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Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Ádh mór ort agus comhghairdeachas. It goes without saying, we are in a world that is very much changing. We do not know exactly how things are going to work out regarding geopolitics. We obviously have a huge number of issues to deal with that have a huge impact here and internationally. I like to think we will be able to deal with a considerable number of issues and we can do...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (21 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the report that has been received by his Department that was produced the sub-group convened to progress NDIS proposals for needs-based, grant-aided, modern vehicle adaptation supports to replace the DDS; and when it will be published. [26250/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I recently had a meeting with IFA officials, as I stated previously. A line I used before is that the organisation is very good at keeping the Minister’s feet to the fire in relation to issues. The officials had recently been at a meeting in Brussels and obviously spoke about their fear of cuts to CAP under Pillar 2. They spoke about the whole conversation as regards ReArm Europe,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Promotion (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is another supplementary question.

Assessment of Need: Motion [Private Members] (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Many people have said that it is particularly sad that Cara Darmody has to carry out a 50-hour sit-out outside Leinster House. Many of us have met her over several years. This is not the first time she has been up here or the first time she has been out protesting alongside her father Mark, on behalf of her brothers John and Neil, who have been abjectly failed by the State, and on behalf of...

Assessment of Need: Motion [Private Members] (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Hear, hear.

Assessment of Need: Motion [Private Members] (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Hear, hear.

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We are all here and having this discussion because 14-year-old Cara Darmody and her dad Mark are outside on a 50-hour sleepout. It is nothing short of scandalous. Obviously she is doing this on behalf of her brothers, Neil and John, and all the other Neils and Johns. The figures were spoken about earlier. At this point, we are talking about 15,296 children who have been failed. That...

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: He is very unreliable.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: After that, I should commend the Louth ladies and the under-20s, who are through to the all-Ireland final. It was unfortunate that our minors could not do it in a really great game against Offaly. Rural housing is a major issue. Last summer, we were told that the draft guidelines on one-off rural housing were with the Attorney General for legal review. Given that we will be considering...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with rural affairs and community development will next meet. [20901/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 15. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent discussions with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [20900/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have all stood here many times before and spoken of the disgraceful attack by Russia on Ukraine and its continued policy which is just nouveau imperialism. It is no different from what has happened many times before in Russian history and the history of many other states beyond that, unfortunately, as we know too well. We need to stand with Ukraine and against Russia but at some time...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In the context of engagement and what President Zelenskyy has said, how can we engage in facilitating peace, both as a state and as part of the wider European Union?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [20899/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree. Louth-Cavan-Monaghan does not work as a sensible divisional decision, and I get that the Taoiseach's answer is going to be that that remains for the Commissioner. It is, however, an issue that needs to be looked at. The Minister, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, said here that the community safety partnerships are going to happen quickly. That needs to happen post-haste because we know...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made in his Department to streamline the applications processes for CAP and other farm grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25660/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Planning Issues (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work being carried out to examine planning and other local authority issues related to his Department's grant schemes available for farm sheds and slurry storage on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25661/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 904. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider revising or rescinding the policy of requesting people with Down’s syndrome to renew their medical cards every year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26037/25]

Common Agricultural Policy and Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan: Statements (15 May 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome Francie Gorman, president of the IFA. I had a recent meeting with Kevin Sweeney, the local chair, and a number of other IFA members. They are better than most groups at keeping your feet to the fire in respect of the issues. I thank them for that. Luckily for me, they were just back from meetings in Brussels. We are all aware that the idea of CAP is to ensure a stable supply...