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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: It has.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: More tax is being charged.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: More tax is being charged.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: More tax is being charged.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: We have to live, too. We have to live.

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome the Bill. I have a question for the Minister and would like a reply in writing if he does not mind. It relates to HSE employees past and present. I am very disturbed that within the HSE there is a Q-pulse system where staff can make complaints regarding wrongful practice. How many Q-pulse cases have not been acted on and closed out in the HSE? How many Q-pulse submissions have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 4. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has plans, in the context of the CLÁR programme, and having regard to local safety concerns, to allow funding to be used for local investment in CCTV and lighting in local playgrounds. [8935/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I ask the Minister of State whether he has plans, in the context of the CLÁR programme, and having regard to local safety concerns, to allow funding to be used for local investment in CCTV and lighting in local playgrounds and communities. Since the pandemic, more and more people want to feel safe in their communities. This can be when they are out on a walking, running or cycling...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome all the funding provided for rural projects. Another big issue that was highlighted over the pandemic concerns community fields. While there are many GAA grounds and fields in different areas, many communities also have community fields. In respect of the way sports are organised, sometimes camogie clubs cannot access the local GAA fields. The community fields can be used as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Minister of State. I do not think community fields come under the sports capital grant scheme. I stand to be corrected. I welcome the funding provided in the areas referred to by the Minister of State, including the constructions of a footpath at Feenagh soccer club. However, in smaller communities, such as Granagh-Ballingarry, there are soccer and GAA fields that are being...

National Retrofitting Scheme: Statements (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will do my best.

National Retrofitting Scheme: Statements (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I sat in on the launch of the retrofit programme with the Minister before it was announced. Many people were there and we discussed many of the different aspects of retrofitting. I have been involved in construction my whole life. I know nothing but construction, bar politics. I want to deal with the here and now. During Leaders' Questions yesterday, I asked the Taoiseach why the cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 822. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practitioners by county; and the number of same who accept medical card patients, by county (details supplied). [8107/22]

Carbon Tax: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I and the Rural Independent Group have highlighted this since November. I highlighted the price of fuel costs on a truck with farmers and everyone else. The fact of the matter is that in 2018, 66% of the price of delivering fuel in the country went to the suppliers and 34% went to the Government. Things have now come full circle. It is now 46% for oil companies and 54% for the Government....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the slow pace of progress in achieving disability rights; if he will ensure that Ireland honours its commitments under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that Ireland has one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 277. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to take place to extend the €1,000 pandemic payment to section 39 healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8821/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to take place regarding an increase in the staffing levels for paediatric epilepsy services at University Hospital Limerick to ensure children receive continued care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8820/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 281. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to take place regarding the €5.1 million that was requested for Cappagh Kids National Orthopaedic Hospital to be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8823/22]

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: For the record, of every €17 in fuel, the Government takes €10 in tax. That is a fact. This targets the 1 million people who are now below the poverty line in this country, such as those who are on social welfare, pensioners, the working middle-class and the self-employed. This hits every one of us in our pockets today. The Minister mentioned the pig farmers. If a pig...

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Acting Chair would not correct the Minister, who was talking through the whole lot of it.