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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The recent rental sector survey report for 2020 by the Residential Tenancies Board found that affordability is a significant issue for tenants More than half of the surveyed tenants are spending more than 30% of their income on rent and 64% of those are in Dublin. Needless to say, I support anyone who is at risk of homelessness following an eviction notice. We need to try to prevent their...

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I want the Government representatives who are going to Europe to highlight the emergency situation that our farmers are facing in respect of fertiliser. Fertiliser currently costs in excess of €900 per tonne. Most outlets are refusing to even quote prices for it. I know of one farmer whose costs went up by 54% this year. At a time when farm prices had begun to increase, they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses for being here. I apologise on behalf of Senator Boyhan that he cannot be here as he is currently in the Seanad Chamber dealing with the marine planning Bill. I have been involved in construction since the early 1980s. I am from rural Limerick, where I was a councillor for six years prior to my election as a Deputy. Throughout my time on the council I saw a great deal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Tánaiste's answer to the fuel costs is that he is okay with a 19 cent increase. I did not say the Government did not need the tax. The Government had 81 cent in 2020; it now has a euro. This relates to an increase in the price of fuel over which it has control. The Tánaiste talks about giving money to people who are vulnerable but it does not even make a difference to them...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Diesel and petrol.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Nineteen cent.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: My office was contacted last week by the Individual Farmers of Ireland group, Irish truckers and hauliers, SMEs, taxi drivers and front-line workers over the fuel increase since 2020, which the Government has failed to tackle. The Government has taxed every person in Ireland €10.88 on every €100. These groups told me they are going to protest. The farmers' group is coming on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (9 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 299. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take regarding the refunding of the cost of PCR and antigen tests for persons returning to Ireland have been incurring since the rule was introduced on 30 November 2021 which is causing a lot of stress and financial burden to persons that are fully vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60908/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: To say I am disappointed that the Taoiseach would say today that there was no time for pre-legislative scrutiny would be an understatement. Every Deputy who has spoken has expressed the same view. I will only go through one or two points because other Deputies wish to speak. At no time have I ever not taken public health advice, but I have given advice to people who had concerns about...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will return to the amendment.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will finish and allow other in Deputies.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I turn to the issue of the medical advice we have been given about ventilation in schools. I was the first person to ask for ventilation systems to be installed. That is on the record of the Dáil. I handed the Government the programmes but I was laughed at and told that the Government would look into it. The Government is looking at it now nine months later after we have had children...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Ireland has a very ambitious plan when it comes to cutting emissions, especially in the electricity sector for which a target of 80% is planned. I find that difficult to understand, particularly as demand is set to increase with upcoming demand from data centres, an increase in population and demand for power points to service electric cars. Offshore renewable energy has the answer and all...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if discussions are expected to reinstate the employment wage subsidy scheme for the businesses that are being hit with cancellations which is causing loss of revenue due to new restrictions been introduced owing to the increase in Covid-19 numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected to give clarity to third year and sixth year students as to the type of State exam structure that will be in place for the June 2022 exams given that they are facing the pre-exams in early spring and it is of concern to students, parents and teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60873/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to reinstate the temporary assistance payment scheme in the face of the high levels of transmission of Covid-19 across the community and the advent of the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60874/21]

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

Richard O'Donoghue: No. I have been in business all my life and the one thing I have always said is that you have to have a management structure. I want to know why the hospital system has changed so much. When I was in Barrington's Hospital as a young lad, which is now a private hospital, a patient was released no later than 11 a.m. If that patient was not well enough to be released by then, he or she...

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...

Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Can the Taoiseach explain to every household in Ireland why, in the middle of a pandemic and a national fuel crisis, the Government has raised taxes on fuel and is now getting €1 per litre? Why were taxes on fuel not capped in order that, if there were a fuel increase, people would only be paying for the increase and not any extra tax? We are paying an extra 19 cent per litre in tax...

Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Government needs to cap the tax and get rid of the percentage it is charging.