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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No one in this Chamber is going to give out about increased capacity for our passport services. In every constituency office at this point, there is no shortage of calls from people trying to make it on holiday who are absolutely afraid they will not get their passport in time. Obviously, we need to make sure people check their dates and do whatever is needed. We have spoken about this...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The work of Tusla is incredibly important. It has a huge remit. I am not sure the State has been exactly where it needs to be regarding delivery. We will talk about early intervention, some of the chaotic circumstances and making sure we catch these and that we intervene, even if that is a nuclear intervention. While we do everything to avoid that, it will always be necessary. Ms Duggan...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I know this is a difficult question but could Ms Duggan talk numbers in respect of what Tusla needs to deal with what it assumes it will be dealing with?

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will follow on from earlier discussions about early intervention and how, when we miss that opportunity, we end up dealing with cases that are more complex. I would also like to hear more about our guests' engagement with mental health services, addiction services and so on. We keep talking about no wrong door, one single door and so on. We do an awful lot of talking about it rather than...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, we would all agree with the point about scaling up. Ms Duggan has already spoken about the reorientation of the organisation to become more fit-for-purpose and reactive. That relates to reporting and ensuring that all cases are dealt with but it is also about ensuring we have the proper protocols and that we catch these issues outside. We speak about reporting but as a State...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is a particular issue and a message that needs to get out there. If we could have those early interventions, we might not have the issues that people worry about. How would the home visiting service operate? Would the families be known to Tusla already?

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is that sort of process.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The witnesses dealt with a significant amount around foster carers and those pieces that have been done and need to be done, because we need to attract as many people as possible. I will talk about something that is historical and was brought to my attention after the fact. I get that Tusla will go out to family settings. Sometimes that is suitable for putting somebody into care. I am...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What is safety? I sometimes think that safety is the absence of imminent physical danger. Something else could be terrible in the long term.

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that. I spoke earlier about the tragic case of Kyran Durnin. If we had a specialist public health nurse, home visiting service and whatever else, we would catch some of that. In the reorientation, I would like to think that protocols will be changed. Without getting into the detail of an individual case, I hope the protocols around such cases and the instances that arose are...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Tusla (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will Ms Duggan comment briefly on the Kyran Durnin case and the protocols?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans, and the international engagement there has been, on the issue of the Middle East, particularly on the genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the recent engagement there has been between his Department, the US administration, the EU, unions and industry on the issue of possible American tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37591/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the work being done by his Department to ensure the viability of community centres and community and voluntary organisations in County Louth, through the provision of capital and non-capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the local improvement scheme in County Louth in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (10 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the engagement there has been with his Department and stakeholders in industries affected by US tariff threats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32379/25]

Committee on European Union Affairs: Findings of the 2025 European Movement Ireland EU Poll: European Movement Ireland (9 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is very strange. You would not be the first Chair who has directed comments at me.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Findings of the 2025 European Movement Ireland EU Poll: European Movement Ireland (9 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Some of my colleagues are obviously wasting my time for me. I have been through a number of these polls at this stage. It would actually be interesting to look at the changes that are tracked over a number of years. On the question of whether Ireland should remain a member of the EU; we know that rates high. We know that it has all taken a hit. I do not think anyone will be shocked by...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Findings of the 2025 European Movement Ireland EU Poll: European Movement Ireland (9 Jul 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Could we get some rough comparator, particularly on views that have changed throughout the European Union on the direction it is going and the issues that have arisen? Obviously, Palestine and Israel comprise a major issue, but I am also referring to migration and so on.