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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It is to happen before the summer. It is just that 24 May is the deadline?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I need to bring up an issue that relates to Dunleer fire station and John Molloy, who is the retained fire station officer and who is about to turn 60 on 24 May. The problem is that the legislation has not yet been amended to increase the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 62. I initially dealt with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. It has now gone to the Department of Public...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It is vital that in any engagement with the American Administration, serious emphasis is placed on where the Irish people stand on the brutal slaughter of the Palestinian people. I am afraid to even talk about the number of deaths now. It is possibly 34,000, and probably a lot more, with 70% of them women and children. We have all heard that Netanyahu has made a promise, no matter what...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [17707/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: This morning, I heard that 33,000 passport applications were received last week. At this point, there is a backlog. Staff are obviously working. I think everyone would say that we get a great service with the Oireachtas line. I have questions about overtime. Whenever there are issues, all resources are brought to bear because we do not want people missing holidays, etc. People are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UN Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I apologise as I had to head to another committee and then somebody else came and took my spot, but that is life.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UN Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I have to be careful; I do not like handing it over to anybody. The issue we are dealing with, depending on who is speaking at what particular time, leaves you either hopeful, hopeless or lacking all hope altogether. We all know we are talking about sustainability and that for the SDGs to mean anything they have to be built into every aspect of what we do. That is obviously at every level,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UN Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I know, I am bringing it to a point. Why do you always stop me, a Chathaoirligh? You just elongate the process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UN Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It is a fact, and I get it, that there is a shift because of changed circumstances around defence and security. How does that play into what the institutions do? I get that after Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine strategic autonomy now actually means something as opposed to just being two words that were bandied around. Mr. Donoghue said the institutions were weak and the individual states...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: UN Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: My wife was listening too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I apologise; I was at another committee meeting earlier so I did not hear all the back and forth. I do not think anyone would be shocked to realise that there has not been a solution with regard to the dental treatment service scheme, DTSS, and dental care for people on medical cards. It is an ongoing issue. We keep hearing about interaction and interventions by the Department and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Yes, but we have to get answers about whether the capacity exists in the private sector. We have no choice but to utilise all services that are available, be they private or public. While the cross-border health directive is imperfect, for many people it is the only solution, particularly those in my constituency who would find it a bit easier than those who come from further afield. Dr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: What would the timeframe be on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We have made the representation at this point. We would direct one set of questions to Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown as a possible solution, but that would need to happen fast. It cannot be beyond the scope of the HSE to find a solution. I understand that it deals with many issues and has many moving parts, but we are going around in circles. We thought we had a workaround using the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I appreciate that. I just have one last question in relation to the DTSS, which I missed. What is the lay of the land in relation to the Irish Dental Association's interactions with the Minister and the Department and getting to a solution? We have been talking about this forever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Is it the case that he has not done that yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Right. When was the last time the Irish Dental Association had an interaction with the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Yet, currently, the association is waiting for him to click the officials into operation and that has not happened yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Could the committee make an intervention and possibly ask the Minister to get himself into gear?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Relating to the Provision of Dentistry Services: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Glacial. It has not moved at all. We are having the same conversation we had previously. We can all table motions, Private Members’ Bills and all the rest. We have all asked multiple parliamentary questions. Everybody gets up and says they realise this is an issue and that this is incredibly serious, but it has not moved. They say that it is with the Minister, and we are awaiting...