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Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...areas, who are worried about the issue of scramblers and quad bikes racing through streets and community green spaces at all hours of the day and night. I refer to estates in Dundalk, council land, parks, private land and even farmland on the edge of town where crops were destroyed by scramblers. Yearly, we are told by An Garda and the Road Safety Authority of the serious safety...

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...housing project across this State. That that locks people out. People do not have security of tenure. I welcome what Deputy Howlin said in that regard. He spoke about cases of really bad landlords who need to be dealt with. We probably also have cases of tenants who have not played their part. Threshold has said that what we need is a professionalisation of the entire sector....

Residential Tenancies Bill 2020: Second Stage (22 Oct 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...reality is that a whole range of supports is needed. We must, for example, deal with local authority underfunding. I have spoken on previous occasions about the loans Louth County Council has for land banks bought in previous times. We need to empower local authorities to be able to build. The performance of the Minister and the Government will be determined on how successful they are...

Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...we have a major difficulty in that for even the local authority housing we have, we have no maintenance budget. Combined with this, we are spending about €1 million a year on servicing the loans on landbanks, some of which were bought at the height of the Celtic tiger boom on instruction from the Fianna Fáil Government at the time. Louth County Council has had these landbanks...

Pre-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...to have a conversation with the Spanish Government around the disgraceful treatment of the Catalonians and Catalonian politicians. I welcome what the previous speaker said regarding illegal land grabs and occupations in Western Sahara and in Palestine. At every opportunity we call on the Government to do the utmost on that because some of these situations we are entering into are far...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (29 Sep 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 1022. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the land parcel identification system in County Louth. [27010/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (29 Sep 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 1023. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants that have had payments delayed due to issues in relation to the land parcel identification system in County Louth. [27011/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (29 Sep 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 1024. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional resources are being considered in relation to the roll out of the land parcel identification system in identified counties. [27012/20]

Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Sep 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...is being cut and that means we are now dealing with a cohort of people who need all possible protections. I welcome that the Minister is going to meet Louth County Council soon, because we have a major issue with land banks that were bought at great cost on instruction from the Government in 2007, back at the height of the boom. These lands are costing Louth County Council about...

Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...Mountains over the summer. While some good work was done by local firefighters in combination with the Air Corps and a great many volunteers, we really need afforestation measures in place. State land needs to be looked at. We also need to ensure that we have management of forests. I would like to think that the Minister and his Department are in contact with the relevant people in the...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...housing is a major problem across the State. The only way to deal with it is through the State taking an active part in building affordable housing, affordable cost rental and public housing on public lands. I welcome some of the measures relating to the self-employed such as enhanced and accelerated tax relief for people who may have lost money. This is very necessary. These people...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (28 Jul 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...steps will the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade take if the threatened Israeli annexation of part of the West Bank takes place? It could be argued that, in reality, certain parts of these lands are already occupied. That is the reality and that is what the dispossessed people of Palestine have been dealing with. They have nobody but us to make their argument. I request that the...

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...and that there would be no evictions, but we do not have that. 12 o’clock We have a really complicated process whereby people who may have lost income have to make contact with their landlord and the Residential Tenancies Board. This requires a certain skill set and it would be difficult for certain individuals to do. We are talking about people who may have disabilities or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Funding (23 Jul 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...amp;rsquo;clock I note that the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, spoke about the local property tax, but at this point if we were to increase it by 10% to 15%, we would deal only with the cost of the land banks in County Louth that were bought under instruction from Government around 2006 and 2007 in many cases. We are talking around about 50 acres. Some of these land banks have been...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...the major challenge of climate change but what we are looking for is an overall Government plan on forestry that is multi-departmental to do all that is necessary, including planting trees on State land. That is an improved scheme, as has been mentioned, in respect of farmlands, which would take into account the time it would take to grow particular trees, and also the type of trees,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (9 Jun 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of the Coillte contract for the private hire and use of helicopters for firefighting on Coillte land; the amount spent on the use of helicopters for firefighting purposes by Coillte in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019; the amount budgeted for same by Coillte for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....