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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Dr. Colfer, Professor Barrett, and Mr. Marshall - and no offence I am fairly sure he has some sort of letters before or after his name. I sat on the Conference on the Future of Europe and at times it was incredibly interesting and at other times it probably went down a number of culs-de-sac. There was probably an element of over-focus on Hungary and a simplistic notion that if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, no, no.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: My general questions are on some level a reiteration of what a number of others have said. There will not be agreement on certain things and there will be issues on treaty change. The Conference on the Future of Europe I would say at times was simplistic as it was for citizens. I would also say it was the middle class on tour and I include myself in that. I have particular issues in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is it. They are dealing with the issues of drug crime and organised crime and its impacts such as drug debt intimidation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am finishing now. My point is that was literally brought up by myself and nobody else. To a degree, that meant there was not a huge level of representation in any way from people who are from communities that are dealing with this. I do not think this is just happening in Dundalk and Ballymun and wherever else I imagine it happens right across Europe. That is just a small point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The professor can have it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I never thought it was a conversation we would ever be having.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future Treaty Change in the European Union: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It definitely will not be as long a moment as previously. Some of it relates to the rule-of-law issue, whether we are dealing with Hungary or a possible particular regime in France or anywhere else. Fiscal levers have been introduced. That is probably the ground there needs to be in maintaining what is an acceptable rule of law, while I understand we have to get some element of agreement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister was in the Cooley Peninsula and Carlingford recently. She saw some of the devastation there. We welcome the supports in the form of the humanitarian assistance fund and the emergency business flooding relief scheme. I hope there will be plenty of flexibility because sometimes we have more questions with every person we see. Antóin Watters and I were at a meeting...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (14 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am delighted to hear it.

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A week ago, António Guterres stated: Gaza is ... a graveyard for children. The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity. I think it is fair to say that the situation has drastically disimproved. I assume there is agreement across Government parties with the ministerial statement from earlier today that the Israeli onslaught on Gaza was a...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I understand that. It is just that it is a particular issue that I need an answer for. That is me done on that. In long term we have a monitoring issue. The people in the likes of Sheelagh, who are at the end of the line, are out of water at this point in time. We support the Bill. A greater piece of work needs to be done to ensure proportional representation. I think I have spoken...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Electoral Commission for the large body of work it needed to do. We support this legislation and the enactment of the constituency review report. Boundary reviews are looked at by politicians with particular interest. Moving from 160 Deputies to 174 would be a difficult sell to the public and would never sit too well on Twitter, but we have to work within the constitutional...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weather Events (14 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, following the recent flooding in north Louth, he will outline the compensation and funding schemes available to farmers for loss of dry stock, damage to machinery and sheds, etc.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49631/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weather Events (14 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what work will be carried out by his Department to assess the damage done to farm land as a result of recent flooding in north Louth; if the Department will be working with Louth County Council or other agencies and departments on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49632/23]

Energy Charter Treaty: Statements (9 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This seems to be one of those circumstances where there is general agreement throughout the House. The Minister, towards the end of his contribution, spoke about how this ECT is not fit for purpose and indicated we need to leave it. Deputy Whitmore went through the ins and outs of it being fine that we try to do our best to do it in a collective way with some of our European partners, but...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have spoken to the Minister a number of times this week about the devastation there has been in north County Louth with floods. Dundalk had a fair amount of flooding that could have been a lot more major. I would say to the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, that I will be having a conversation on the need for a drainage area plan that has been promised by Irish Water, and that needs to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (9 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome that. We need to make sure that people in distress are relieved and that a system that works is created. However, we will have to address the underlying issue, particularly in north County Louth, that there just are not enough people working as home carers at the minute and people cannot get the hours they need to keep their loved ones in home settings. This would provide some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (9 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 14. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to the RCSI Hospital Group for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48974/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Facilities (9 Nov 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I ask the Minister to outline the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to the RCSI Hospital Group for 2024.