Results 141-160 of 7,627 for speaker:Ruairí Ó Murchú

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Community Safety Partnerships (9 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the establishment and commencement of work of the community safety partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53867/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work being done to improve processing times for visa applications, citizenship applications and stamp applications at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53868/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Many of my colleagues have already spoken about the cost-of-living crisis, in case anyone needed it pointed out to them, that exists out there. Whether we are talking about energy costs, rent and other housing costs, or insurance, we know all the issues. That is even before anybody goes to a till when he or she tries to do the shopping on a Friday, Saturday or whatever day he or she...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe. Tá brón orm as a bheith mall ach bhí mé ag éisteacht leo. The meeting was informative before I landed so I thank the witnesses for that. The headings in their submission cover a lot anyway in the sense of the shooting match and the gambit. What we are talking about is that we want children to have appropriate places in...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Would these teams Dr. Craddock is talking about have operated across multiple campuses?

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A significant amount of resources were provided from the framework Portugal had previously, which it was able to bring into these teams. Numbers-wise, per capita, what are we looking at and how different is it? That is a specific question.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: How many teams are there?

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does Dr. Craddock know how many people are on a team?

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is probably worth looking for. I will take a wild guess that we are not talking about buckets and buckets.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We have to get to that point. The big fear I have heard from AsIAm and others is that in some cases - I am worried about the pilots in operation - the family will not be involved. We still think the CDNT does this job and it relates to being in school and to being only in school. That is the problem. It is the same as the silo issue between CAMHS and the CDNTs.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Will it take the pressure off them?

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Dr. Tamming said we are moving in the wrong direction. In what way?

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is it also the way we do things? We just silo it and there is no flexibility. There should be a lot more flexibility in how a kid enters into a special class and then back into regular mainstream. I would have major worries until in-school therapies are rolled out. People will see the therapies and go at them. Universal in-school therapies would probably work for a lot of children and...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, my son is in mainstream education. The school said it was a learning process for it. He is in secondary school and is getting his junior certificate results. I have to remember to log in and get them. My wife is away at the minute.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A significant number of children will have more challenging needs and will need more acute services. The hope is that if we can employ the best system possible we will deal with the largest cohort and improve their lives, along with the lives of their parents and schools. There is an element of training needed in terms of how we deal with these sets of circumstances, because they can vary...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That does not mean we have necessarily trained everybody in that set-up regarding what they need.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am happy that everything is being assessed and, as I said, systems are being improved. Assistive technology is a major backup. I imagine it is used in some of the examples to which the witnesses referred.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Chair does not always show a huge level of flexibility.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is brilliant and it is something we have to do a serious amount of follow-through on. There is no conversation without dealing with that. When we compare the review of the pilot scheme with that, what are we at? Will the witnesses give their view insofar as possible?