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Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I want extra time on the clock because the Acting Chairman has allowed me to be interrupted two or three times during my contribution. When somebody else made a comment to the Minister of State when she was talking, she just smiled up and said "Through the Chair". Through the Chair, I am saying that I want an extra minute added to my time because I was interrupted. The Government comes...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: When can the people of Limerick expect to have a proper drinking water supply? This week, Irish Water customers were advised that a new water website has been launched to enable customers to access up-to-date information for their area. I went on the website and the information that was available was negligible. I spoke to a group of people from Fedamore, County Limerick, who have been on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Legislation to clear the way for the extraction of 350 million litres of water per day from the River Shannon to feed Dublin's needs is seriously defective and was raised by the Oireachtas independent legal advisers. Dublin is looking for 350 million litres of water for its needs. I want a metre put on the water leaving the Shannon and in every county through which it passes. I want Dublin...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am from Limerick.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: And people who lived in Dublin are now living in Limerick.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: We have no supplies.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Exactly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am not objecting.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am not objecting.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: You have all the services up here. We want them in Limerick.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: You are in bed with the Blueshirts, so you might as well put on a blue jersey with the way you are acting.

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Has the Minister ever heard the saying "You could confuse the nation"? I am afraid the Government has passed with honours. Old sayings are coming back to bite it because it still has not learned. We spoke about the European Parliament and legislation that was passed by the EU in January prohibiting political pressure from being used to get people to get a vaccine, but the Government is now...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have been in building all my life. I support this amendment. To get down to brass tacks, what the Minister has done shows complete disregard for people in rural areas. I have lived in a rural area all my life and I hope to live there for the rest of my life. If we take the price of a serviced site in a city and apply that to a serviced site in a county, to make it profitable for...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I support the Sinn Féin amendment. I am a qualified blocklayer by trade and I have helped to build many houses. As previous speakers stated, the block is the main part of a house, along with a foundation and the roof. There are many people in County Limerick who have issues arising from pyrite. I have seen a couple of houses that have it and I will be calling to more next week....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the drug zolgensma; if the drug can be expedited here given the known case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31249/21]

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Retail Credit and Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome improved regulation of finance services, especially when it comes to helping young people to get finance for cars and other vehicles. The Consumer Credit Act needs to be amended to ensure transparency and facilitate the Central Bank to publish information around credit agreements. Until now, there was not proper regulation of the terms given to people who bought cars on credit....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Taisce (15 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I fully agree with all the sentiments from Deputy McGrath. There should be a full investigation into where the funding of An Taisce is going. An Taisce should have made a submission on the fever hospital in Croom. Those involved never made any application on it. They were asked afterwards and they blamed Covid-19. They are funded for certain cases. Where An Taisce should be doing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Taisce (15 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I share Deputy Mattie McGrath's sentiments. We welcome the work An Taisce does with regard to the clean-up. I am been involved in the clean-ups in Limerick, as have all my family, neighbours and friends. That is a plus and a positive. The negative is what An Taisce is doing on the other side. The Minister of State has just said that it invoiced us for €675,000 during 2020. I want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Vice Chairman. I appreciate everything Dr. O'Carroll is doing. He is doing a fantastic job. What about Limerick? All of the reports to date have been in regard to Dublin. Limerick and every other county in Ireland should be monitored with the same capacity as Dublin has experienced. We are seeing a massive increase in homelessness throughout the country and it is likely it...