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Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I do not believe there is anyone in this entire building who has not been contacted by those in business. I thank the Regional Group for bringing this motion forward and giving us the opportunity to debate. We know the issues being faced by micro, small and medium enterprises. We have often had an over-and-back in relation to energy costs. There is an accommodation crisis and a property...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (14 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider calling on the Israeli government to lift its restriction on supplies of insulin, other diabetes supplies and all other medications for long term conditions from entering Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7017/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thought of a couple of points as I was listening earlier. I wish to make sure I have them correct in my head. The witnesses can correct me where I am wrong, which is usually the case. We are talking about primary prevention, part of which is selling. We all probably become hospital-centric, at times, when we think about being healthy and looking after ourselves. We think in individual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We deal with every issue in a silo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is that same idea and framework. However, it is a real framework and the targets we are setting are not just subsets where we are missing the point of the idea, which is that we are all eating healthier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is also what the Cathaoirleach has said, which is the idea that we are facilitating and not just hammering people in lower socioeconomic brackets.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will talk specifically about school transport for those with disabilities. There seems to be some sort of anomaly. I will just give a quick example. There was a family in Dundalk that applied for a school in Dundalk with an ASD unit but there was no room. They went to one in a rural post-primary school. They then failed to qualify for transport on the basis that one of the schools with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Very briefly, as I am renowned for. If we are talking about the schools building programme, it has been brought to my attention - I have spoken to the Minister about this previously - that at times there can be issues with communication. Some of that is that the schools would say the power they had previously or their involvement was greater with regard to running these jobs. An example...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Like everyone else, I have been contacted by schools on this issue, including a member of staff at Scoil Naomh Lorcan. I have already read her words into the record but I do so again because she put it better than I ever could: The new model is based on academic results and does not take into account [complex needs]. The Department will say it is up to the principal to give out SET hours...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: To be fair to Louth County Council, great works must be done. As we really need to get the work done, we need to make sure that money is added in.

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The county council cannot make a determination in regard to anything it does at the moment because it does not even have the money to follow through on what would be the regular planning budget.

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have very poor hearing.

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree with an awful lot of what has been said, particularly what Deputy Lahart spoke about. We can have the best legislation in the world but if we do not have the capacity to enforce it, it will be worthless. Many have spoken here about the tragedies we have had on the roads recently. We need to ensure the Garda has the capacity it needs to deal with this sort of stuff. We all...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There are huge issues with special education teacher allocations and the new scheme. We have all been approached by teachers who got the circular. This was first brought to my attention by Fiona Mhic Chonchoille from Scoil Naomh Lorcan in Omeath. She put it very well: The new SET model that is coming into play from September 2024 is not supporting children with additional needs. The new...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [6307/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In relation to the previous question, what I was talking about is the worst of circumstances, really chaotic circumstances where the council is probably looking at nuclear options. The fact is that we do not necessarily have all of the resources required to deal with what are very complex cases. I am also talking about circumstances that have reached the level of chaotic criminality and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice to that of Deputy Murnane O'Connor. I have come across a similar scenario relating to boys' and girls' schools in Ardee. One of the schools got DEIS status but the other did not, in spite of the fact that they deal with the same demographics. These anomalies need to be considered. It is about trying to get resources to the people who require them. This is not the first...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [2746/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the availability, location and number of places in ASD units in secondary schools in County Louth for the 2024-2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6339/24]