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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 671. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to extend the validity of signatures already witnessed for passports at the passport office specifically in relation to children past the current six months in certain situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31709/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (15 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 986. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration was given to subsidising broadband connectivity for parents of young children availing of the recently announced Tusla online e-learning course given the huge demand from parents for online supports and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31457/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (15 Jun 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 1031. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the institutional or other scholarships available including grants from research funders to students in third-level education studying the Irish language. [31707/21]

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness to Professor O’Higgins Norman, he dealt with the whole issue of the necessity for joined-up thinking. We need to get it right with respect to schools, communities and beyond. He addressed the specific difficulties with social media, the cyberworld and gaming platforms. Who should be involved in recording the metrics? I imagine it would be the companies but what exactly...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Two points arise. We need to make sure those metrics are provided, be it to a digital safety commissioner or whomever it may be, and ensure that officeholder has sufficient resources to deal with that issue. We also need a best practice communication line, particularly, as Professor O'Higgins Norman said, if there is a trusted person in a school to whom such communication could be made....

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is a straightforward ask. Beyond that, in the context of some of the studies DCU has done, a number of commentators have stated that when bullying is identity-based it has a greater impact. What is Professor O'Higgins Norman's view on the facility within schools to deal with the outworkings of some bad cases where someone has been greatly impacted? We have heard recently there is...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Let us accept that what we really need is the best case scenario with regard to removing as much bullying as possible, and this is having a community-based programme and a connection with social media and gaming companies. It also involves a whole-of-school approach. How has Professor O'Higgins Norman found this? I imagine the best programmes are those in which children and parents are...

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...