Results 421-440 of 2,081 for speaker:Richard O'Donoghue

Traveller Accommodation: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: There is somewhere close to 40,000 people in the Traveller community, making it a significant indigenous ethnic group. Since 1996, its population has grown by 185%. The trajectory is upwards, certainly more so than for the general population, although there have been highs and lows in growth. In Limerick, for instance, the Traveller population has increased by 250% over the past 20 years....

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 was published on 4 May 2021 to provide an opportunity to raise fishery matters and to seek clarification on Rockall, as that will be an issue for fishermen and fisherwomen, who are united on this matter. No prior public consultation took place. There was no pre-legislative scrutiny. No regulatory impact analysis accompanied this Bill. The housing Bill...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Maritime Jurisdiction (3 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Again, I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this Topical Issue matter. If somebody, God forbid, falls overboard in the seas off Ireland, a helicopter can be deployed and can be there within ten or 15 minutes. Four fishermen were in dread of their lives from a foreign vessel trying to ram them in Irish waters. The Taoiseach ignored a call and emails from Deputy Collins. I saw the...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have been in construction all my life and everything I do has to be certified. Quarries supplied materials to these people that was certified. There is amount of quarries that have pyrite on them that are owned by massive international companies that own 30 or 40 quarries in this country and they are responsible for pyrite and mica in this country. Pyrite is in Clare. It is in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take to prioritise essential services staff for theory tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31240/21]

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is more than a year since I was elected before which I was on the county council for six years. This was brought to the House today by the Labour Party. While Deputy Kelly was in government and was the Minister with responsibility for housing, he had a track record like the LDA - he did not build a bloody house. This is what we are coming down to. The records are there to show Labour's...

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: This is what we have to look at today. The record shows it and history shows it. If the media can do anything, they should go back on the history of all of these parties and show their double standards.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have listened to the Minister of State for several minutes and all I heard out of his mouth, again and again, were the words “affordable housing”. How will the Government address affordable housing when there has been a 37% increase in the cost of materials coming into this country since 1 January? That increase is due to the 2040 plan brought in by the Government in 2018....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: No.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am a member of the Rural Independent Group.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (15 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1058. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a review of GMIT appointments raised by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31241/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forest road grant applications have been received to date since the introduction of the forest road single consent system on 7 February 2020; the number of same that are single consent applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32163/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (16 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time from receipt of an application to the issuing of an approved forest road grant licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32164/21]

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I ask the Minister of State to check the record of the Dáil where he will see that more than six months ago I asked why we had not applied for more funding and for our fair share from Europe. We just heard that €750 billion was available. Ireland is receiving €915 million and other countries are receiving triple this amount even though they are of a similar size. The...

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I was six years on a council. All I see is the failure of people to speak up for Ireland. The Government should seek our fair share in Europe and get a response. The figures show that Croatia, which has a smaller population than that of Ireland, is getting €6.3 billion, while we are getting €915 million. We need to get people from a business background to do deals on behalf...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The pension age was a key issue in the general election in February 2020. Voters across the State expressed their opposition to the pension age increase throughout the election campaign. The Government told them that things like that would not happen. While in power from 2007 to 2011, Fianna Fáil and the Green Party decided to increase the pension age to 67 by 2021 and to 68 by 2028....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses. I welcome all-female participation in elections. There is a lack of women representatives. I, too, came up through the county council system. I served six years on my local council. The first couple of years were within a party and I was elected as an independent candidate on the second occasion. I can see where a lot of the issues lie. When I sat on the...

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The first question we must ask is what is causing the increase in rents in this country. The answer is problems with supply and demand. Covid had a massive impact on supply and demand but we also have a huge issue with the cost of the materials to build houses, which is causing a problem. Rents are going up in Limerick. Ordinary people who were paying €800 a month are now being...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding timelines for the processing of forestry thinning applications; the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33627/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 308 single consent licence applications that have been approved since his Department became the sole consenting authority for forest road works licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33942/21]