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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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a hybrid model for the 2022 leaving certificate will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4828/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for reviewing the minimum qualification for special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4386/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagements regarding a special needs assistants national training programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4388/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Workplace Relations Commission (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for the conclusion of a process (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4387/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plans regarding the €3 million funding for the development of specialist palliative care inpatient units in the north east, that is, Drogheda and Cavan and Tullamore, County Offaly that was announced by his Department in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4385/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the omission of general practice nurses from the frontline worker pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had engagements with general practice nurses on their exclusion from the frontline workers pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4384/22]

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will add my voice to what my colleagues have said. Sinn Féin is in support of this legislation. Nobody would be against good governance, particularly in higher education. There are obviously issues of accessibility and Deputy Conway-Walsh has already spoken about some of the proposals that were made by Sinn Féin during pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill, particularly relating...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does the Minister of State think he can deliver the self-installed product and ensure that Eir deliver faster? NBI is absolutely reliant on it.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have just come running from a meeting with NBI. I will deal with two major questions. We have all seen the commentary, particularly in the Business Post, on the financial structures involved here. David McCourt has spoken about looking at different corporate structures or investors and there will be an element of communication with the Government on that. We need to ensure we can...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is the Minister of State happy that NBI is fit for purpose on the basis it has sufficient money to do business and there is no cash flow problem at this time?

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I spoke to NBI about what can be done with regard to acceleration. Some 34,417 premises have now been passed. NBI says it will pass 60,000 by the end of March, although that was meant to have happened by now. I asked about the Covid delays and the acceleration. NBI has suddenly got rapid response teams and it can be done with them but there is a difficulty in dealing with Eir's "make...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I raise an issue of which the Tánaiste is aware, that is, the case of the 100 jobs in fulfilment operations in National Pen. Those jobs will be gone by January 2023. What engagement has the Government had with the company? This is not the first time we have been down this road. Communications between National Pen and its workers have been dreadful over many years. There is a fear...