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Financial Resolution No. 3: Capital Acquisitions Tax (1 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: They think we all have sheep.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Capital Acquisitions Tax (1 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Or the traditions?

Financial Resolution No. 3: Capital Acquisitions Tax (1 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: While I welcome this increase, it does not go far enough if you take into account the last three or four years of inflation and the cost of properties. Let us take as an example a cottage that somebody has left to a family member. Three or four years ago, before costs increased as a result of inflation, you could not give away a cottage for €25,000 or €30,000. Now they...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I would like to put forward a question to the people in Ireland and to all the different generations of people who have voted for Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, the Green Party and other parties. I ask them today whether their children and grandchildren are for sale because that is what this budget is. The Government is trying to buy the votes of those who have voted for those parties for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: How many of those children were operated on twice-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: -----from the rods breaking in their backs?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Double figures were given.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: The figures the Tánaiste has given are inaccurate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: The figures the Tánaiste has given are inaccurate because some of those operations have been done twice. The rods broke in those children's backs. They were operated on twice within two years, and they are also in those stats.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Taoiseach needs to meet them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yesterday I attended a presentation in the audiovisual room from the Scoliosis Advocacy Network and a spina bifida advocacy group. It was one of the most packed audiovisual room presentations in the five years I have been here. When their stories were told, there was not one dry eye in the room. There were parents with their children in wheelchairs. There were people there on crutches...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Tánaiste. He mentioned CHI, the HSE and advocates. These are the same people who have been heading this since 2015 except with a new name. Nothing has changed. The same people from that system have a new name with new positions but they are the same people. The one thing the Tánaiste left out in his contribution when he mentioned anxiety for people was the main...

Health Information Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: This Bill is about making sure that digital health records are used safely and effectively to improve healthcare in Ireland. I will begin by referring to data protection. I wrote to the Minister two years ago about the very subject matter of the Bill, namely health records. Sometimes in a hospital a doctor will send on a patient's records and the next thing that happens is correspondence...

Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Carers. It is in the wording. It is carers. I am from a family of 11. In his last number of months and years, people came to care for my father. As a big family, we were able to do much of it ourselves but we had people who came in part-time. I cannot thank people who do that kind of work enough. The dignity and the home life they have, being cared for in their own home, is...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: That is correct. As there are live investigations at present, I would not like to target any one individual in the context of the matters that are being investigated. I am so delighted that after five years of being here that UHL is finally being investigated. When the investigations are done, I hope criminal charges are brought against the people who have put others at risk and that there...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Since the start of this Government's term of office, I have been talking about accountability. The Rural Independents were the first people here to raise the issue of UHL and the management structure there. New management has been put in place. In the interim, Jessica Sheedy and Aoife Johnston both died. How many more died? There has been poor management in this hospital. I am not going...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Once I get my time on the clock, the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach can say what he likes.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will be delighted if they come in.

Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: As a father and grandparent, I know that early years learning and childcare is a necessity, but in my experience and that of families around me, getting childcare is next to impossible. That is why I will support the motion. Currently, two people in a household have to work in order to survive, and then they have to try to get childcare for their children, which is a massive cost. People...

Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yes. I am sorry I could not make it to meet the Minister because I was meeting constituents, but I had not been notified of his visit, and whenever I am notified of a visit from any Minister, I make it my business to attend. Whenever a Minister comes to the area, I show him or her ample respect. I was not notified in advance, however, and I have my own schedule for meeting the people of...