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Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Government does not want transition; it just wants tax. Every time someone turns, it is tax. In the Minister's last address to us here on COP, he mentioned the trillions of euro made by fossil fuel companies. However, he forgot to say that it was great because we are charging people 50% tax on that fossil fuel in this country without transition. The Minister wears glasses and I...

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yes. That is what he thinks of this country. He talks about forestry. His other failure is that in 2012 we knew there was a problem with ash dieback. The Government was told but it did nothing about it. What did it do? It let all the forests with ash dieback fail. It said it would give people €1,000 to clear the land. That is what it did. It was another failure of the...

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Where people had public transport.

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Only those with a haulage licence.

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: It was only for those who had a haulage licence. He is telling lies.

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Tax.

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Tax.

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister spoke for only two minutes and 40 seconds. Is that as much as he could give to rural Ireland?

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I also support the greyhound and horse racing industry. I come from a greyhound family and I grew up with greyhounds. In our house we had up to 26 greyhounds and they were better treated than I was myself, because if they were not walked and fed then I did not get fed. That was how much passion my father and family had for the greyhound industry. I was disappointed to see that the last...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Respect the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional classrooms will be built in locations in which planning permission is already in place but funding approval is needed for the build as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that Ireland is seeing an increase in the number of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60005/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish trained doctors and Irish trained nurses employed by the HSE in UHL hospital group in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [60003/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of doctors and nurses from all nationalities that have left the UHL hospital group in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [60004/22]

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Research is telling us that 61% of 16-year-olds in Ireland have placed a bet. The Oireachtas justice committee's report on gambling has warned that 3,400 young people under the age of 18 have a problem with gambling. We all know how dangerous gambling is. We can see how, with the touch of a button, people can now gamble 24-7. I am a big supporter of the horse industry and the greyhound...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Hear, hear.

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I offer my condolences to the Minister of State and his family on the death of his uncle, Michael, who was a former Deputy. I worked with his son, James, on the council. Teacher recruitment in key areas like Irish, maths, home economics and French is difficult in most second level schools. Most secondary schools have vacancies, according to a survey of principals. A TUI poll of almost...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I hope the media are listening to this. I would like the people of Ireland to know what happens following a serious incident or death in a HSE hospital. If someone is unfortunate enough to be injured or if a loved one is injured or, worse, dies under the care of a HSE hospital, this is what happens afterwards. I ask the Minister to give me his attention. A member of staff who has...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will. The Medical Council then seeks a so-called external expert investigation. This expert is usually a past or present HSE employee. If a serious concern is brought to the national patient safety office in the Department of Health, a past or present member of the HSE is working there and the Minister for Health is the head of the service. The same Minister appoints certain members of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Last night we debated an important Bill on patient safety. How can we have a good hospital system if the HSE investigates itself? Why can we not have an independent body to investigate serious complaints against hospitals like University Hospital Limerick? Some 70 health professionals - the Tánaiste is also a health professional - came forward on Q-Pulse to report incidents. Some 140...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: There are HSE members on it.