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Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We obviously dealt with some of the changing circumstances in the world and geopolitics. We know the huge pressure our peacekeepers are under. We know there are changing circumstances in Lebanon because of the genocidal actions of the Israeli regime against the Palestinian people. Many of us have been worried for a long time about the escalation. While we are happy to have a chance to at...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [27949/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I received a letter from BD, or Becton, Dickinson and Company, which is a global medtech company with an operation in Drogheda. I believe this issue was raised with the Taoiseach earlier. Deputy Munster and I were contacted and I spoke to Councillor Joanna Byrne about the matter. There is a great deal of shock and fear in Drogheda and other parts of County Louth. BD plans to cease and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Regarding US support in the early stages of and throughout the entire period of the peace process from the Good Friday Agreement right through to Brexit and the issues that it caused, including the fear of a hard border in Ireland, it would be fair to say the US was on the right side. Joe Biden and the Democratic Party have a huge issue in their campaign against Trump at this point, but we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone conversation with President Biden. [27948/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: More than 37,900 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed over the past nine months, including nearly 15,000 children. On some level, what we have all seen happening on our TV screens is unreal. Israel has refused calls for a summit of the state parties to the EU-Israel association agreement to discuss its compliance with its human rights obligations under the summit. The Commission President...

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If anyone was in any doubt about the issues we have regarding domestic or gender-based violence, anyone who has heard Natasha O'Brien or Bláthnaid Raleigh speak could have absolutely no more doubt. This should not be surprising to us. I commend those women and many others. The Minister has put a great emphasis on this issue but we all need to accept that, as a society and a State, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the European Council: Discussion (3 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The ambassador's pronunciation was fine, and probably better than mine at times, but we will not get into that now. The ambassador is very welcome. I see that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with President Zelenskyy lately and I ask the ambassador to give us some details regarding that meeting. It is fair to say that Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian regime are seen as being very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the European Council: Discussion (3 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept we will not agree on Israel and the relationship. Will Mr. Bánhegyi address the rule-of-law issues?

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome to the Gallery the representatives of the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, and the students' unions of UCD, Trinity College, SETU, Maynooth University, DCU, University of Galway and IADT, as well as representatives of Ógra Shinn Féin. I hope I have not forgotten anybody. These people deal with the accommodation crisis for students day to day, and I imagine they could...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It goes without saying that, as Deputy Ó Laoghaire noted, we need to have adequate sentencing guidelines. We have all seen issues in the public domain in recent times that have raised questions. I understand the idea of the separation of powers and so on and the fact that, at times, there needs to be flexibility for judges. We could make very specific rules but then the world might...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (2 Jul 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have brought up the issue before of children who grew up in chaotic sets of circumstances and the need for early intervention and supports. I have also spoken about the fact that, like many others, I have had to deal with some of these chaotic instances that impact greatly on the wider community and that we do not have the supports of the tools, whether from An Garda Síochána,...

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Clogherhead and Kilsaran and Connect Credit Union.

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]