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

Richard O'Donoghue: They are made up by HSE bodies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses for coming in. My colleagues have already spoken about the issues within the RTB and we have covered most of that. I am going to go straight into the questions. Roughly 15% of landlords are leaving the market, with 10% doing so to return the property to a family home. There are also people returning from abroad who had rented out their property while they were away...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Where was the survey based? Was it based on the size of a population within a certain area? Was it based on all of Ireland? Was it based within the different sectors within each individual county? In that survey, which would have included larger landlords of apartments blocks, down to the person with four or five properties down to the person with one property, did it differentiate county...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Are people wanting to get into the rental market just in Dublin, for example, because they are getting a high market price? Then there is a certain market price in Limerick or Clare with different returns. As you go out of the cities, how many are dropping off within the county areas or within the town or village areas because of what they face with infrastructure and things like that?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is one of the reasons I joined this committee. The Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage is very interesting because we all have different and diverse backgrounds that add into the committee, which is very good. The committee probably listens to me talking a lot about rural areas and the lack of infrastructure. I believe the information the RTB has can show a full...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The RTB has the information and statistics, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Okay. I thank Mr. Dunne for that.

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: This Bill is being rushed through. I have no doubt but that it will go through the House and proceed to Committee Stage, where there will be amendments. Deputy Nolan said and I repeat that Independent Senator Boyhan put down nine amendments, all of which were ruled out of order. The Government is not listening to the people on the ground who know what they are talking about. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (8 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding student nurses; the reason that many of the recommendations of the McHugh report which were due to be implemented by September 2022 have yet to be implemented, resulting in student nurses and midwives continuing to struggle to meet the costs of their training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61516/22]

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: On Housing for All, let us talk about Limerick. The LDA was set up in 2018. How many houses were built in Limerick since then? I cannot hear the Minister for Finance. None, is it? That is right; no houses were built in Limerick. Very good. After investing €1.2 billion in the LDA, not one house was built in Limerick, but the members of the Government, including the Minister for...

Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: This Bill is required so that spending that happened in 2022 is sanctioned and legislated for, and so the spending in 2023 can happen. I am very concerned that there has been a huge amount of money, €673 million, not spent this year and similar last year. Can the Minister, Deputy McGrath, honestly look in the faces of the people at the moment and tell them that €673 million...

Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is what the Government is doing. It is hypocritical. The Government is opening up the Dáil on Saturday for a change of Taoiseach from Tánaiste and the other way around. It could be done during the week. Anyone here would have accommodated it during the week. Even if it was late at night or early in the morning we would accommodate it. The Government is sending people home...

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am pleased to see that the Minister and the Minister of State are here. I thank them for staying on. I am calling this evening for an investigation into the non-reporting of incidents at University Hospital Limerick, UHL, despite calls continually being made to stop the practice. Staff are unable to put incidents on Q-Pulse because this immediately triggers a response from management...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: A total of 35,000 homes are being held up in the planning system due to delays in An Bord Pleanála. There is total disarray in An Bord Pleanála. Only four people are on the board and it seems they are unable to make decisions regarding strategic housing developments, SHDs. I have concerns about planning delays. An Bord Pleanála should have a high-level screening...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I agree with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Enterprise Support Services (14 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the rising energy costs and the sustainability of small businesses that have no access to the natural gas grid and are using LPG and BioLPG as an alternative (details supplied); and if he will re-examine the support scheme and amend it to include these businesses. [62319/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (15 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools per county that have high-efficiency particulate absorbing, HEPA, filters installed in classrooms in tabular form. [62905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 319. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide a date when all the front-line workers waiting on the pandemic payment of €1,000 can expect to receive the payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (15 Dec 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 320. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no paediatric neurologist in UHL; when it is likely that a neurologist will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62903/22]

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

Richard O'Donoghue: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; if he will provide an update on discussions between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....