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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That is good but the problem is this man turns 60 on 24 May. Is it possible to get a circular or something between the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, so we could get this sorted?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: No, he is not going to be affected in his pension.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the necessary legislative amendments to facilitate an extension of the mandatory age of retirement for uniformed services up to the age of 62 years to include full-time and retained fire service personnel will be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17788/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fire Service (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Can I find out the timeline for the necessary legislative amendments to facilitate an extension of the mandatory age of retirement? Specifically, I am asking about retained fire service personnel to the age of 62 years. I am really asking about John Molloy, who is the station officer in Dunleer. Unfortunately or fortunately, he will turn 60 on 24 May. The plan is to introduce this and I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We can allow an extra supplementary question because these questions are grouped.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I thank the witnesses for attending. We are dealing with an issue that is very live at this point. We have all seen multiple questions asked in the Dáil and Seanad regarding dual use and ensuring we have a sufficient number of criteria and checks to make sure we definitely are not supplying anything - while it may have civilian application - that may possibly end up as weapons of war...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Therefore, the Department does not have a position at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We can all guess where the Commission is going. We have all seen the conversations in the public domain regarding joint security and defence from a European point of view and even beyond that. We have heard Ursula von der Leyen and others talking about the European weapons industry. There is huge fear out there. The Irish people are still very much wedded to the whole idea of neutrality....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We need to be very careful in regard to the drift that is happening in Europe at the minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I thank everyone for attending. In fairness, we could probably spend an hour dealing with each of the witnesses individually. The theme across the board is the idea of skills education and the multiple route maps or roadmaps to education. Everyone is coming off at a different place. Ms Healy got the point across on the National Learning Network. My office has dealt with the NLN in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Yes, it does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That is it. Society and the whole system loses out on that basis. That is the bit that was sold to me - whether it is somebody getting back into the system and being facilitated into work or education or whether, as Ms Healy said, the education system is not accessible to somebody. Ms Bird spoke about the fact that the NLN is at 2011 rates. I have seen the benefits and what NLN can do....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That is a longer conversation that we are not going to have here. However, that is a win across the board. Are there difficulties? What can be done to benefit NLN's circumstances? I am sure everyone will say with a greater amount of resources, they could do more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Bulk solutions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I appreciate that. Regarding Skillnet, it is reactive to enterprise and its needs. I have seen locally the connections with the institutes of education, such as the LMETB and even the AMTCE in Dundalk. I probably got the acronym back to front at this stage, but I am referring to the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre of Excellence. The big one here is Skillnet Ireland was ranked first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I will follow on from what the Cathaoirleach said there. That is a fair point in relation to Mr. McLoughlin. A big congratulations to him; it was a hell of a win. Possibly it has not been recognised to the degree that it should have been and that may say where we are in respect of apprenticeships. I have a great interest in apprenticeships, particularly electrical ones, because I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The question I will put to Mr. McLoughlin is about how we need to put that piece in play. The witnesses have all spoken about trying to help particular demographics that require bespoke solutions with regard to getting them into the workforce. We see the importance of that with regard to apprenticeships and also that pre-apprentice piece. It is about what else we are missing around that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: European Year of Skills 2023: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Are you backlogged or anything at the minute?