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Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I live it every day. The Minister of State knows nothing about it.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister of State knows nothing about value for money. He knows nothing about building.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: Go away. The Minister of State should talk about something he knows about.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is a waste of money.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister of State needs to get real.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I wish the Minister well in his position and I look forward to working with him. I have been in construction all my life and I want to give the Minister a bit of advice and to ask him for his help. Why can we not extend the fee waiver for planning permission to help people who are building their own houses, which means they are not depending on the State and also helps address inflation...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: We are here today for a vote of no confidence in the Ceann Comhairle. Many previous speakers referred to right and wrong. I have a copy of the Standing Orders in front of me. If you were to follow the Standing Orders last week - what was done right and what was done wrong. I was the person from Independent Ireland who emailed the Ceann Comhairle at the time and asked her, as well as at...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I wish the Minister the best of luck in her role. I agree 100% with my colleague, Deputy O'Flynn. People in this country have gone out of their way to help people from Ukraine and it was the right thing to do. People opened up their houses and provided people with rooms, which was fantastic. However, a minority of people have come in, claiming they are from Ukraine. They have bought...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: What protections do we have from Europe regarding the tariffs threatening to be introduced by America on our businesses here and across Europe? What protections have we got from such a thing coming down which could impact the loss of jobs, as well as the loss of investment in this country? Vance said Ireland was a tax haven for these companies. The funds and jobs we have from these...

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: As the general secretary of Independent Ireland, I commend everyone in the Defence Forces. I commend everyone in our Army, and everyone who is a protector of Ireland. I say to those people that I am sorry that this and previous Governments have not treated them with fairness, even on pay and conditions. We have called out our forces to help us in times of crisis. One side of our forces...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Noise Pollution (25 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 26 February 2025, if he will provide information in relation to reports on wind turbine noise (details supplied). [13953/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (25 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if discussion is expected regarding CIÉ pensioners having not received an increase in their pension since 2008; when they will receive an increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13678/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (25 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that in 2015, the then-Minister committed that the Department would continue to liaise with the Department of Health regarding the potential health impacts of wind turbines, when the most recent dialogue took place; the outcomes; if no such dialogue has occurred, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (25 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can confirm if operating wind farms pose a health risk, given that all three published revisions of the 2006 wind energy development guidelines state that wind turbine noise must align with World Health Organisation (WHO) standards, while existing wind farms generally operate at noise limits at least six decibels...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Noise Pollution (25 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 809. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 26 February 2025, whether the recent advice received from the HSE aligns with the response given to Parliamentary Question No. 735 of 30 April 2024, which identified the World Health Organisation's 2018 recommendation as the appropriate guidance for wind turbine noise; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Court Judgments (19 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 915. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the High Court’s ruling that wind turbine noise constitutes a nuisance (details supplied), if the Minister will confirm whether wind farm noise at 43 decibels LA90 is considered a statutory nuisance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1464. To ask the Minister for Health to prioritise the immediate funding and delivery of more public inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment, so that those in crisis receive the care they need in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1465. To ask the Minister for Health to prioritise reducing waiting lists for eating disorder treatment in order that vital early intervention can happen without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10581/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1466. To ask the Minister for Health to urgently review the transition from CAMHS to AMHS ensuring continuity of care with no dangerous gaps for young people entering adulthood with an eating disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10582/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (19 Mar 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1467. To ask the Minister for Health to establish a special Oireachtas committee on eating disorders to ensure real accountability and that all commitments made under any new model of care are delivered in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10583/25]