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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 Dr. O'Carroll.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses for attending. I am self-employed. I was born in Limerick and I live and work in Limerick. I was an elected representative for the Adare-Rathkeale district for six years. I was there for the amalgamation of Limerick city and county councils. As other speakers have stated, Limerick has seen massive cultural change, first when the local authorities in the city and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yes, I thank the Chairman. I did not give the witnesses much of an opportunity to answer on the previous occasion so I am going to make this brief to give them all a minute each if I can. A system that was being used in the local authority was under the general municipal allocation system. It ensured each individual district within the city and county received funding for improvements...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to Local Property Tax: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses for attending. They mentioned a €100,000 band, which has now been increased to €200,000. Will they expand on the position regarding bands 2 and 3? With the supply and demand for houses in towns, cities and rural areas, you cannot get a proper valuation for a house at present. Since there are such supply-and-demand issues, the prices of houses can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to Local Property Tax: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: From a rural point of view, we have looked at this recently. I know the officials are trying to give average prices. I have seen prices recently going from €200,000 to €350,000. The problem is there are people in our areas who will sell their houses and move on but if that reflects on an area and there are people there who want to stay where they are it has automatically...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to Local Property Tax: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the officials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am outside Leinster House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome the officials. Deputy Ó Broin asked about delivery with the serviced sites fund. How much has been delivered in County Limerick through the fund? Since I came in I have heard a lot about Dublin and Glanmire but what about County Limerick?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: That is the idea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I apologise, I got caught in traffic but I was listening on the way up. All the examples Mr. Quinlan has been using are Dublin, Dublin and more Dublin. The examples in counties Limerick and Cork are very different and we have the same issues in counties Limerick and Cork. If one wants to build houses, one needs infrastructure. I welcome the serviced sites fund, it is a way of helping...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 391. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the extension of consanguinity relief for children of same sex couples and their recognition by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 462. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding flood risk works in County Limerick; if he is satisfied that works in the county scheduled for 2021 are on track for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39532/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of public water stations within County Limerick; the details of public water stations installed to date 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39534/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units to be completed in County Limerick in 2021, in tabular form [40332/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding vacant social housing in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40333/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1449. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the number of nurses from the Philippines has been reduced due to the fact Ireland did not apply for an exemption from 5,000 to 10,000 nurses for Ireland given that the UK and Germany have been approved for the larger amount and that this is a matter of urgency as the Philippines may close off this source of nurses due to their own local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time lymphedema nurses recruited in each of the years of 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; the hospitals in which the nurses are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35203/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1730. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time adult intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder speech and language therapy posts in CHO area 3 in each of the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35204/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1731. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts in place for community dieticians in mental health and disability in CHO area 3 in each of the years of 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35205/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 2134. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the inquiry into the anti-epilepsy drug sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36642/21]