Ruairí Ó Murchú

The information and the appeal is in.

They were allowing for the discretion of the Minister.

There is an appeal now.

I know but can we deal with it now?

Will the Taoiseach meet Stephen Redmond? He is here now. He is the founder of GAA Palestine.

Stephen Redmond is and he is in the building at the minute.

I would just like this issue dealt with. I would prefer not to be dealing with it like this.

This is hardly the way. I do not understand why the Government did not deal with this, even to get it off the agenda.

No, I am incredibly straight and incredibly constructive.

Yes. They asked for engagement.

I am not sure.

We are trying to get it sorted.

We know the scenario regarding Trump and his tariffs and we have significant fears. While the markets do not necessarily believe him at this stage, Canada has been set aside as one of those places where we are looking at trade missions and at increasing trade, which is sound. What elements of CETA are not in place at the moment other than the ISDS? The big fear there is that corporations will be a…

What is not in play? What do you want out of this?

You tell him.

Explain the advantages.

Get rid of the ISDS. It is out of most trade agreements.

29. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [35373/25]

I have raised disability housing previously and the issue that has arisen with capital assistance scheme, CAS, funding. This was raised with me by St. John of God in reference to its approved housing body's dealings with the county councils in both Louth and Meath regarding the purchase of properties necessary for those with disabilities. They have been told by the local authorities that funding c…

I do not think anyone is going to stand up and say they are not happy or relieved, if those are the right terms, at the establishment of the commission of investigation into the handling of historical child sexual abuse in day and boarding schools. Sometimes when you say it quickly, you do not get the full ramifications of what we are talking about. We know there have been huge failures in relati…

99. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance the engagement there has been between his Department, other Government Departments, agencies and legal advisers in relation to the facilitation by the Central Bank of the sale of Israeli war bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39278/25]

I ask the Minister what engagement he has had, or what engagement his Department has had, with other Government Departments, agencies or legal advisers on the facilitation via the Central Bank of the sale of Israeli war bonds. We are talking about Israeli genocide bonds in real terms. We know there is a particular issue where this State has actually invested in and profited off this but we need to…

I think the Minister was quite clear in saying there were issues with regard to the Sinn Féin Bill. While I might contest that, I am asking whether, as a State, we have engaged with and looked at any means by which this State and the Central Bank of this State would not be facilitating these Israeli war or genocide bonds. I do not know what else you can call them. There is the wider issue regardi…

I get the arguments in relation to narrowness and whatever else but would it be fair to say the Minister accepts there is an issue, that anything should be done from a point of view of ensuring that the Central Bank and the State is not facilitating the sale of these Israeli war bonds and everything should be done at a European level and on a domestic level in relation to making sure that this doe…

Seanad Éireann has passed the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 without amendment.