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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I take it from what the Minister has said that he is open to listening to and possibly addressing Mr. Kingston's difficulties as regards independence and the necessity for an investigative unit that is fit for purpose. This will be dealt with in the review to which he is committed. If I may, I will deviate in the question I will ask, given the set of circumstances in which we find ourselves...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree with the Minister on the immediate priority being the restrictions. I welcome that the Minister said there will be ongoing engagement and that future supports will be needed, some of them possibly fairly soon. I would appreciate it were the committee to be updated on that level of engagement. I add my voice to the call that if the Minister is committed to the review of the MCIB,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (28 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4723/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (28 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 267. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE executive management team will consider the recommendations and decide on the approval for reimbursement of the drug dupilumab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4802/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does the Taoiseach agree that a necessary element in delivering an all-Ireland response would be the sharing of information on travellers? We are all aware that the Northern Executive Minister of Health, Robin Swann, has been looking for this information and this issue to be dealt with since last March. We have heard from the Department of Transport and members of the Government, including...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current financial supports available to a business (details supplied). [4120/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Sector Strategy (27 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, under the current level of the plan for living with Covid-19, documentation is required from homeowners in order to continue or complete the construction of private homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4166/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (27 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a teacher (details supplied) will receive an outstanding retrospective payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3913/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Customs Checks Post Brexit: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Go raibh maith agat. First, I am speaking from LH2000 within the Leinster House campus. It has been said that we are all here because there is a problem. We knew there were going to be problems as regards Brexit. Some may have been foreseen, to a degree, but I believe we are dealing with a situation with systems that could not be tried and tested beforehand. We have the switch from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Customs Checks Post Brexit: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Can the Chairman hear me now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Customs Checks Post Brexit: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is absolutely vital that these stakeholder meetings happen as soon as possible and that we get a net result, because what I am hearing is similar to what is being said here. The fact is that many companies in Britain that are exporting have not made the preparations that have been made here and we are all suffering, particularly hauliers. We need something done about systems. I accept...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Customs Checks Post Brexit: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will move on the question with regard to whether it can be simplified to Mr. Harrahill. Something else that has been said by many hauliers, and it was alluded to here earlier, is that in a groupage situation there may be one particular problem that may relate to one movement reference number, MRN, but hauliers could be waiting three or four hours or more before they find this out. Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Customs Checks Post Brexit: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is it possible for Mr. Harrahill to come back on this point?

Brexit (Foreign Affairs): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In the limited time I have I will go over and back in asking my questions. I commend the work that is being done at stakeholder, ministerial and official level. We met the Department of Transport and I appreciate that it is operating in a sort of war cabinet type scenario in that when it comes upon a problem, it deals with it. However, everybody agrees that a huge number of problems for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have a similar question to one the Tánaiste was asked previously. It relates to his proposal on facilitating working from home and the idea of 20% of public servants working in that scenario and, obviously, Covid-19 being a major accelerator of it. The Tánaiste, however, said he was exploring the possibilities of acceleration of the national broadband plan. I know the Minister,...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This was another incredibly difficult week for survivors and their families. We know that many of them are beyond disappointed and are angry about this report. We can talk about the societal and individual failures regarding the hellhole system of mother and baby homes, but we need to stress that churches failed their people. They were given this power by a State and a political system...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It has been said here that we describe our front-line health workers as heroes and they have done absolutely heroic work, and nobody would deny that. Nevertheless, we are debating in this House once again a lack of respect and equality. It would have been absolutely straightforward for the Government to reintroduce the healthcare assistant rate and it would have been fair, given our current...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (14 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital projects her Department will fund in County Louth over the years 2021 to 2025. [2016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a centre (details supplied) will continue to operate under the current restrictions of the Plan for Living with Covid-19. [2015/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Jan 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the vaccination programme for residential care settings; the full list of services to be vaccinated specifically a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2034/21]