Results 41-60 of 106 for going forward speaker:Richard O'Donoghue

Science Week: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...around the country. I met with some of the lads from Foynes and from Kilmallock who came up to represent Limerick. We are here to talk about Science Week and science. The only way we can move forward with climate change is to merge first-hand experience with academia. One learns from experience and the other learns from theory. Each has huge merits and I respect both. When it...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...them, but I look around this country and see the age of the vehicles and the age groups of people who have cars. I am a father of four. There are nine people in my house but seven cars. They all go in different directions and do different things. I recently upgraded my car after I overturned my previous one in February. An electric vehicle would not do me because I tow. I went and...

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...to bring water from the Shannon Estuary to Dublin. How many sewerage systems in the counties could be upgraded with this money? People in Askeaton have been waiting for 36 years now for an upgrade and there is water going into the Shannon. There is water going from Drumcolliher to the Deel and reports show that the State is the biggest polluter in the country through the local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...has a footprint map of Ireland as a whole. It can see the weak areas that do not have infrastructure and that are being taken out of the local area plans because of lack of infrastructure for forward planning. In counties like Limerick, we are looking at it from the point of view that many areas do not have a proper adequate sewerage system. A recent report showed that the biggest...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...do it because they depend on it for a living. When it comes to other bodies, however, it can take them two and three months. That is why we are so far behind. I believe it should be index-linked going forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...and the landing. The work is being done not only for people with disabilities but also for people who are getting older in life and will need help in any event. I have seen the changes. When I go into a city, I see that every inch is being availed of. There is no inclusion for people with disabilities. I am lucky to live in Granagh, near St. Joseph’s Foundation, where people...

Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...accommodation is ideal because it is monitored 24 hours a day and there is security and support. However, there must be joined-up thinking in all Departments for universities such as UL to move forward. There must be a multi-agency approach to funding to tackle the issue, such as having additional modular accommodation, which is relatively less expensive. Putting the jigsaw together...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...sure they were compliant and giving proper advice to people who were caring for a person. That is where the buck lies here. It is true the Government is doing something now to try to protect this going forward but how many thousands of people went to the banks asking what they should do with people in a vulnerable state? They knew themselves they needed a person they could trust. How...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...children who will be born here. I know many of the HIQA reports on our maternity hospitals are outdated. It shows how bad the infrastructure is. Is there another agenda here? Why would somebody go against this project? My duty of care is to the mothers and generations of children to come. It is important to point out that the Sisters of Charity are giving away land worth...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...in a city base there might be ten vehicles and 40 or 50 gardaí covering probably 3 square miles with a bigger population. I want equality. Everyone is entitled to feel safe. Everyone is entitled to have a good service whether they are in the county or the city. The biggest effect from a policing point of view is had by community police, who do an absolutely fantastic job because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...have been given a rate so they can train up people on BER, which is a good way of doing it and it helps to upskill people, especially younger people who have come out of college and want to do this. It is a good way forward. The main thing we want is to get people to upgrade the energy in their houses. At the moment, there are still grants available for oil burners through SEAI grants,...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...purchase homes delivered that year despite the Minister saying in October that eight would be delivered, with a fund of over €300 million. I mentioned the LDA and the announcements of what it was going to do in Limerick city. The LDA does not have a penny for Limerick county. The CEO admitted that Limerick county is deficient in its infrastructure and sewerage and water systems....

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome the Bill that has been introduced by the Minister because there is at long last a voice for those who have gone unheard for decades - the voice of a mother or father trying to find a son or daughter and the voice of a child unable to discover his or her birth family, access health information or just get a birth certificate that is accurate. Within this legislation, there will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Chairman and confirm I am in the building. I congratulate Mr. O'Rourke on his new role. I look forward to working with him. I thank Mr. Coleman for attending as well. During Mr. O'Rourke's opening statement, I was listening to his vast knowledge of the different industries he has been involved in throughout his career. He said at the start that he is from Dublin, that he grew...

Appropriation Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...authorise in law all of the expenditure that has been undertaken in 2021 based on the Estimates that have been voted on by the Dáil during the year. The moneys that have been voted on are brought forward and made into law. I am sure that there are many wish lists at the end of year for all parties concerned. Housing, certainly is one for the first-time buyers, the trader-uppers and...

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...but, undoubtedly, will be welcomed. The Rural Independent Group welcomes the alternatives whenever, and I emphasise this, they become available. For this reason, it pains me to ask the Government again why it would penalise the Irish people with a crippling carbon tax before such alternatives are in place? I have concerns about the development of ports around deep water and...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: This health insurance Bill is about looking at the risk equalisation scheme for all health insurance providers. This is one of the many Bills that have been brought forward so the amount of money paid to the health insurance companies by way of credits can be reduced. These risk credits are paid on the basis of age and gender. Risk needs to be spread so newer entrants coming into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Heritage Council: Chairperson Designate (23 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...projects. If we have to rebuild our old stock, they must have the supports they need. If somebody falls ill in their job, there is no one there to take on the project, so it sits still and does not go forward. I love old buildings and I want to protect them but I have a common sense side to me as well. I look at some places that are falling down. The cost of rebuilding certain...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...to the cost ratio, the returning of investment, the least impact on residential homes, biodiversity, cultural impact, and archaeology. I am bothered by how much input the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has had, for example, with regard to the housing list in Newcastle West. In Limerick city and county, there are 2,347 on the housing list. There are currently 343...

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...times with a total of 1,080 people being treated on trolleys. How can we talk about data protection and the general data protection regulation, GDPR, in these conditions? The only way for the Government to help the nurses is to pay them appropriately. It has spent millions upon millions on hospital buildings but has not invested a penny in the nurses and student nurses. It is a bit...