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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A meeting of EU leaders in Brussels yesterday evening failed to endorse Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as the European Commission President. This should be welcomed by all right-thinking people. Through her offer of unconditional support for Israel, she provided political cover for the genocide that continues to unfold in Gaza. By continuing to block a review of Israel's human...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Personally.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 45. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on plans to house direct provision, temporary and international protection applicants in reception centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26057/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I ask the Minister to provide an update on plans to house direct provision, temporary and international protection applicants in State-run reception centres. It is moving away from the issues that exist with the private sector, whether the loss of hotel beds as regards the D Hotel and other hotels throughout County Louth and across the State. There are probably other places that are not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will the Minister provide further information on the timeline? We would all welcome that there needs to be a move away from the private sector. Some of the locations have been utterly unsuitable for all. It is fair to say we have to do whatever we can to look after people who are fleeing dreadful sets of circumstances and the rest of it. However, we need to get a system that works and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Has the Minister further information on the timeline and when we will see this move occurring? That is obviously accepting that as things happen there needs to be a huge amount of planning work done. There has to be interaction with those communities where some of these are to be located. Suitability has to be at a premium. Beyond that, will the Minister say where we are as regards...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 40. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans for new therapies for autism to be used in the public health sector; if so, when it is hoped that they will be available for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does the Minister of State have any plans for new therapies to be used? The question submitted stated "in the public health sector", but I mean across the board. We have spoken before about getting the best bang for buck. It is two things. We all know we need speech and language therapy, OT and other services. We need to put them where we get the best bang for buck along with any...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will break this into two parts. There is assessment and then ensuring there are therapies. We know a workforce planning piece needs to be done. I do not know how many times I have said that even if we get that piece right, it will take a number of years to have everybody in place, involving CDNTs, primary care and all the rest of it. We need to find the best means to provide the best...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: As it has been brought up, I commend the work of the Louth Disability Cycling Club. I should particularly mention Gary Shields, the chair, along with Paul Callan, Paul Newman and the rest of the guys who do great work. It is one of the most impressive things I have seen in a long time. It brings families together and is brilliant. They would always commend the work done by Variety and the...

Motor Insurance Insolvency Compensation Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I believe the Minister of State and Deputy Doherty have dealt with a fair amount of the technicalities of this. Deputy Doherty has put questions in front of the Minister of State. I hope he will reply to on the publication of reports and that general idea of transparency, which we obviously all welcome. Beyond that, as much as we all welcome this legislation, there is the question...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A number of elected representatives in the area met the farmers. One of the fears I brought to the Minister's attention was that there is a huge amount of damage done regarding fodder and fertiliser, and damage done to land. Farmers needed to carry out mitigation measures during the flooding and afterwards to allow them to relieve livestock. Some of the farmers' fear was that they had...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome that this is happening and obviously a huge amount of work has gone into it. I accept that the Minister is probably not going to give an exact timeline. It would be over the next couple of weeks, but I would appreciate as much information as he can provide regarding that. I welcome the fact that there will be direct interaction with the farmers. Will it cover retrospective works...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what interaction there has been with his Department and other Government Departments about the schemes currently underway and in the pipeline for renewable electricity production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25731/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What interaction has there been between the Minister's Department and other Departments about the schemes under way and in the pipeline for renewable electricity production? Anyone who has attended any IFA meetings will know this is a key issue. At times they gripe about some of the schemes that are available for the use of wind turbines or solar panels. The one positive is the fact that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all accept the huge body of work that needs to be done and acknowledge what has been done on decarbonisation and diversification. It is a matter of making sure we work alongside the agricultural stakeholders from the point of view of putting in place schemes that suit them. What engagement has the Minister and the Minister, Deputy Ryan, had with the various stakeholders and farming...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree with the Minister that farmers are always innovative. It is a matter of providing them with the supports and incentives in relation to this. Electricity and energy production benefits wider society and the farmers. We all talk about ensuring the sustainability of the family farm and we need to make sure the family farm is as sustainable as possible. I want to ask about widening...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the action being taken in his Department following on from the recent report completed by Teagasc and submitted to his Department about the impact on farmers following damage to their farmland as a result of recent flooding on the Cooley Peninsula in November 2023; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Not for the first time, I will ask the Minister for an update on the action being taken in his Department following on from the recent report completed by Teagasc and submitted to the Department about the impact on farmers following damage to their farmland as a result of recent flooding on the Cooley Peninsula around Hallowe'en 2023. Obviously, there was a significant amount of damage and a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (13 Jun 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 26. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists across the State still treating medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/24]