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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----for official use only. Can that be shared with the Defence Forces or could it be shared with the family?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Tá brón orm.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That has concluded.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (5 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the mechanisms available to a resident in north Louth (details supplied) whose home has sustained over €50,000 worth of damage following three serious road traffic accidents on the road in the past six months, including one fatal accident; when Louth County Council will install a crash barrier or other traffic...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (5 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are uniform guidelines or matrixes for local authorities on traffic management and calming measures and their implementation in housing estates; if not, if he plans to introduce them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43041/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (5 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance what the Government’s priorities are in respect of insurance competition work and reform of the insurance market for the remainder of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42888/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (5 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office for the Promotion of Competition in the Insurance Market produces end of year reports on the progress made on its aims, objections and targets, and if not, will the Minister commit to doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42887/23]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The House has dealt with many issues recently related to violence against women, sexual assault, sexual violence and rape. There is no more heinous crime than rape. It can have a life-long impact on people, women in particular, so we need to ensure that all the protections of the justice system are put in place. All the updating of law is to be supported, whether we are dealing with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Outside the DUP, all of us across this island want to see an Executive up and running and Michelle O'Neill as First Minister. I welcome what the Taoiseach said about a window of opportunity. We need to make sure that is not lost and there is no drift. I am interested in hearing how the Taoiseach found his recent conversations with the DUP and about the onus on the British Government,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have to agree. This is not the first time I have raised this issue. The amalgamation of the Louth division with Cavan and Monaghan will not work at all. The Louth division will include parts of east Meath. One superintendent with responsibility for serious crime, who will be based in Bailieborough, will have to deal with the entire region. I understand the streamlining, but Donegal...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I asked about international engagement as regards dealing with drug issues.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 14. To ask the Taoiseach for a report on his recent discussions with the political parties in the North. [42603/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all support the work of the shared island unit. In particular, we have seen some major infrastructural projects such as the Narrow Water bridge, which we want to see completed as soon as possible, and that everything is going in the correct direction. I welcome any moves that are made in relation to educational improvements on a cross-Border basis. I have one issue that I would like...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 2. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the work of his Department’s shared island unit. [41329/23]

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I raised with the Aire previously the proposed changes to the new Garda operating model in County Louth, whereby the Louth division would be amalgamated with Cavan and Monaghan, with the addition of part of east Meath. I am fairly sure at this stage that the Minister has been spoken to and written to by joint policing committees across Louth, Cavan and Monaghan. I think Cavan and Monaghan...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will bring up a number of issues and look for ministerial and departmental engagement. First, I want to talk about the Muirhevnamor Community Youth Project after-school service. I asked for the information so I will provide it as it was provided to me. We are a community based Afterschool Service in a large urban housing estate in a disadvantaged area [of Dundalk]. The Afterschool...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----and we could get into them. The services are capping numbers, they say, and the ratios will not work. This is probably a service that an awful lot of other crèches may not be offering. I could probably continue for another hour-----

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----but I do not think the Ceann Comhairle would allow me. I will engage with the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, later.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: If we are really going to deliver the From Poverty to Potential plan, we need to get serious about a multi-agency approach and early intervention must be more than a term we use. That means we will need to see the resources in play. We will be dealing later in this House with the issue of early education and childcare. The likes of Lios na nÓg, Muirhevnamore, will talk about the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Oct 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Earlier, Deputy Ó Snodaigh and I met representatives of film crew in Ireland. I reiterate earlier comments about actors and how they do not have decent contracts or the residuals that many actors have across the world. Beyond that, we constantly deal with the other issues like blackballing and work conditions that no one would accept for film crew. We need the recommendations in the...