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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Is that also the case for suicide watch or anyone who helps to keep the waterways safe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: There are two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Will the increase in the fee from €126 to €200 be across the board? Will the fees change like those in Sallins? Will the fees change in Limerick? Will they change in each individual district? Why will the fee in Sallins be €2,500?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: We are looking at rural unserviced sites with a fee of €1,500.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Then it goes up to the serviced sites so Waterways Ireland will raise the fee as it applies to the different locations where there are services. I am not a boating person. I am a tourism person. I would like to see people coming in and being able to dock because it supports the economy. From listening to a boating person, their only request is for a place for pumping sewerage. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: There are people who have been living on boats for the past 20 or 30 years. If they were living on land, they would have rights to stay where they were and nothing could be done. Does the same thing apply where somebody has been on the waterways for the last 20 or 30 years in the same location? What rights will they have if these by-laws come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Therefore, there will be respect for the existing locations as much as possible. Deputy Ó Broin spoke earlier and I believe Mr. Rowe gave a commitment to extend the 108-day consultation period. I personally was off for summer; I was sick. However, many other people in the tourism industry were in their peak season. As was said by other speakers, this came out in the middle of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome what the Minister has done to date but I am also looking for a breakdown for every county. I want this done by the local authority that represents the area. We had a discussion earlier about Patrickswell. Two weeks ago I was at a meeting with IBEC. Its biggest concern is that 83% of manufacturing and floor staff are finding it difficult to get rental accommodation in urban and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: What about somebody in arrears?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister recently visited County Limerick. When will we get the money for the infrastructure that was promised in Askeaton, Dromcollogher and Hospital? This will allow a level playing field with regard to infrastructure in Limerick so that we can rebuild our towns and villages.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Will there be a second round for the Independents?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: This is very important. I refer to the local authority industrial action in the coming weeks. Industrial action is to be escalated next week as the Fórsa trade union states there is a lack of comprehensive job evaluation in schemes in local authorities. Industrial action will include a ban on all internal and external email correspondence and a 48-hour phone ban. How many of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Cost Rental Tenant In Situ Scheme: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: And outside of that now.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: We are talking about the electoral reform Bill. The County Limerick constituency was always a three-seater. For many decades it elected two Fianna Fáil Deputies and one Fine Gael Deputy, or two Fine Gael Deputies and one Fianna Fáil Deputy, until we broke the record and now it is one Fianna Fáil Deputy, one Fine Gael Deputy and one Independent Deputy. I believe I am the...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: What Israel is doing is disgusting. It is wrong. Men, women and children are suffering and dying needlessly. I am looking at this from the point of view of a Deputy, father, brother and nephew. What is happening here disgusts me. People are calling for the Israeli ambassador to be expelled. The first thing I would have said would be to do this, then, after thinking about it, I would say...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Children at Risk Ireland, CARI, provides long-term therapeutic supports for children aged three to 18 who have been affected by child sexual abuse, and their families. It is notable that One-in-Four, which supports adult victims of child abuse, receives 75% funding from the State, such as the HSE, Tusla and the Department of Justice. At the present time, Tusla is only offering one third of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I was one of the TDs at their protest. I have been at every protest since and I will be at all the rest. At the end of May this year, I had a TIA. The one request I had from my own doctor was not to send me to UHL, so I went to Ennis. When I got to Ennis, they could not do all of the tests. There was one test they did not have the machine...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will do that on the floor of the Dáil but I am not and never have been afraid to speak up. I will take the advice of An Cathaoirleach. The Government has made mistakes. When you make a mistake, if you stand up, say you have made a mistake, try to fix it and listen to the people who know, it is an honourable thing to do. Anyone can make a mistake. By not fixing its mistake, the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I cannot blame staff in the emergency department in Limerick because they go above and beyond to do what they have to do. A trolley had been moved twice to get a machine out to cater for somebody else. It was something you should not see anywhere but when you got to where you needed to get to for care, you got excellent care within the hospital system. Having to lean over two or three...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: No, but I was there.