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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice to some of what was said about social media companies and the requirement that they step up and that we would make them do so. They are all pervasive and therefore so is cyberbullying. There is no escaping it or down time from it. It can be difficult to monitor what your kids do on social media, particularly as they get older, and there will always be a difficulty there. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will throw something out. I apologise for the selfishness but this is something that I have an interest in. The benefits of sport were discussed. It can be particularly beneficial to young fellows. Have the witnesses dealt with this in relation to combat sports? I have discovered through my own kids and myself that it is something that teaches you to win or, more likely, to lose and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was taking a liberty in raising combat sports, and the wins it offers in team building, resilience and also learning to win and lose. It fits into the wider area of resilience training while saying that we need to work towards a best case scenario where bullying does not occur, but that we can give people the tools to deal with it as much as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree. Dr. Foody is 100% correct. The term "positive connectivity" is probably the one I should have gone with. There was an element of selfishness in the way I directed the question initially, so I apologise to everyone for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that and certainly am not saying that, it was just something I wanted to throw out. The emphasis has to be that we remove the act of bullying as much as possible and create bully-free areas but if there is the possibility of strengthening people it is always welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will the scheme last 18 months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is positive and allows for a period to deal with other issues. It has been said to me that the two types of contracts are based on transactions and that is accepting that there was a mechanism for top-ups and whatever. To a degree, postmasters would claim that they have not secured great deals down the years and now their workload has increased. On a regular straightforward...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I assume the witnesses cannot go into detail on An Post's negotiations with the Government but are they positive? Will these services be delivered in a considerable number of post offices and will a payment and a reasonable deal be provided for postmasters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: An Post has not dealt with the Government specifically about that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome that conversation. It needs to happen. Whatever services can be provided should be, as well as the stuff that is happening with the one-stop shops and green hubs and so on. An issue that has been put to me is that there needs to be an element of audit, whether by the Labour Court or otherwise, on the rates of pay in post offices. We are talking about sustainability. Some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a matter of delivering a service for which other financial institutions pay a fair rate. That is all I am talking about. What kind of figure might we be looking at as regards closures, given the criteria as set out, the fact that a number of post offices do not believe they are viable into the future and that people will be retiring? Does An Post have a game plan for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, Chairman, you dealt with some of the questions around the PSO. It needs to be part of the conversation. We also probably need to have a conversation post the review, and when the details of the banking contracts are in play. Then we will have a better general conversation on that. Given the opportunity, I thank Ms Byrne and Mr. McRedmond and I thank the post office...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A lot of what I was going to say has already been said. Professor Mark Ferguson came before the committee and gave us his report. We saw this as a possible solution, in combination with the digital green certificate. I accept what is being said with regard to event systems. Dr. Power talked about dealing with the sensitivity difficulties with PCR testing and about testing twice over a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will Mr. Osman address the question I put to him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The question relates to the green digital certificate. I assume Mr. Osman has a general indication of the information this will provide and so on. He has already talked about the safety and security of the information held on his own app. I assume he would almost have a template app for this certificate. On the wider issue, my fear is that procurement processes and so on could hold up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I wish to add my voice to the thanks given to the post office network for the excellent front-line work that has been done throughout the pandemic. I want to hone in on something that was said. Obviously we are talking about closures because the IPU has told us that 200 post offices are in danger of closing. The Cathaoirleach, like many others, has dealt with the fact that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The matter has been put in stark terms. Mr. O'Grady dealt with some of this earlier and Dr. Mina has outlined how antigen testing is a supreme tool for stopping transmission. I had intended to ask a question about optimal times. Dr. Power stated that we will have to be able to facilitate the green digital certificate if we are to go at this. Professor Ferguson spoke about serial testing...