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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected to reimburse host families for school transport for foreign-exchange pupils attending school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46443/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (22 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected with colleges to help students acquire accommodation in the student complexes that are housed by families and not students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46444/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of the Cross-Border Directive in tabular form; and the procedures which they required. [46442/22]

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

Richard O'Donoghue: I believe the Minister said he would welcome this amendment being withdrawn. It is probably the first time I have agreed with him in a long time, but I agree with him there. The amendment states: "...for the purpose of providing public transport or active (walking or cycling) transport infrastructure only where the scheme or proposed road development will not contribute to carbon emissions...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Right. If we look at the likes of any of the structures in this country at the moment and we look at our bus transport system at the moment, and I will speak to the amendment on bus transport-----

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Bus Éireann has asked private providers to make its vehicles smaller because the road carriageways have narrowed due to the law stating we cannot cut the hedgerows. Now we are driving small vehicles, and sometimes two vehicles when one would do, to collect children. We saw that free bus tickets were handed out. The reason most of the children who want to get on the bus with their...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Last week’s debate was on the problems we are having with An Bord Pleanála and the investigations into what is happening within it.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: I will go back to the amendment. Amendments on anything to do with transport in this country should not be accepted until there is proper infrastructure. It goes back to what we said earlier on. It will come down to a situation where we will want everyone in this country to drink Red Bull and fly. Truck hauliers and private bus operators in this country have no other option because they...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: It is on the amendment, if the Acting Chair looks at it. Any of the proposals in the Deputy's amendment must not contribute to the carbon emissions from the transport sector. That is what is in the amendment, is it not? I am speaking to the amendment. Again, it is about the Deputy's lack of knowledge of the sector he is dealing with and a lack of infrastructure.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Very strong words-----

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

Richard O'Donoghue: On the amendment now, please.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Red Bull.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Cobalt.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Amendments Nos. 10 to 16, inclusive, relate to pedal bicycles and pedal tricycles. I believe that those are the amendments we are on, along with amendment No. 2. Is that right?

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

Richard O'Donoghue: That includes electric vehicles. I have nothing at all against electric vehicles if they are to be used by people in areas where they can actually use 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...

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I want to wish the Minister of State the very best of luck in his new position as I forgot to mention it earlier. I have worked with him well in the past and I look forward to working with him in the future. Best of luck in the position.

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: From a map that I have in front of me here, it looks obvious as a country that we stand out as having no screening mechanism in place when it comes to FDI. Figures released by the CSO in June 2022 show the FDI position in Ireland increased by approximately €16.9 billion in 2020 to €1.1 trillion. When compared to other OECD countries, Ireland is one of the most globalised...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: What is energy security? The basic aim of energy security for any country is to reduce the dependency on imported energy sources for economic growth. Can the Minister tell me why this is not happening? Ireland is the most energy import dependent country in Europe. We have no storage capacity for our gas and there are no plans to reopen or upgrade existing facilities such as that in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome the management of UHL to the committee. I would love to see UHL being the top hospital in the country. I have had family who trained in the hospital in earlier years and are near retirement age now. It was - and I emphasise "was" - the best training hospital in the country at that time. Student nurses wanted to go there to be trained because of what it meant to be trained in UHL....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will not mention any names.