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Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (13 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, along with other colleagues who are present. The manner in which these amendments have been brought before us at such short notice, with the use of the guillotine procedure, is another insight into the state of the Government. I am involved in a lot of planning in County Limerick. The granting of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that children who attend an independent, co-educational, multi-denominational primary school will be discriminated against when it comes to a home tuition service as part of the July Provision (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37748/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I work in construction and have worked in that sector all of my life. I have seen first-hand the building of houses for people with disabilities and how the regulations and planning process have changed throughout the years. The implementation of the planning regulations is being enforced to a greater extent in the counties than in the cities. In a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is not only what she has done but what the community has given her. She has also given back to the community because she has shown a life lesson to everyone in the community. Communities are key. If the witnesses have a list of people looking for houses, no matter what county, they should let us know and see what people can do in their own right to help. People talk and people have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Mr. Benson said the engineer is not responsible for the foundations he does not put in. He is wrong. The engineer is responsible for the foundations on top of which he puts a structure. He is completely wrong in the information he just gave. Any engineer who has put a structure on top of an existing foundation is required to do all the tests to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Does Mr. Benson know the cost for a person building a house on top of an existing foundation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Is that based on a house of 2,000 sq. ft.?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: In today's rates, it would be 1,944 sq. ft.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will clarify the figures I gave. They did not include demolition of the property. The figure does not add up to 1,900-odd square feet. Demolition costs bring us back to approximately 1,730 sq. ft. There is also the builder's finish, which does not include all of the furnishings the homeowner takes out of the house and has to put back in. In an average house, that cost is €10,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: -----unless they had done massive research.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for social housing in County Limerick to date in 2022, by district in tabular form; the number of social housing units completed in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38931/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Transport (14 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected with schools that provide a private bus service in order that the charges to parents will also be waived; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the means for families in order that they can obtain the back-to-school allowance, owing to the escalating cost-of-living which many working families are dealing with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38932/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (14 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances available in the UL Hospitals Group on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38930/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Mr. Doyle is saying there should be 0% VAT on social housing and 5% VAT on renovations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Okay. Regarding social housing in Limerick, such a policy would discriminate against many people. The reason is we cannot even build social housing because we have no infrastructure. The Land Development Agency, LDA, was referred to a few minutes ago. It is only looking at locations within a 15-minute proximity of Limerick city, which includes Croom, Adare and Patrickswell. Everything...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Local authorities have told the people they do not want their housing. How can we have housing for all if we do not have infrastructure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: That is no problem at all. Ms Donaghy said that Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI, needs to be publicised more and there needs to be more engagement in it. I would be happy to look at that on behalf of people who approach me for housing and who went to local authorities who have said that they are not interested in the area. I would be interested in getting contact details for that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yes, I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Inflationary Costs in the Construction Industry: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: It would help us, because many people are coming to us at the moment. We were talking about it with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, in the Dáil last week. He said that never had as many applications gone through planning as have done so in the past 12 months. He is actually right but not even a quarter of them will be built. That is my...