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Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I move amendment No. 30: In page 103, to delete lines 12 to 31 and substitute the following: “ 10 March 2022 to 1 May 2030 €165.11 €165.11 €165.11 €165.11 €165.11 €20.84 €20.01 €120.55 €18.27 €54.68 €9.36 "This...

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome this Private Members' motion brought by my colleagues in the Independent Group. The M18 linking Limerick and Shannon Airport to the city of Galway has been an essential piece of infrastructure. However, not all is great. First, there are no services on that stretch of road. Not alone are there no services but there is no signage to direct people to services. It took eight years...

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: How can we build houses? For houses, we need infrastructure, and infrastructure is water and sewerage systems. We can see across the whole country that Irish Water has taken over the services but there are no adequate sewerage or water systems in County Limerick. Irish Water went around to different areas and said it was going to upgrade the existing sewerage systems, but it was not going...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Social welfare is set up for the assistance of disadvantaged groups, mainly as a back-up for people who are in need. I compliment people working in the service that is available to our office and many other offices throughout the country. I recognise the good work they do and are doing in an efficient and effective manner. As with all services, there are a minority of people who will...

Impaired Farm Credit Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am disappointed that the Minister, who comes from a farming background, will not accept this Bill. If he had amendments to table, I would have welcomed that. He comes from the farming sector, which I come from myself. My mother and father were farmers. I am disappointed the Minister would not do this for the protection of the family home. This Bill would pave the way for a new...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that recipients of the disability allowance, blind pension, invalidity pension and the carer’s support grant will not receive the one-off payment of €500 14 November 2022 given that if these persons have entered training or CE schemes they are not entitled to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 297. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is considering extending the payment for those health care workers who remain unwell and in cases in which they continue to remain unwell up until July 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57138/22]

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The aim of this Act is to extend and facilitate the continued opening of outdoor seating areas for pubs and restaurants, a measure that was introduced during Covid. It would give pubs and clubs clarity in planning for the season ahead in the context of outdoor seating and their customers and staff. We could see during Covid how important these outdoor areas were. The Minister of State is...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Why is the Government so slow to respond to the European laws that are made to help the SMEs and people of Ireland? I refer to the toolbox we were given. I will give just one example. When the fuel crisis came, we asked the Government to help the SMEs, road hauliers and others involved in transport around the country. It introduced a fund that would only benefit those with a road haulage...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: What about the costs for SMEs?

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: This morning the Rural Independent Group, led by me, brought a Private Members' motion to the Chamber which was unopposed by the Government and everyone else who was here and who contributed. The motion was to decouple the prices of electricity and gas so that we could get wind and solar energy and fossil fuel energy on two different footings. Everyone in this country can see from their...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: You can speak now, can you? Fair play to you. You have found your voice.

Energy Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI), the rate of inflation illustrates a 9.2 per cent cost of living increase between October 2021 and October 2022; — inflation is now at its highest level in Ireland since 1984 when it was 9.7 per cent, according to Central Statistics Office data; — the main...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total financial amount on both a daily and yearly basis, of EU fines being paid by his Department in 2022; if he will provide the corresponding figures for 2020 and 2021, including the specifics of each case in his Department. [56781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total financial amount on both a daily and yearly basis, of EU fines being paid by his Department in 2022; if he will provide the corresponding figures for 2020 and 2021, including the specifics of each case in his Department. [56781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total financial amount on both a daily and yearly basis, of EU fines being paid by his Department in 2022; if he will provide the corresponding figures for 2020 and 2021, including the specifics of each case in his Department. [56781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total financial amount on both a daily and yearly basis, of EU fines being paid by his Department in 2022; if he will provide the corresponding figures for 2020 and 2021, including the specifics of each case in his Department. [56781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total financial amount on both a daily and yearly basis, of EU fines being paid by her Department in 2022; if she will provide the corresponding figures for 2020 and 2021, including the specifics of each case in her Department. [56781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total financial amount on both a daily and yearly basis, of EU fines being paid by his Department in 2022; if he will provide the corresponding figures for 2020 and 2021, including the specifics of each case in his Department. [56781/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total financial amount on both a daily and yearly basis, of EU fines being paid by her Department in 2022; if she will provide the corresponding figures for 2020 and 2021, including the specifics of each case in her Department. [56781/22]