Results 1,561-1,580 of 6,479 for speaker:Ruairí Ó Murchú

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland and the EU 2023 Poll Results: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would give the answers as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Union and the Commission Work Programme: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Hopefully.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister of State had to leave to deal with a personal issue.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have already had a significant, but I would not say sufficient, conversation in the public domain on the underfunding of our health services and the belief that the amount of money being allocated is not even sufficient to maintain the existing level of service. Let us imagine what this will lead to. We all have our worries regarding the moratorium on recruitment. We all know the issues...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What about ISIF and the divestment Bill?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that some countries have a different starting place on the basis of what has been a disgraceful history of pogroms, expulsion and extermination of the Jewish people, but we must deal with the Israeli regime that is in existence at this point in time. We can judge the people in that regime by their own words and deeds. They are involved in maintaining an apartheid state and in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Israeli onslaught on Gaza continues. What Israel offers is bombs and starvation. We have all heard the figures at this stage - 5,791 Palestinians killed, including 2,360 children, and 704 Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours. There is nothing else this can be called but a war crime and forced displacement. It can be called ethnic cleansing. We dread to think what a land invasion...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [46321/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have spoken before about autism and the lack of services we have concerning speech and language therapists, SLTs, occupational therapists, OTs, psychologists, physiotherapists and all that is required in this regard. Could I get an update concerning the school inclusion model pilot that was being operated? The idea of this is to put the service where the need is. Could we see about...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [46320/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Application Forms (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if personal assistants, who work with those with disabilities at third-level institutes and who have to sign on for jobseeker’s allowance during term breaks, including the summer, can have a streamlined application process due to the nature of their work contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46188/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the current processing times for disability allowance, carers allowance and social welfare appeals; if she will compare these waiting times to this time last year; her views on the increase in processing times for these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46189/23]

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Are the LSSIF grants going to be reactivated?

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was very good. I named only a small number. I had a lot more of them on my page.

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice to what has been said about the spectacular entertainment provided by the Irish rugby team. We wish all the players well into the future. Johnny Sexton, in particular, epitomised their never-say-die spirit. People might say I am a great man for jumping on a bandwagon.

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It would be a first for this place, all right. I was at an event the other day by Turas Counselling at the Downtown Hub in Dundalk to launch its new gambling counselling service. Oisín McConville was there for the launch and he gave a powerful speech on what he said was his favourite subject, himself, that lasted for 35 minutes. He got into the ins and outs of the impact of...

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The club is closer to the Minister of State's part of the world. I would like to think he has some power in this matter. I have no doubt it is a very good application. There are other applications in the locality, including from Na Piarsaigh-Blackrock CLG, which is very close to my house. This is very localised politics. There is also Clann Naofa Boxing Club. Again, I am talking about...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have all been shocked by underfunding in the health service. We went straight from the budget into what seemed like a near disaster. We have all been very worried about the moratorium on recruitment because we are constantly talking about the number of positions left unfilled. The Government promised many more beds - 1,500 or so - but none were allocated in the budget. We are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration can be given to allowing an apprentice butcher who lives in the South and who has been offered an apprenticeship place at a suitable facility in the North (details supplied) to be accepted onto the SOLAS apprenticeship course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45367/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am dealing with a young man who works in Dundalk and wants to do an apprenticeship through SOLAS. He has a workplace in Crossmaglen in County Armagh that is happy to do this but there is an issue in delivering it. I have spoken to the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Harris, about this, and the matter is with the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, at the minute. There is a...