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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Discussion (28 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It causes a disaster for the National Council for Special Education.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I might have to listen back to the witnesses' replies to my questions. I thank them for attending. Their opening statements were comprehensive. We all know the Electoral Commission, Coimisiún na Meán, the Digital Services Act and forthcoming legislation are necessary tools to deal with the world in which we live. We all know the issues involved, be that possible Russian...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Yes, and a public service broadcaster, with all the issues that exist at the minute, but we do need trusted sources of information. It is a question of how we tackle these companies and how we tackle this across the board. Even if we have all the infrastructure that is planned - and, as Deputy Howlin will deal with later, some of the leverage that should be available to the Electoral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combating Disinformation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The question is straightforward. With what we have at the minute and what has been proposed - and the witnesses have made a more detailed study than anyone else - how do they perceive that we deal with this? All the tools are not in place. The Electoral Commission may have an okay relationship with the tech companies at the moment, but I do not know that this will deliver a safe European...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I welcome the fact the Minister is talking about dealing with some of the inadequacies that exist in the SUSI Act. I wonder how the parameters of some of the supports will work for these students, which is something we have to look at. We are talking about fairness across the board and ensuring as many people as possible can engage with regard to disabilities. When I spoke to those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: There is a piece that needs to be done even beyond the Minister's Department in the sense of engaging with those in the Department of Social Protection with regard to working towards having people with disabilities engage with business and industry, which is a necessity. The Minister would be shocked if I did not bring up the case we have been dealing with for a long time and that he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to include courses for adults with intellectual disabilities such as the level 3 certificate in skills for independent living at Dundalk IT under the SUSI grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8724/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Adult Education Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Are there any plans to include in the SUSI grant scheme courses for adults with intellectual disabilities, such as the level 3 certificate in skills for independent living which I was lucky enough to visit in Dundalk Institute of Technology recently? Obviously that is one of the courses included in the new funding streams for educational disability, which is very welcome. It is a very...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I thank the Minister and her officials for coming before the committee. I hope I will not repeat a huge amount, and we have obviously been through a fair amount already. Can I get some clarity about the times we are talking about on Thursday? Who exactly did Siún Ní Raghallaigh contact? Can the Minister give an outline of what happened throughout the day until “Prime...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Did she did not say how she had done that? Was she not asked how she gave incorrect information?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Okay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Did your assistant secretary tell you at approximately 11 a.m.?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Right, okay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I get that. We have a limited amount of time, so could we go through this quickly?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: What exactly were you going to write to state?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That is okay.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: She stated that she believed that she may have told the Secretary General at that stage exactly how this process was going to work. Did this conversation occur at approximately 2.15 p.m.?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: You were told about this at 2.15 p.m. At that stage, as far as you know, if Siún Ní Raghallaigh is sent a letter that speaks of your disappointment - which is basically a telling-off - she will be resigning. Is that the case?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Okay.