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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that the HSE still needs to test it.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I might use that line.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I said I would put a question to Mr. Gloster in the final part. We are all aware of the issue with the CDNTs and primary care and what positions remain unfilled. With the best will in the world, even if we got workforce planning correct in the morning, we would not have the right number of psychologists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and whatever else. How do we...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Would that be in school as well?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all want to see that. I have overused the term but it is about bang for buck. The difficulty is that when families are waiting, sometimes they are expecting somebody to come in on a white steed to save the day when that is not necessarily something that can be done. It is about working alongside the families an at earlier stage and then we all learn strategies-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It all makes a difference.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will be very quick. My own wee lad is autistic and because my wife was involved, we got some ADHD supports that made a considerable difference. Those supports provided her and others with an element of community and backup. The schools, both primary and secondary, have been brilliant, so I never rule out their involvement.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will ask the question and maybe the reply will have to be in writing.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all understand the human rights ethos that is built into mental health services, whether CAMHS or adult services. Unfortunately, from time to time, we come across people with severe difficulties who are a danger to themselves and others. With all the human rights-based legislation and so on, we do not necessarily have a means for dealing with that. I appreciate that is a bit of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Georgia's Application to join the European Union: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The witnesses are both very welcome. It goes without saying that the Georgian ambassador has done incredible work. I am sure if Mr. Janjalia took a walk around, he would realise there is nobody in this place that the ambassador does not know or to whom he has not reached out previously. In fairness to him, he has done fierce work in presenting Georgia's case. A number of us were lucky...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Georgia's Application to join the European Union: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Janjalia is talking about plans in the area of sectoral co-operation, and looking for benefits from that co-operation with the EU. There are two things to address here. Ireland has a significant number of people coming from Georgia seeking international protection. It is about what Georgia is looking for in the long term from the point of view of work permits or visas, and then...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Georgia's Application to join the European Union: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Unfortunately, I have to agree with almost everything the Chair has said, but we do not need to-----.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Georgia's Application to join the European Union: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes. For want of a better term, we had the wobble around the foreign agents Bill. I know we dealt with this at committee, and it may be determined at some level that they would present it differently than it may have been presented in the media. Will they also deal with that particular issue in their answer? There will obviously be wobbles on this road, but we need to make sure we both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Georgia's Application to join the European Union: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We had protests in March about that legislation, which, I think, was the foreign agents Bill. I know that was dealt with at an EU level, so I would like it dealt with as part of the wider answer.

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister of State is in an invidious position in having to defend the indefensible when the Minister is not about when this dirty deed needs to be done. Let us be absolutely clear. We all agree that we need to deliver on affordable, cost-rental and council housing. However, the fact is that at this point in time we are dealing with a disgrace of a rental market that is in an abysmal...

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have all seen the failure to extend the ceasefire and to introduce a permanent ceasefire. In the long-term, peace is needed to deliver a negotiated settlement that provides real self-determination for the Palestinian people. Unfortunately, Benjamin Netanyahu's regime has done what it threatened to do and has gone back to its abject slaughter of Palestinians. We can only take the lessons...

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What can we deliver at a European level? We need to hold Israel to account.

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We need to work with those states that will possibly work with us at European level, not those that are not willing to call for a ceasefire. Then, really and truly, we may have to go it alone.

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Arab and Islamic representatives to discuss the conflict in the Middle East. [53488/23]

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Programme for Government (5 Dec 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Could I get an update on the timeline for the inquiry into how the State dealt with the Covid crisis? Have we looked at what particular modules this will deal with? My specific question is about how we deal with those families who lost loved ones in nursing homes. This is not the first time I have brought up with the Taoiseach the issue of Dealgan House and the families of the 23 who lost...