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Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: People are under severe pressure. The Government can help them out now by making sure there are no increases in the cost of petrol and diesel. People do not have a choice. They need to get in their cars and the Government could help to make that slightly cheaper, slightly easier to deal with in this cost-of-living crisis.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It seems that Fórsa has achieved a roadmap to job evaluation for its members in local authorities, which could mean the end of the industrial action. That is very positive except for those people who will now have to take calls and emails from me. If we are talking about housing, we know we need to see a complete escalation in respect of modern methods of construction. However, I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We need to see Government support for the stakeholder forum proposed by that report, which would deal with and look at all these issues and make sure they are aired properly, so that we can put in place a system that is fit for purpose. We all want to see the film industry blossom but we want to make sure that people are treated as they should be. The programme for Government speaks...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, I was just looking after Deputy Paul Murphy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will follow up on the issues raised by Deputy Boyd-Barrett, about companies that take section 481 tax relief. There have been a considerable number of allegations, especially about workers' rights being over-ridden and blackballing when people make complaints. We understand that some of this relates to how the film industry works, in the sense that it is project by project which can allow...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the work being done by the stakeholders' group on control of dogs issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the work being done by the stakeholders' group on control of dogs issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Consultations (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 92. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the engagement her Department has had with other Departments, agencies and local authorities in relation to delivering schemes to facilitate capital projects such as sports and community facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the numbers of dentists around the State still treating medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41030/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 522. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the automatic provision of medical cards to people with a spinal cord injury based on certified medical needs, rather than means; whether there are plans to extend the review cycle for medical card holders with a spinal cord injury to ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41031/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the plans he has in improving pay and conditions for personal assistants working in further education settings and to provide an update on the development of the FE disability framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41028/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for the expansion of pre-apprenticeship courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41332/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the work that his Department is doing with Government and the FHE sector to get more students with socio-economic difficulties into FE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41333/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (26 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the work that his Department is doing with Government and the FHE sector to get more students with disabilities into FE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41334/23]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, I thank the Social Democrats, including Deputy Cian O'Callaghan. It is hardly shocking that we have a motion that relates to affordable housing, but it is more like a lack of affordable housing. We have unaffordable rents and house prices and the situation is getting worse. We can all bandy about all the percentages we want – good, bad or indifferent – but the...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I have never refused time. I could be very sorry about this.

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It was the equivalent of calling Michael J. Fox "chicken" all right. I realise that. The points have been very well laid out by my colleagues. What we are talking about is "too little too late". We have constantly been told about what could and could not be done, but it took until when the European Commission and the European Union were willing to look at windfall taxes. There are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Technological Universities (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank Deputy O'Dowd for being so gracious and allowing me in. We will probably not be as nice over the next while, but so be it. I commend the president, Dr. O'Callaghan, and his team on the piece of work they have done. This is the most positive we have been in relation to DkIT and technological university status. I do not know how many times we have all said that we are starting...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Misuse of Drugs (21 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I agree with what has already been said. The fact is that when we talk about cocaine, we are dealing with a cocaine pandemic. The place is absolutely littered with it. Deputy Griffin is correct when he uses the term "normalised". Some young people who are involved in sport prefer to take cocaine than alcohol. Others think cocaine is the means by which they can continue to drink for three...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Most people here are in relative support of the idea of a directly elected mayor for Limerick. A number of my colleagues and others across the House have spoken about the fact that this Bill will require amendment. Everyone who has spoken about how when talking to councillors from their own party, other parties or none, particularly long-serving councillors, they will talk about their lack...