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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The rural regeneration and development fund is a “commitment of €1 billion by government to be invested in rural Ireland over the period 2019 to 2027”. Those are the Government's words. The fund was set up to develop infrastructure that may be needed to support town centre housing and commercial development. With what? There is no investment in basic infrastructure...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: -----and anti-afforestation. Licensing in afforestation has dropped by 100%. The Government is anti-transport, delaying the ability of persons to get a driving test by up to six months in rural Ireland. Driving is our only form of transport. I cannot stress enough the importance of this for our population. To get to schools, colleges, sport and work in rural Ireland, we need basic...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Tánaiste is now talking about the number of houses being built in rural Ireland. The Government is allowing raw sewage from Askeaton to go into the River Shannon, from Dromcolliher into the River Deel and from Kilbeheny into the River Funshion. It is the biggest polluter environmentally in Ireland. It fines farmers, businesses and householders for any small pollution, but it is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Kilbeheny. Oola.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Go down and drink the water there now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: It did not know the sewerage system was there.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: It did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the committee for allowing me to come in now as I have another engagement to attend. Regarding local authorities with zoned lands, infrastructure for them is non-existent in County Limerick. The lands are zoned under local area plans and the residential zoned land tax is coming in, yet in some cases there is no infrastructure in those towns or villages where the zoned land is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank Mr. Hogan for his answer. There are lands in different areas of County Limerick, for example, in Croom. At the moment, there is serviced land in Croom but the infrastructure's sewerage capacity only allows for 300 more units but the land zoned for development is for up to 1,000 units. There is serviced land, which has been taken over, but there is also a problem with capacity on an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: That excludes two thirds of County Limerick because of our infrastructure problem. We have development land. Areas have already been targeted that have infrastructure and can be opened up for infrastructure but it wipes out two thirds of County Limerick, which people want to have developed but cannot.

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber and listening to us, as every time the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, sees us coming, he is gone because he knows we are telling the truth.

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I believe he has gone from being green to being yellow. Like the coward of the county, he is out the door as fast as his legs can carry him when he sees us coming because he knows we speak the truth. We are self-employed, so we understand what the carbon tax and energy crisis can do to businesses and every person in this country. That is why he runs from us and hides when we are in the...

Support for Household Energy Bills: Motion [Private Members] (3 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: None of them understands what it is like to live in rural areas and support the local economy. That is what is wrong - we have too many people trying to have butter on both sides of their bread and talking out of both sides of their mouths.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister referred a moment ago to all the different things he brought in through CAP and for farmers a number of months ago. Could he tell me now why Macra na Feirme members marched to the Dáil today? The boards they had in front of them stated “McConalogue, Hackett and Heydon – Family Farms for Sale”. That was on their placards. The Minister said he had...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I also support Deputy McNamara's amendments. I am a farmer's son. God rest my mother and father, we grew up on a farm. I have brothers who farm and nephews and nieces in the contracting business. I understand farming because I see it every week, I live it every week and I have been part of the farming community. Macra na Feirme's members had to walk 79 km. They started last night and...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: He was on the phone to the president of Macra na Feirme today and he said he would not meet them, when he previously said he would-----

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: He was in the Dáil and he was supposed to-----

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: They came at 2 p.m. and he did not come out to meet them.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: He met them later, at his own convenience, but he would not meet the full group of people who walked 79 km.