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Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am a reformed smoker. I gave up cigarettes in 1996 and I am glad I did it but, at the same time, I cannot support an increase in the price of cigarettes because it is a personal choice for people themselves to give up. The Minister quoted statistics suggesting the incidence of smoking had dropped in recent years from 29% to 14% and that is probably correct, but I do not think that takes...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister should call his committee.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister should call his own committee.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The first time the Minister, Deputy Ryan, spoke during Covid-19, I said I had no confidence in that person. He stood up in this House at a time of crisis and stated we should paint the back of our houses and grow lettuce on our south-facing windows so at least we would have our greens. This country could do without the Green Party because it penalising everyone by not having infrastructure...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (10 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I ask the Minister to take some small advice from someone with common sense. He should eat some lettuce and he might actually come up with some of the ideas that we have because we do grow our own greens in our area. We do as much as we can to help the environment in our areas. The Minister is doing nothing to help the people of this country who he is supposed to protect.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: That is gross negligence on his behalf. People have died on the roads because funding has not been put into infrastructure. People have died on the roads because the local authorities do not have money to fill potholes on the basic roads. People have died on the roads because of rules that hedges cannot be cut at certain times of the year. Every road in Ireland - I said road only - should...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am going to start by referencing the Law Reform Commission consultation report for a Bill that was never enacted. According to the abstract of the 2005 report: The Report deals with the liability of corporations for the death of human persons arising from gross negligence. The Report recommends that an offence of 'corporate manslaughter' should be introduced, to be prosecuted on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (10 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if discussions are planned to restore FEMPI cuts to the fees of legal aid service providers, including solicitors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43535/23]

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: If we are honest here and 98.7% of the House had no confidence in the Minister, she would not be here. If 51% had no confidence, she would not be here. However, 98.7% of the members of An Garda Síochána have no confidence in Commissioner Harris and he is still here. He has single-handedly destroyed the Garda service in Ireland. Gardaí are no longer counting the years to...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Government has done the same thing to early childcare providers that it did to elder care providers in this country. It helped to close down providers of elder care in the form of small nursing homes and now it is doing the same in respect of early care of children. Childcare providers are under pressure because of inflation and that is happening as a result of all the decisions made by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 265. To ask the Minister for Health if discussion is expected to make available the current HTA on all CGM and intermittent glucose monitors available to those living with type 1 diabetes in Ireland (details supplied). [41955/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 266. To ask the Minister for Health when the rapid HTA, undertaken by HIQA in November 2022, reviewing the evidence of the clinical and cost-effectiveness of continuous and intermittent glucose monitoring systems for people with type 1 diabetes, will be published; and if it recommends the widening of access to these devices, if funding will be provided. [41956/23]

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Deputy Thomas Pringle is there as well.

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Acting Chair. I want to talk to the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, about affordable homes and rentals for people in Limerick, as a fellow Limerick man himself. I was at the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage a while ago with the Minister, Deputy O'Brien. I am going to ask the Minister of State the same question I asked him. Thirty-eight years ago, a...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is ironic that the cartoon I have fell on the ground. It was sent to me by a friend of mine and it shows a fuel can saying: Whoever said what goes up must come down wasn't talking about me. It is ironic that everything in the Government's eyes goes up. Why? Because of inflation. Why does the Government love inflation? Because it means more revenue. How much extra revenue has the...

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: The first speaker asked the witnesses about the fees for search and rescue and suicide watch using the waterways. Is there a fee for people performing an essential service in trying to save lives?

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.