Ruairí Ó Murchú

1397. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline the progress made on Colleges of the Future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47618/25]

1398. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline any plans for a Colleges of the Future in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47619/25]

1399. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline any plans for new apprenticeships; when will they be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47620/25]

1400. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline any plans for new apprenticeships to be offered in County Louth; when will they be up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47621/25]

1401. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to streamline apprenticeship access and training; whether there has been engagement with ETBs and the further and higher education sector on these streamlining plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47622/25]

1402. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the funding issues for SOLAS and ETBs, and any delays in apprenticeships or cuts to courses or staff across all aspects of the ETB education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47623/25]

1403. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on any plans to deal with issues being faced by adult educators across the ETB sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47624/25]

1433. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on future plans for the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47677/25]

1434. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding streams that will be available for community gardens or allotment projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47678/25]

1435. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding streams that will be available for social enterprise projects in Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47679/25]

19. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the recent engagements he, his Department and the wider Government have had with the EU regarding the Mercosur trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47427/25]

1428. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a cost of disability payment as recommended by the 2021 Government commissioned Indecon Report and in view of the commitment to it in the Programme for Government to introduce a permanent annual cost of disability support payment to be increased incrementally over its lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47438/25]

1429. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to remove the means test for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47439/25]

1430. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to facilitate those with disabilities into the workforce through various schemes; his plans to update them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47440/25]

1431. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the process by which his Department contacts the British Work and Pensions department seeking contribution information about people who have made DSP applications based on their British contributions; the current average waiting times for this information to be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47451/25]

1432. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the nature and extent of engagement his Department has had with other Government agencies and departments in relation to the problems faced by workers, who live in the North and who work for southern-based companies, who wish to work from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47452/25]

1433. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the work and access scheme; the number that are using it; his plans to increase this number and improve the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47453/25]

1434. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the wage subsidy scheme; the number that are using it; his plans to increase this number and improve the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47454/25]

1435. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has plans for his Department and Intreo staff to engage with employers and those with disabilities to facilitate a larger cohort of those with disabilities into employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/25]

1436. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to improve processing times for those who do not have year-long contracts and must avail of social protection payments during holiday periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47456/25]

1437. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to reduce and remove the means test for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47457/25]

1849. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the recent engagements he and his Department have had with the EU regarding the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47421/25]

1850. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the recent engagements he and his Department have had with the EU regarding possible changes to CAP payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47422/25]

1851. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the recent engagements he and his Department have had on formulating an extreme weather event financial scheme for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47423/25]

1852. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his plans to resource the Agricultural Appeals Review Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47424/25]