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Science Week: Statements (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Before I start, I would like to welcome Councillor Kevin Meenan to this illustrious place. Obviously, he will be absolutely delighted to be mentioned and will not be embarrassed by it in any way, shape or form. In fairness, he will probably also say that the best thing I could do would be to use ChatGPT to prepare my speech rather than delivering what I am going to come out with now....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Within the last while in Dundalk, County Louth and across the State, parents have made applications for their primary school children to get a place in secondary schools. Unfortunately, a number of those in Dundalk and its environs have had to make contact with me. I will go through these very quickly. My daughter got rejected. We are absolutely devastated. [...] My son has not been...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Could the Tánaiste provide a route map? These people here should be-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I appreciate it.

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Tá fáilte roimh na finnéithe go léir anseo. In fairness, there has been a significant conversation on the need for a more sensible approach. If we are talking about working alongside the committee and its timeline in doing a detailed body of work, it is absolutely vital that all the stakeholders who are lined up are dealt with. I also share the worries of my colleagues,...

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There should be a particular emphasis on the Department of children because we know if we can get supports into families at an early stage, we can avoid a lot of the issues. As much as drugs are present everywhere, the worst impact is obviously in disadvantaged areas.

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is where poverty crosses over with intergenerational trauma and all the rest of it. I will repeat my point. The services we have at the minute are nowhere near touching the base of the problem, as it were. We have not been serious about it yet in any way. I would like to think that the national drugs strategy would, at least, be a strategy that takes this into account and looks at what...

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is that happening to a sufficient-----

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does that audit take those other Departments into account?

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is the Department open to an element of flexibility, so we can ensure that-----

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is not about that. It is about ensuring that one thing informs the other.

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was very brief. I thought I should be congratulated on that.

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that but we have all made recommendations in our life and we have not always seen them through.

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I was not that brief in the end.

Committee on Drugs Use: National Drugs Strategy: Discussion (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What is the timeline on that?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interaction his Department has had with other Government Departments about plans to increase the level of supports available to entrepreneurs with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62175/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Policy (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount of money spent on promoting County Louth as a tourist destination to date in 2025; the nature and extent of this promotion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62176/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work being done to address the anomalies that have arisen with the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62180/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of first-time applications for domiciliary care allowance that have been received to date in 2025, the number that were refused; the number of those that were appealed or reviewed; the number of those that had their appeal allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62179/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 Nov 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when, under the National Housing Strategy for Disabled Individuals 2022-2027, the National Guidelines for the Assessments and Allocations Process for Social Housing Provision for People with Disability will be made mandatory across all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62586/25]