Results 721-740 of 2,081 for speaker:Richard O'Donoghue

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Chairman and confirm I am in the building. I congratulate Mr. O'Rourke on his new role. I look forward to working with him. I thank Mr. Coleman for attending as well. During Mr. O'Rourke's opening statement, I was listening to his vast knowledge of the different industries he has been involved in throughout his career. He said at the start that he is from Dublin, that he grew...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I do not agree. Much of the State land is within our counties, and in our larger towns and villages there is State land, except that the Government through its councils has been trying to sell off the land so that it shows we do not have as much public land as people are saying. There is adequate land within the counties but there is a lack of infrastructure. I look forward to working with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected to give clarity to both leaving and junior certificate students if they can have the choice between predictive grades or sit the written exam given that it is causing a lot of stress to students as they do not know the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1293/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction apprentices can expect to complete their apprenticeships (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1149/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (19 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1441. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be put in place to reduce the number of patients on trolleys in emergency departments; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that University Hospital Limerick has the highest number of patients on trolleys it is causing stress and concern to both patients and staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63266/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (19 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if flexibility will be given in relation to sheep inspections during the busy lambing months given the welfare issues regarding the moving of heavy in-lamb or recently lambed ewes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1151/22]

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: We talk about going back to a normal leaving certificate exam this year but what is normal? We can look at the current cohort of leaving certificate pupils but for the past three years there has not been any kind of normal for them. Covid-19 affected three years of their education and now they are expected to go back to "normal". What is normal for them? They have never sat a State exam...

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am going to remind the Labour Members here today, and I can talk louder than them if they want me to talk louder. They are the hypocrites of the Dáil.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: They are the same people, when I was here in November in a truck, highlighting the fuel costs, who voted for carbon tax.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: They are the same. They are the same people who did not go out to the truckers who came up here to protest at the amount it was costing for fuel to feed the people of Ireland.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: They are the same people who have been the cause of the rise of inflation in every house in this country.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: They are the hypocrites of this Dáil.Where were they when the farmers came up here about the rising costs of farming? Where were they when the fuel costs were rising through the roof?

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I asked the Minister to put a freeze on the fuel tax that was being taken in so that if there was a fuel increase, we would not be paying extra tax on it, and these clowns over here are the ones who voted for it.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: These clowns that I am looking at here are the ones who are the absolute hypocrites of the Dáil.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Let the whole country see.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am sorry, I have not used my two minutes because Deputy Michael Healy-Rae’s clock was not stopped. These are the same hypocrites.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Thank God for social media because every vote they have taken has been against the people of Ireland. They voted against rural Ireland every time.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (25 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the provision of criminal free legal aid and civil free legal aid in County Limerick in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3462/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the issue of work permits that businesses paid for in January 2020 prior to the Covid-19 pandemic to bring staff into Ireland but the person did not enter Ireland due to the pandemic and the money was never refunded; if this money is refundable to these businesses; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reconsider the groups of persons who will receive the once-off €1,000 payment to make it available to all persons who worked on the front-line in different sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic who all helped to keep the country running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3828/22]