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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes, but this is about reimbursement. Could the Tánaiste deal with that?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I want to raise the situation of Abigail McQuillan from Blackrock in Dundalk. Her mum, Deborah, made contact with my office. Abigail is 16 and is getting ministerially approved cannabis from a London clinic through a pharmacy in Newry. She has Lennox–Gastaut syndrome, which is life-changing. She has been on the product for nearly six months. It is usually imported from the...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That would barely deal with the cost that Louth County Council is facing. The other issue is that we are dealing with a maintenance budget that has been absolutely hammered. It is the case that no transfers, or very few, where people need them from a medical perspective, are happening in the likes of Louth County Council. Nothing is happening in relation to proper maintenance works....

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Many speakers in previous days and today have spoken about the Land Development Agency and the fact that it is not fit for purpose. We know its job is to manage State lands. We talk about what has happened to date, with 60% of properties produced through the agency being unaffordable. This means we are not delivering for the people for whom we need to deliver. I do not see any solutions...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for businesses with mobile premises, premises which are not permanently fixed in place and premises on which no commercial rates are payable which are ineligible for the Covid-19 business aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11153/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households per county not in the intervention area of the national broadband plan who have contacted the Department unable to get high speed broadband from service providers in the area. [11805/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cross-Border Co-operation (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cross-Border greenway projects being considered as part of the Shared Island Fund. [11807/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cross-Border Co-operation (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific options currently being considered for the Narrow Water Bridge project; the expected timeframe for a defined and costed scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management plan under CFRAM for County Louth; the progress on the implementation of same that has been made to date; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11811/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to providing educational supports to students in a college (details supplied) due to complete online Gaeltacht courses to meet necessary Irish language requirements; if so, the details of the supports being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Infrastructure (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools outside the remit of the national broadband plan with no access to broadband services by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11810/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Co-operation (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagements with the Northern Executive in relation to cross-Border third-level opportunities in the context of the Shared Island Fund. [11806/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 841. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to prioritising persons with disabilities under the age of 65 in the Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11481/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 889. To ask the Minister for Health the services provided at a facility (details supplied); if there are plans to alter the services provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11686/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Citizens' Assembly (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 926. 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. [11808/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 927. To ask the Minister for Health if the mid-term review of the actions in the national drugs strategy is on course to be agreed in Q1 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11809/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (3 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 1099. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of broadband connection points per county; the number of these declared live from 26 January 2021 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11812/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I wish to add my voice to what the Chairman said previously. The capacity of testing is major and the committee needs to send that correspondence. I wish to double up on what Deputy O'Rourke said earlier. We need some sort of correspondence to deal with the anomaly of essential workers being able to have tests but not necessarily being able to have lessons. Obviously, wherever this goes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There will be no costs for those approved driver instructors. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome that the RSA will extend it but someone has to seriously look at the point that these businesses are under severe pressure. I accept the difficulties with giving people access because of health protocols and so on. To a degree this group of people believe they have not been engaged with sufficiently. I believe the move is not only a necessary support but a show of good faith as...