Results 1,241-1,260 of 2,081 for speaker:Richard O'Donoghue

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the new applications for permits will be issued for dairy farm workers outside of the EU (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50932/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many students complete the Leaving Certificate aged 16-19 years and start college, and subsequently cannot obtain a Leap card (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the increase benefit-in-kind recipients will have in January 2023 due to the new calculations by the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (13 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when engineers for the Pyrite issue in County Limerick will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50934/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider and give mature students the approved one-off reduction of €1,000 for the student contribution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50929/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the pandemic payments for Section 38/39 workers; if all payments have been paid to workers; the amount paid; the amount that has yet to be paid in tabular form; the cause for the delay in the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50931/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 442. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to extend the age for GP care for children to 16 years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50935/22]

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Last week I mentioned in the Dáil that we may not have places for tourists in this country next year. Figures from Fáilte Ireland for 2019 show international and Irish tourist yielded an estimated €9.5 billion. Tourism gives employment to 270,000 people. The industry must be supported and protected. A total of 70% of these jobs are outside Dublin. Tourism is a huge...

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: These are facts here now. Airtricity paid €115 million to its parent company in the UK last year, while its bills went up by €600 over the year. Electric Ireland, which has 1.2 million electricity customers, is 95% owned by the State. Its electricity bills went up by €466 over the year, with five price increases in succession. Guess what? The Government does not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 767. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to recruit more radiotherapy nurses in hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51515/22]

Mother and Baby Institutions Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Social Democrats for tabling this motion. There should be no more time wasted. The people of the mother and baby homes have suffered enough. It is time the redress scheme was introduced in recognition of what happened there. I will tell the House a story. I visited a person - I will not say where - because I knew that this person was alone. The individual was a survivor...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: What is the appetite in Europe to regulate the standing charges that appear on utility bills? Will the windfall solidarity tax bring down the cost of energy for the 2.1 million domestic electricity customers in Ireland or is it just another tax? Deputy Flaherty referred to mobile wind turbines. It states on Electric Ireland bills that 64% of the electricity is from renewable energy, yet...

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The cost of the tracker mortgage scandal, between compensation and the cost to the banks in fines, was €1 billion. I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, is speaking to an official but I would appreciate it if he were to listen when I am speaking to him. I just mentioned that €1 billion was the cost of the tracker mortgage scandal and the Minister of State went...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the need for bus and lorry drivers to sit a CPC course on a yearly basis and to pay for the courses themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52544/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in the insurance survey (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52545/22]

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Does the Minister have any idea of the number of businesses around the country that were awaiting the details of this Finance Bill today? My God, were they surprised. A great many of them will not qualify for the temporary business energy support scheme, TBESS, as Revenue will need to see an increase of 40% or more in electricity or gas bills compared with bills for this time last year....

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Local Link service has been a help with regard to local transport issues. Its remit within the national bus service is to provide links from west to east County Limerick through Castlemahon, Kilteely, Feenagh, Dromcolliher, Foynes and Glin. I am delighted to work with it to provide the bus for rural areas from stop to stop. It also provides pick-up at the door for people who need it...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: As the Minister knows, I have been in construction all my life, so I know the industry inside out. One issue with much construction at the moment that would help businesspeople relates to the planning laws that need to be changed or amended to allow business owners to build accommodation for their staff, which would encourage their staff to stay within the business they are in and which...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am not a landlord but I know a lot of landlords and a lot of tenants. Many of both are fantastic but there is a minority of bad landlords and a minority of bad tenants. Many of the bad landlords care about nothing other than increasing rents on their properties. Some of those properties are not even liveable but their owners continue to squeeze people because they know they have nowhere...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I was horrified to read that if Ireland had any difficulty with the pipeline off Moffat in Scotland, our gas would be gone within 20 minutes. Did the Minister hear that? If there was any problem with that pipeline, our gas would be gone within 20 minutes. If our gas was reduced by as little as 20%, and if the wind did not blow on the same day, we would have to switch our electricity to...