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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (2 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Councillor Pearse McGeough and I met representatives of Connect Credit Union in Blackrock this morning regarding the planned closure of the Kilsaran and Clogherhead branches on 30 August. This is not something we want to see. I spoke to the representatives and our biggest concern was about the vulnerable clients and that thing that makes the credit union different. We need to make sure...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cabinet Committees (2 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am going to bring up my yearly issue of the brown water in Dundalk. It is not the first time I have brought it up with the Taoiseach. It is a particular issue of increased manganese in the water supply reacting with chlorine, which leads to the water being incredibly brown. It also means this impacts on any repairs that get fixed or any flushing teams operating in other areas. Following...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (2 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [26826/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the current situation in south Lebanon; the current activities of the Defence Forces on the UNIFIL mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27951/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress being made in the investigation into the death in Lebanon of a UNIFIL soldier (details supplied). [27950/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (2 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an electric scooter (details supplied), which is intended for use as a mobility scooter by the owner, is classed as an e-scooter under the new legislation; if insurance is required to operate this in a public place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27944/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Policy (2 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets set and actual numbers realised for the local authority energy efficiency retrofit scheme from 2020 to 2024, for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28006/24]

Statutory Home Care: Statements (27 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No Member will speak in this debate who is not in support of the provision of statutory home care as a right on an equal pegging with the provision of nursing home care. We have all dealt with many families who are seeking to get the right care package in place to ensure their loved one does not have to go into a nursing home any earlier than necessary. We need to ensure that what has been...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Senator Mark Daly for the invite to speak on behalf of Sinn Féin. This is one of the few instances where we will get a huge level of agreement. We all know the history of local government and for the most part it has been very positive. I agree with the Minister of State in the sense that if we go back to 2014 and the changes that were made, such as the taking away from the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the latest engagements with the EU that his Department has been involved in regarding the Israeli onslaught in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26976/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the latest engagements that his Department has been involved in with the United States in regard to the Israeli onslaught in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26977/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (27 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the funding streams that are available for geothermal heating schemes, including the amount that has been drawn down to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27705/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Security (27 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail the State’s involvement in the global anti-spyware initiative that stops companies producing technologies (details supplied) operating in an unfair way in jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26967/24]

Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Deputy Carthy has already spoken about accession. Whether we are talking about the western Balkans, Moldova, Ukraine or Georgia, the Copenhagen criteria need to be met. While countries must be engaged with and a route map must be provided for them to even meet them half way, the rule of law is absolutely necessary to maintain the sort of European Union we would like to see, which we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (26 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the legislative programme. [26827/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Funding of Development Sector and its Role in International Development: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agaibh go léir. On some level, the witnesses present an absolutely frightening view of the world. That is where we are at the minute. On the proposed cuts and the cuts from an EU point of view, what are the exact outworkings of them? Obviously we are talking about everything from lifesaving right through to alleviating poverty and the issues around the lack of freedoms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Funding of Development Sector and its Role in International Development: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will come in very quickly on something Mr. Crowley said. The witnesses have laid it all out in respect of the frightening vista, the necessity for action and that if leadership can lead, we can get to a better place. That will deal with some of the major issues that we are dealing with currently, and that goes without saying. My point around conflict was to take it out of the equation....

Affordable Electricity: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What else can be said? We have the most expensive electricity prices across the European Union. They are two thirds higher than the average, with the typical Irish household paying nearly €700 more per year. That is really what it is all about. There is a certain acceptance of our being an island and at the end of a line, but there are some very specific solutions that my...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have had a review of and reports on the Offences Against the State Acts. Everyone supports streamlined legislation that is updated, that is fit for purpose, that is permanent and that deals with what this State faces as opposed to emergency legislation. A considerable number of my colleagues have spoken about the scourge of drug crime and organised crime and about what our communities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is a widening of the school inclusion model given that it is not specifically in special schools.