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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (5 Apr 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I would like to ask the Minister about the status of the roll-out of remote working hubs. Obviously, there are various types of funding and funding streams with regard to these. We can all see the logic behind them in areas that have not had the roll-out of broadband we would like to see where they give people a facility to work in their area. We have obviously seen where it can help us...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (1 Dec 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That is all very welcome. We must also deal with issues relating to working conditions, among other factors that are outside the remit of the Minister, to increase retention and make it attractive to work in those spheres. We are dealing with the sphere of disability. My constituency colleague Deputy O'Dowd may not like what I am about to do, but I raise again the issue of personal...

Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Jul 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I would like to add my voice to what Deputy Cullinane has said regarding the lack of capacity in terms of GP services. While we welcome the changes that are being brought in regarding eligibility and extending the children's eligibility for medical cards, it is vital that we will be able to deliver upon that. We have a bad history in the context of offering primary care services. As a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Court of Auditors Annual Report: Discussion (30 Jun 2021)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I welcome Mr. Tony Murphy, Mr. Brian Murphy and Ms Niamh Mahon. Deputy Richmond put it well that this might not necessarily be glamorous work, but it is necessary. I will ask a question at some point on the 2.7%, or that huge mistake. If my mistakes were of such a magnitude, I would be happy enough, in particular if dealing with such huge funds. Much of the ECA’s work is to check...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It goes without saying that we need this work done as assiduously as possible, particularly from the point of view of finding a solution that will work. There is a problem with these communal heating systems particularly when they are gas fed. We need to look at legislative change. I would like to find out when the task force or working group will come out with its set of recommendations....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (11 Jul 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I am raising again the issue relating to section 39 workers. They carry out many necessary types of work, including work for people with disabilities, healthcare and addiction services. These services are all talking about how they cannot retain workers. Sometimes that is because people are leaving to work directly for the HSE where they are on better conditions which makes sense from a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...these services and ensuring their loved ones can be looked after in their homes. It is vital. Weekend care has been a major issue. The Chair has already dealt with a significant amount of the work. The work advisory task force has to recognise that pay, conditions and expenses are not cutting the mustard. I have had interactions with the Minister of State on this matter. There have...

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The club is closer to the Minister of State's part of the world. I would like to think he has some power in this matter. I have no doubt it is a very good application. There are other applications in the locality, including from Na Piarsaigh-Blackrock CLG, which is very close to my house. This is very localised politics. There is also Clann Naofa Boxing Club. Again, I am talking about...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (9 Feb 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It goes without saying that we need to deal with the housing crisis. There are significant levels of disinformation as well as what one can only call at best "negative actors", the far-right, etc. A large amount of it cannot be called anything other than idiocy, but it is dangerous idiocy. We need to ensure there is no space for that. We also need to ensure that the outstanding issues...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (4 Oct 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We all support the work of the shared island unit. In particular, we have seen some major infrastructural projects such as the Narrow Water bridge, which we want to see completed as soon as possible, and that everything is going in the correct direction. I welcome any moves that are made in relation to educational improvements on a cross-Border basis. I have one issue that I would like...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We are talking about breaches of international law, annexation, apartheid, execution and murder. The Minister has said he works with like-minded states across Europe. What action will these like-minded states take? I accept the European Union will not do anything to hold Israel accountable, but on that basis there is an onus on us to stand by the Palestinian people. There must be...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Partition is the gift that does not stop giving, or should I say, taking. It has been put on the record that many Northern workers have not been able to avail of the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP. We are obviously talking about people who have paid USC and PRSI in the South. Some of them have only worked in the South, which creates a difficulty with seeking benefits in the North....

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (17 Jun 2020)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I want to commend the Minister of State, Kevin Boxer Moran, on the work he has done with the OPW in dealing with local authorities. If possible, I ask the Minister to pass that on. As a Louth county councillor, I met the Minister of State a number of times. He has done some works and site visits. At Balmer's Bog, for example, the preliminary works are already about to start. We are...

European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I would like an update on what the Taoiseach spoke about as regards Türkiye and Cyprus and what sorts of engagements we are talking about as regards possibly bringing something that has been obviously an absolute imposition on the Cypriot people but has not moved for a considerable time. I brought up the fact the Tánaiste has said he is looking for a consensus among like-minded...

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Finally, we are getting to the crux of the matter of online safety. None of us has not encountered to some degree the phenomenon of online bullying, which is consistent and constant. Never could anyone make an argument - at least, a legitimate one - against an online safety commissioner. We all know that, to a degree, there is an element here of legislation trying to catch up with where...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (16 Nov 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: A lot of this has already been dealt with by Deputy Doherty. He spoke about his own amendment, which just looks for something that is more directional and takes into account the anomalies with which he dealt. There will be certain firms, particularly smaller operations, that will need a greater level of support. It is a fair ask with regard to the credit unions. I will throw another...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I add my voice on the worries we all had about the EU ambassador to Sudan, Aidan O’Hara. He and his family have been through a traumatic circumstance. It seems he is in good health, which is to be welcomed, but we need to make sure due diligence is done. It highlights the issues happening in Sudan. This is something we do not like to see. The sooner we see sense and people come to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: This is absolutely vital work that needs to be done. We constantly talk about how we have to move beyond reasonable accommodations and in the context of universal design, facilitate all sorts of people. It is fair to say that major work has been done in new pathways and route maps for people as regards education. I visited the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre of Excellence yesterday...

Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We are back in here talking about carers and I really welcome the opportunity and thank the Regional Independent Group. The fact is that we are all going to talk about the huge savings to the State through the great effort that is put in by carers and how we could not operate without them but we still fail in delivering for them. We could probably have this conversation forever and we are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Oct 2022)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: ...yesterday, I referenced the need for a citizens’ assembly, in particular on the basis of the successful Ireland's Future event. The Taoiseach spoke about the shared island initiative. I would like to see how that conversation could be expanded to be all it would need to be. I ask that we look at research and modelling that could model Departments and systems for a united Ireland,...