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The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I acknowledge the work that the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, is doing in regard to putting together a youth justice strategy. I spoke to gardaí in several Garda stations in this regard and they acknowledged it was difficult during Covid to have meaningful engagements with youths. However, now that sports are back and they are liaising with organisations like the GAA clubs,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: And Limerick.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister is aware that I have a background in construction and know what I am talking about when it comes to construction. I acknowledge the report of the mica working group and the urgency of getting 100% redress in a speedy fashion for the families affected in Mayo, Donegal and other counties, including Limerick. I have cases in Limerick dating from the late 1980s to 2006. All of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have full confidence in the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to sort out a problem handed to him by Fine Gael and the Labour Party.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister is welcome to Limerick to see the houses we have issues with. I have a question that might help the Minister going forward. Have the quarries found to have had pyrite in their blocks stopped making blocks? If so, how long ago did they stop? This report was done in 2012 so the quarries knew there was an issue at that time. Have those quarries been making blocks since then?...

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The cost of filling a car in January 2021 was €78. I filled my own. The cost to fill the same car today is €91. The Government is now to also increase the carbon tax, which will increase this cost by €1.48, increasing the cost to fill that car to €92.48. Over 12 months, assuming that 60 l of fuel are used per week, the extra cost to run a car will be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the closure of a bank (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 106. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of nurses and careers in Limerick city and county for facilities such as respite care units in the communities the lack of nurses is delaying the opening of such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 107. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to prioritise funding for mental health services in Limerick in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48427/21]

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The hospital waiting lists for children are unthinkable. Many of the children on these waiting lists are just waiting for treatment for minor ailments. If they do not get an early diagnosis, there will be lifetime effects. Some 106,000 children are waiting for tests in the public system, Some 8,000 are waiting for CT scans and 2,700 children and young people are waiting for access to...

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: This is on childcare. Children are coming into the hospitals for diagnosis, and to have their needs catered for. Look at this House. There is a roster here. Everyone knows who is here, what time they are due to be here, what time they will be speaking and what people are in their offices, but that is not the case with the hospital system. We need to get this right. We need to tackle...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Emergency provisions need to remain in place until we are completely rid of Covid-19 permanently. However, there are aspects of this that need to be looked at. We are very aware of the people who contracted Covid-19 and who will get paid while they are out sick for the recommended number of days. We have a shortage across so many industries due to the PUP. I am talking here about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Mr. Kelly mentioned the issue of enforcement by local authorities. On certain projects, once an enforcement notice has been given, there is a statutory time within which you have to reply to it. If you reply to a statutory notice arising from an enforcement, once you open communications, it then goes to the local authority. In cases where an enforcement is sent out and somebody is late...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: That is fine. I am okay with that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected regarding physical education becoming an optional exam leaving certificate subject in all secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47204/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (30 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of the specialist community diabetes teams under the Enhanced Community Care Programme; if the service will be available to all persons with diabetes free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47202/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of funding for orthodontic treatments for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47203/21]

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Ombudsman for 2018, 2019 and 2020: The Ombudsman (30 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Acting Chairman read out the details of Mr. Tyndall's experience. It is a fair experience and I hope that when we finally get a successor, which we are not in a hurry to do with the experience Mr. Tyndall has, he or she will have as much success and show as much transparency as he has. I agree with everything he said, including what he has said about disabilities. We are working on...

Afghanistan Crisis: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: When the United States and NATO turned to rebuilding the failed state of Afghanistan in the 1980s, they attempted a western-style democracy. They sent billions of dollars to try to reconstruct a desperately poor country already torn apart by two decades of war – first during the Soviet occupation of the 1980s and then in the civil war. There were early successes. New schools,...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have been a building contractor all my life. I started in building early and I am still in building. When I see the Housing for All plan for 2030, I reflect, as I told Government Deputies earlier, that the only reason they are trying to amend planning laws for one-off houses is that the electorate came and told them they had better not show their faces at the doors again. That is why...