Results 161-180 of 7,498 for speaker:Ruairí Ó Murchú

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all know the issues in respect of SNAs. I spoke to the Minister of State about a particular issue before and I know his office has been over and back on it. It relates to an incredibly visually impaired young kid who attends a school in north Louth. He also has a bone condition. He does not have a full-time SNA. Those who have dealt with him state this is a requirement. I think it is...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister of State spoke earlier about the need for this to be a whole-of-government approach. We do not always have flexibility. Reference was made to school transport. I will put forward a very straightforward scenario. A number of kids with disabilities choose to go on the regular school bus. The parents, families and the school community believe this is very useful from the point...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Minister of State is correct but they wanted them on the regular bus.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The other issue in relation to the school with the numbers being cut-----

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----it does not take into account that there are other kids or that there can also be an intake. Flexibility is something we need to look at.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I do not expect the Minister of State to deal with it here and now but-----

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Tá fáilte roimh na finnéithe. Dr. Evans has said that the entire framework for the online space is now in place. I ask about Coimisiún na Meán's interaction with the online platforms. We are talking about the likes of TikTok, Meta incorporating Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and YouTube. There are probably a million and one streaming services, including those...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I refer also to misinformation and disinformation.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: However, they can remove it.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Do they take down illegal content?

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: However, they probably do not do so in a very speedy sort of way.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am definitely going to say apologies if I do, and the witnesses should feel free not to answer, but I do not really mean it. That is my level of disinformation and misinformation. Some 90% of complaints are coming through Coimisiún na Meán on the basis, obviously, of us being home to some of the online platforms. This is a follow-on from my previous question. It is the...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The big question is how to deal with the algorithms, the recommender functions and other things that make a huge amount of money for the platforms but create a huge amount of the difficulty we see regarding misinformation and disinformation, which can be used by everybody from chaotic characters right through to organised entities, both governmental and non-governmental.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes. I did not hang around just to listen to the Chair.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: To follow on from the previous questions, I refer to the Trump Administration and the position it has taken regarding freedom of speech. Sometimes, I think people want to protect certain types of freedom of speech and not others. One can foresee that this will cause issues in terms of the work that Coimisiún na Meán, the European Commission and others want to do in this particular...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Evans spoke about the idea of stronger information or data gathering powers. That makes sense, but what exactly are we talking about and what does the commission need? Are we talking about things such as agent bots, storage capacity and cloud computing in relation to going-----

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is about streamlining it.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán (17 Sep 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is not a capacity issue.