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Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: In the haulage sector diesel is up 100% in price. The cost of parts for trucks is up 40% while the cost of labour is up 20%. The cost of tyres is up 30% and the cost of upgrading a truck is up 20%. That is a total increase in cost of 220%. For agricultural contractors and farmers diesel is up 100%, feed is up 50%, fertiliser is up 200%, tyres are up 30% and the price of cutting an acre of...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I propose to share time with Deputies Michael Collins, Michael Healy-Rae and Danny Healy-Rae. Fuel prices need to be reduced by a minimum of 50 cent and be locked in for a minimum of six months. The 15 cent and 20 cent reductions do not go far enough. Business owners, including quarry and construction business owners, have been ringing me this evening to say they have been told by...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Are members of the Government out of their tree?

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: When the shelves go empty in this country, the Government will be remembered for what it did. Putin will be remembered for his disgraceful behaviour in Ukraine; Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party will be remembered for what they have done to production in this country, which is no longer a breadbasket for its people. We are no longer self-sufficient because of the regulations...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: In February 2022, 80,000 remote working jobs were advertised without location restrictions. People in rural areas without broadband are excluded from those jobs. They are being discriminated against. In 2019, did we think it was possible to achieve the situation we are in? We have been told in the past that many things could not happen yet when the pandemic happened, things changed,...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Despite repeated calls from the Ombudsman for Children, children with special education requirements are not having a special assessment of needs done, which is their right under the UNCRC. There were 5,060 applications for assessments of need in 2018. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, acknowledged that there were 4,000 applicants in December 2021. None of the timelines are met for...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I wish all women a happy International Women's Day, especially my wife, Kay, and my mother-in-law, Kathleen Toomey. I would not be here today to represent Limerick without them. I wish a happy International Women's Day to all the front-line women who looked after us during the pandemic. Today I will mention some women who rarely, if ever, get mentioned. These are the women of the haulage...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that public transport remains a major issue in rural communities given that rural dwellers are not adequately serviced by the existing transport network (details supplied). [8935/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 228. To ask the Minister for Health when University Hospital Limerick will become a DAFNE-accredited diabetes centre; the number of full-time consultant endocrinologists, diabetes specialist dieticians and clinical diabetes nurse specialists currently in the adult outpatient diabetes clinic in each hospital in the hospital group; and the details of same. [12162/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for devices (details supplied) through the long-term illness scheme or the primary care reimbursement service; and the details of same. [12163/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with diabetes who were funded for devices (details supplied) by the long-term illness scheme or the primary care reimbursement service; and the number of those persons that were over 21 years of age in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [12164/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 231. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the stress and worry patients in small towns and villages in rural Ireland are experiencing due to the closure of many general practitioner practices (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12165/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (1 Mar 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a CIÉ pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (24 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that private public partnership schools were not included for funding to assist with ventilation works which was issued through schools through a minor works grant recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10622/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (24 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the transition year of secondary should be more class-based (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10623/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 356. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to provide additional appointments for children waiting for audiology appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10624/22]

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I also welcome the Ukrainian ambassador and her team. My concern is that because we are on the edge of Europe we are on the tail end of the supply chain which is a major disadvantage in times of shortage. We are in a vulnerable situation. I ask the Minister to invest in our own producers to ensure that, if this happens, we are sustainable. Hopefully it will not happen. Like it or lump...

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The increase in the fuel tax would pay for them.

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister is looking in the mirror.