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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: There seems to be a theme in the lack of ASD units and the interaction at times between the Department, the NCSE and schools. When people are looking for extensions, planning permission and so on, it becomes even more difficult. I have been approached by a number of parents looking for their kids to get into what they had hoped would be a second autism unit in De La Salle College in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: There are multiple issues for multiple families throughout County Louth and the wider State. The Minister of State has supplied me a written answer concerning De La Salle College. The planning permission for the main extension was given on 21 July. Will the Minister of State examine the issue? According to this answer, "The Stage 2b cost report was received by the Department in Q4 2024...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I want to raise an issue that was brought up by Mr. Peter Hughes, the general secretary of the Psychiatric Nurses Association who warned that the HSE recruitment embargo is seriously impacting service delivery. He said that the current situation, with more than 700 vacancies, was not sustainable and that reliance on overtime and agency staff could not meet the increase in demand for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: My follow-up relates to the criteria and how stringent the assessment and the tests are. Is the Minister of State particularly happy? He mentioned consultations with technical experts. We are talking about computer software and whatever and, as he said, dual-use goods. Some of these can be used for normal necessary regular civilian operations but others can also be used in weapons of mass...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I welcome what the Minister of States said in the sense that what we are talking about is a rigorous assessment and that the geopolitical situation and all updated information at the time is taken into account. If information were to arise at any point in time that an end-user ended up using something in a weapons system where it had stated previously that this would not be the case, that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the process his Department uses to assess the granting of export licences for dual-use goods to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16986/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Will the Minister of State outline the process the Department uses to assess the granting of export licences for dual-use goods to Israel and make a statement on the matter? This question is in the context of Gaza and the worries about a wider escalation. We have seen a genocidal slaughter. We need to ensure that we are in no way, shape or form doing anything that would facilitate the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the work that is being carried out by his Department to provide supports for micro, small and medium-sized businesses, particularly in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16985/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis na Teachtaí go léir as a gcuid postanna nua agus sean cinn fosta. Will the Minister outline the work being carried out by the Department to provide supports for micro businesses, SMEs and, in particular, businesses in the hospitality sector? We all know about the issues they face with the general cost-of-living crisis and the additional costs and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Everyone is well aware of the local enterprise offices and I know the one in Louth does a great deal of work in engaging, signposting and facilitating all sorts of grants and training. We also know about the work Enterprise Ireland and the IDA do and that is all very welcome, but a huge number of businesses are under severe pressure. There is the general cost-of-living crisis and the added...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I hope a considerable degree of listening to businesses is being done because if the Minister is listening to the same businesses as I am, he will hear about the severe pressure they are under. I accept those supports that have been mentioned. No business is going to turn up its nose at them but some of them are under severe pressure at this time. I thought a proposal had been made that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit as a phost nua. He will not die of shock when I once again bring up the case of Dundalk FC. As regards soccer, things are not going particularly well for us at present but we will hopefully see a turnaround in the near future. The League of Ireland is absolutely flying. Dundalk FC has submitted a regional sports capital application that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: -----that is closely looking at ladies' football and all the added costs related to that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I welcome what the Minister of State said. Assessment on the basis of disadvantage is obviously a necessity. A number of the clubs I mentioned fall into that bracket, as do the kids that go to them. If I were to name every club, or even every club in disadvantaged areas in Dundalk, we would be here for a considerable time. I should have mentioned Clann Naofa Boxing Club, where I boxed...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on this year's sports capital grants and a timeline on when decisions will be made; if she will outline future funding plans for large-scale sports infrastructure funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16984/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: He could give it to me.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. Ar ais go dtí an Rialtas. Is Deputy O'Dea taking the seven minutes?

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: There are five of you for four minutes, so why-----

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Yes.

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Yes.