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- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is that for multiple purposes?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Ms Condon says it varies, and she is saying three to 12 months, but what sort of numbers are on the waiting list at the minute?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Some of these cases are relatively complex.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: We set up this framework to try to ensure that people would have their rights but, without resourcing it, there will be continual problems. When dealing with courts, legal processes and whatever, there have to be checks and balance and we need due diligence and to make sure that everything is expedited, but there will always be particular issues. In relation to what we are dealing with...
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is it. People are using the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and are going through-----
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: My time is always up.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: We were released, obviously.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will be brief. Mr. Eddie Mullins was the governor of Mountjoy Prison at the time Deputy Gould and I visited. Resources will always be an issue and we will always need more. Everything will need to be reviewed. There seems to be some support for the new system and framework. Something was said earlier that almost touched on the issue of the Mental Health Act. It is all well and good...
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Would Ms Flynn be worried about banks in that regard? On some level, people are always afraid of making mistakes so the easiest thing to do is to go with the most conservative read of every circumstance.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does anyone else want to try it?
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, certainly not. That is something we should obviously address or at least play our part in making sure it is addressed.
- Committee on Disability Matters: Autonomy and Integrity for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: So it is impacting in relation to this - call it what you will - framework.
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe. Bhí mé ag éisteacht leo sular tháinig mé anseo. Any time we deal with those on local authorities, the term "democratic deficit" and the issue of the weakening of structures are raised. I do not want to repeat exactly what I said here last week but anyone who has been a councillor in recent years will be aware of those...
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is a question of more buy-in from the local authorities.
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that.
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It means they cannot meet me to discuss live planning-----
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: They do not consider it all. It operates in an ad hoc way out there and the authorities do not worry about it.
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is fair to say the framework that is needed is not in place, whether in relation to all of the relationships or proper buy-in.
- Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies (15 Oct 2025)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Dundalk Chamber of Commerce will be delighted Mr. Power has brought up the Dublin-Belfast corridor, so I thank him for that. This is a follow-on question. The witnesses have laid out what they have seen as the flaws in the system and how it could work really well, and we get that. There should be a better framework, better buy-in, better resourcing and more sets of chains so everybody...