Results 1,101-1,120 of 2,141 for speaker:Richard O'Donoghue

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: To assist Deputy Gould with the issue of permission for solar farms. If farmers, for example, with a 100 acre holding release more than 49% of their land holding, they lose their single farm payment. What happens as a result is that three or four farmers come together. To make it viable to build a solar farm, you need between 180 acres and 200 acres with a high-power line. Often, a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: That is no problem at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: That is it. I thank the committee for all the work it has done. Planning and environmental issues are something I am interested in as I have been in construction all my life. My question is on solar farms. Up to what kilowatt level would the Department consider a small solar farm development to be exempt from planning? The reason I ask is following Covid and the high rise in energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Do hotels come into that category?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am sorry to cut across Ms Graham, but I want to get this right. The question is if hotels and other such areas are included. Most solar farms at the moment are being put in fields because they are not recommended to go on roofs. Many of the roof designs are not capable of accommodating solar panels because of the wind that could be trapped which would cause vibrations. They are great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: My other question is on the planning framework from an environmental point of view for County Limerick. From the details the Department has at the moment, it probably has a footprint map of Ireland as a whole. It can see the weak areas that do not have infrastructure and that are being taken out of the local area plans because of lack of infrastructure for forward planning. In counties...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank Ms Graham.

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Having looked at this report, I can see where the financial crash started. I can see an Ireland that was not about the ordinary person in the street who was not able to pay back a mortgage. It was about total corruption during a time when people had to emigrate, when people lost their homes and when many people lost their lives worrying about repaying loans. I remember clearly someone...

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Businesses trying to build an enterprise on green energy are having obstacles put in their way. I understand that it is proposed in a Bill on Committee Stage to introduce planning regulations that will allow 60 kW of solar panel power generation. That is not sustainable for any business because any business needs 100 kW of solar panel power. Any house that was built in the 1980s and 1990s...

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have been in construction all my life. In helping people with planning permissions in areas such as one-off houses and businesses across the board, the biggest thing we must deal with to help people put a roof over their heads is An Bord Pleanála. I have a serious concern that even with the planning process in place, people, no matter where they are in the country, can pay €20...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The cracks are showing, are they not? I see the Minister's party colleagues are on radio saying that they believe the peat plants should be opened up again to provide power for the people who put them here to protect them. We all want to protect the environment and the universe but we put our people first and we work for the future. What the Minister has done to the people of Ireland is...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: For the record, the last time I brought up that comment when the Ceann Comhairle and everyone else was here, not one person pulled me for that comment. That will tell the Leas-Cheann Comhairle what it means.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: What about Lanesborough?

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The ESB bill is going to be €600,000 to €2.5 million for one Limerick company, one company.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Ah, look.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: A barrel of oil is cheaper now.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: A barrel of oil is cheaper now than it was a year ago.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Say that to the Irish people.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Look after Ireland like you are meant to look after it. You are elected in Ireland.

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Irish Water was allocated a fund for the greater Dublin area drainage project of €410 million and €294 million for the water supply project. The funding for these two projects was ring-fenced for the duration of Irish Water's third revenue control period, RC3, although the company could not access the fund for diversion of projects. Irish Water is now proposing that the...