Official portrait of Ruairí Ó Murchú

Ruairí Ó Murchú

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Sinn Féin · Louth · serving since 2024-11-29

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Voting record Contributions PQs asked
oral 2025-12-11 · to Further and Higher Education
213. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an outline of the engagement there has been with his Department, Dundalk IT and Queen's University Belfast about their recent partnership to create Dundalk university college; the plans for the future development and enhancement of the partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67774/25]
oral 2025-12-11 · to Further and Higher Education
254. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the progress of the review of personal assistance services funded from the fund for students with disabilities across tertiary education settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67773/25]
oral 2025-12-10 · to Taoiseach
2. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the national security strategy. [65331/25]
oral 2025-12-10 · to Taoiseach
13. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [65332/25]
written 2025-12-10 · to Health
323. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the inclusion of all ostomy products on the long term illness scheme; if she will remove the need for a prescription for these products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70636/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
16. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the engagement there has been with the Central Bank regarding the way in which customers affected by the tracker mortgage scandal can be better assisted by the State; if legislation to outlaw confidentiality agreements between banks and those who win their appeals is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63391/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the work that is being carried out to reduce insurance premiums, including public liability insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63390/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
289. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures to reduce insurance premiums, including public liability insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69292/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
290. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the Central Bank regarding how customers affected by the tracker mortgage scandal can be assisted by the State; whether legislation to outlaw confidentiality agreements between banks and those who win their appeals is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69293/25]
written 2025-12-04 · to Rural
57. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the progress of the national plan for the Irish language in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67895/25]
written 2025-12-04 · to Rural
63. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the provisions that have been made by Pobal and similar organisations under the remit of his Department, to ensure that organisations funded by them are sufficiently resourced to comply with the pension auto enrolment commitments for qualifying staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67894/25]
written 2025-12-04 · to Justice
102. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will detail the communications there has been between his Department, other Government Departments and relevant agencies on the issue of responding to drugs crime and the societal impact of drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67896/25]
written 2025-12-04 · to Justice
114. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which processing times for visa applications, citizenship applications and stamp applications at his Department are being improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67897/25]
oral 2025-12-03 · to Taoiseach
4. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach for a report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [63259/25]
oral 2025-12-03 · to Taoiseach
15. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach for an update on his Department's plans to co-ordinate a range of actions aimed at regulatory reform. [63260/25]
written 2025-12-02 · to Public Expenditure
185. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to ensure the urgent delivery of a dedicated 'changing place' toilet facility within the Leinster House campus to ensure that any disabled guests or visitors to Leinster House have access to accessible, clean and appropriate toilets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68023/25]
written 2025-12-02 · to Social
375. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm if a person (details supplied) who was entitled to claim the bereaved partners pension received an interim payment while the legislation was being drafted; the way in which this interim payment was facilitated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67727/25]
oral 2025-11-27 · to Foreign
10. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the recent engagement at EU level on the EU-Israel agreement and the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66658/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Foreign
94. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the involvement her Department has had regarding the Ukrainian peace talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66659/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Agriculture
136. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the food safety standards which are in place to ensure the quality of South American beef entering the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66657/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Agriculture
177. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on recent contacts his Department has had with the EU Commission and other EU bodies/agencies in relation to the Nitrates Derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66656/25]
oral 2025-11-26 · to Taoiseach
15. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the programme plan for his Department's new disability unit for 2025-2027. [61453/25]
oral 2025-11-25 · to Housing
64. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans in the most recent housing plan, to increase the delivery of housing built using modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65665/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Housing
77. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the local authorities that have underspent their housing adaptation grant allocation; the local authorities that have had their funding increased under the redistribution of the underspends in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65664/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Housing
534. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Government's retrofitting targets across public housing, have been set for 2026; when the 2026 targets will be set for local authorities' stock retrofitting; the estimated budget for retrofitting of social housing stock in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61065/25]
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