard otherwise.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will add my voice to what Deputy Kenny has said. The problem is that in many of these cases the gardaí become the only agency people contact when they are dealing with somebody who is having a psychotic break. Gardaí generally lift the person and if the case is serious enough, they bring him or her to a local psychiatric unit. The person is left there and released, and then...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide greater clarity on the opening of further and higher education campuses in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36775/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are looking for clarity about the opening up. There has been a change with the vaccine roll-out. We have the worries about the Delta variant and such. What plans are in place for the necessary due diligence to ensure we have the opening that students deserve following the difficulties they have had?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A number of students have contacted me about that. We all accept the difficulties that everybody has been through. To put it mildly, this period has been a surreal experience for anybody in third level education. I welcome that we will probably be looking at clarity regarding this situation on 19 July. I also welcome the work being done to roll out antigen testing and the pilot...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (8 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his recent engagements in relation to a facility (details supplied); if he will provide clarity regarding the ongoing situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36774/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to the alarming cancellation of 999 calls; the actions taken in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36770/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (8 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of recommendations contained within the Scoping Report into Community Safety and Wellbeing in Drogheda by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36771/21]

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We, like a lot of people have said, would welcome anything that improves engagement between schools and parents and students. I am fairly sure my parents would have liked a lot less interaction with the school and I possibly have that sense with my own young fella. That is generally related to us rather than the school being the difficulty. I recognise there may be a need for this to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank all the witnesses. The conversations we have on the broadband roll-out is usually when constituents contact us because they just do not have a sufficient level of access. That is usually where we come from in respect of the matter. My understanding of the national broadband plan, which I will put on the record, in the context of the Covid pandemic delay, is that it is believed the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Can Mr. Fitzpatrick give a little more information about the full governmental solution he talked about? The Government should be required to communicate with these people regarding possible solutions into the future. Mr. Fitzpatrick talked about dealing with Defence Forces capacity and other such matters. I would also direct my question in this regard to Mr. Campbell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does it have full coverage everywhere at this point? I imagine that there would be capacity problems if a number of people were to take it up tomorrow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They definitely need that information. That is something on which we can probably work. Are there any mitigations as regards those issues? You have to go up and down as regards-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that. My final question is on capacity. The only way of getting around the issue in this regard - there may be a need for Government here - is to block buy space on the new satellites. If a last-mile village of considerable size or a number of such villages suddenly applied to Digiweb at this point, capacity issues would arise. However, the new satellite system should deal with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We probably need this question to be at least put on the agenda as soon as possible, Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: To follow up on that, we already discussed the need to deal with the mobile operators, whether that is through Telecommunications Industry Ireland or the operators individually. I am agnostic in respect of the solutions, but there are number of things in play here. It is necessary that the mobile and broadband task force that is technically set up actually meets, deals with these issues and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Infrastructure: Discussion (7 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, but it depends on which question-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister of State and the Minister met these families. The Minister said that a mechanism was needed for these families to be able to get to the truth. I reiterate what Deputy O'Dowd has said. We need to lay out what these families have done through their freedom of information requests, the parliamentary questions we have tabled and through a great deal of interaction, negotiation and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A public inquiry is the only thing that will give an answer to these families who deserve it. I think everyone accepts that. We need that timeline and then to look at mechanisms. The onus is on the Minister of State and the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, to go back to those families and give them that mechanism. We cannot continue as we are. If there are logistical reasons it cannot happen...