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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It is obvious that Netanyahu's Israel is operating a policy of slaughter, starvation and famine. That is how he intends to ensure that not only will there be no Palestinian state, there might not be a Palestinian people. We all dread what is ahead in Rafah. Sinn Féin welcomed the Taoiseach's letter to Ursula von der Leyen. As Deputy Ó Laoghaire stated, it is somewhat shocking...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I raised previously the case of a fire station officer from Dunleer, John Molloy. The Taoiseach's office has responded to me about it. At the end of the day, the difficulty is that Mr. Molloy will turn 60 on 24 May. He is the fifth man in the minimum crew of five. Not only would we lose him with no one to replace him, we could also have an issue with the fire station. The Taoiseach said...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Programme for Government (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I wish the Taoiseach well, but I add my voice to what the rest of the Opposition said about the next Taoiseach and the Government, that is, that the decision should be made now and made by the people. I want to follow on from Deputy Ó Laoghaire. We talk about the assessment of need backlogs and the people who cannot get assessments or therapies but we are not having the real...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I will follow on from Deputy Howlin. We are talking about a rapid response to misinformation and disinformation but that is not happening at this point. Mr. Godfrey has, in fairness, taken a bit of a hit from some of the characters online who have put him up as a hate figure. Unfortunately, that is the world we are in. When we are talking about misinformation and disinformation, I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: They are the bad guys, not us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Starting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: They will need to. In fairness, Coimisiún na Meán is taking on their algorithms, which are obviously how they make money, but they cause a lot of this issue and the amplification. How does it work regarding the European Commission's enforcement and Coimisiún na Meán's engagement with it? My fear is with a post-match analysis, the match is lost for a number of people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Having never been brief in my life, I will begin. On some level, Coimisiún na Meán has an impossible task. We obviously wish its representatives luck. As I said before, it is taking on Goliath but is an absolute necessity based on the issues we have. There are a number of things. When we get into the idea of trusted flaggers and all the rest of it, we have all seen the hate and...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I have a tendency to go over my time.

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I will add my voice to what has been said, in the sense that a spectacular piece of work has been done by the Oireachtas committee. I thank Senator Carrigy, Deputy Tully and everybody who worked on the committee, of which I was not a member but I sort of inveigled myself in. I have a tendency to do that. The Minister of State will not be shocked, exactly. We dealt with a huge number of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Service (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I appreciate that. If a final solution was put in place, we would all be better off.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Service (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I am dealing with the case of John Molloy, retained fire station officer in Dunleer fire station. The station has a crew of five. That is the minimum for a crew. I do not necessarily have to go into the great and necessary work that is carried out by the fire brigade. We know that at times they have to deal with dreadful circumstances as a result of fires, road traffic accidents and all...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Service (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I will respond to what the Minister of State said in reverse. He said "it is essential that the retirement age reflects the requirement that firefighters should be capable of satisfactorily meeting the physically demanding nature of the role". 5 o’clock Mr. Molloy made the point to me that he has no issue with regard to that or any of the fitness tests, so that is out of the...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: There has been much commentary regarding Sinn Féin and the nature restoration law. I welcome the comments of all those who remarked on how we voted, but then continued with their speeches attacking the nature restoration law. In fairness, Deputies Kerrane, Carthy and O'Rourke outlined clearly why Chris MacManus voted the way he did and the decisions made by Sinn Féin in that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I am sure the Tánaiste, as Minister for Defence, and all Members of the House welcome the increase in the age threshold from 60 to 62 in respect of mandatory-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: What is the timeline in that regard? I am dealing with a specific issue relating to John Molloy, a former member of the Defence Forces and the fire station officer in Dunleer. The station is operating with the minimum crew number of five, of which he is one, and there is no one to replace him. He will turn 60 on 24 May. The sooner the change to which I referred is made, the better, but...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to the creation of a funding mechanism to assist with the conversation of fossil fuel-run community district heating systems, details supplied, into more sustainable fuel-run systems and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11190/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Has any consideration been given to the grant scheme that exists or whether there is a need for a new grant scheme that would assist with the conversion of a gas-fed community or communal district heating system in Carlinn Hall in Dundalk to a more sustainable renewable fuel-run system? Obviously, the district heating steering group got the SEAI to produce a report into a number of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I welcome the fact the report was produced as it is necessary not just for this particular communal heating system but the idea of communal and district heating systems across the board. However, there needs to be some element of engagement, including with the management company, which in real terms is a number of the residents who would generally go back to the rest of the residents...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I would like to think this engagement would happen. Will the Minister's office assist in ensuring it can happen? I will be in contact with the Minister about that because we need to deal with this in some sort of structured way while accepting the difficulties and third parties that are involved.