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

Richard O'Donoghue: Sorry.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: If the Minister of State wants to try to talk over me, I will talk over him all day long. He seems to have-----

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

Richard O'Donoghue: It is easy for Deputy Heydon to try to tell the truth, when the Taoiseach could have walked out for five minutes at any time and met people. Ministers often sit in for five minutes and take over for anything in the Dáil. It was at 2 p.m. today. The Minister of State should not bother making excuses for the Taoiseach when I am talking about amendments.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Without interruption, please. I support these amendments. I am a farmer's son. I also understand farming and where Macra na Feirme is coming from. The Minister is from a farming community himself. The farmers who were here today are aged up to 35. I was thankful to see a 50-50 representation of men and women supporting the young Macra na Feirme members today. The average age of people...

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Promises, promises and more promises. The inflation taxation the Government has taken off everyone is now to be given out to the people and the Government will say it is giving them something off. It is waiving planning permission fees, which I welcome, for people who can build. We sat at a committee hearing yesterday, which the Minister of State attended, and heard about the failure of...

Re-introduction of Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister, Deputy O'Brien, and the Ministers of State, Deputies O'Donnell and Noonan, appeared at the housing committee today to discuss Housing for All. The Ministers spoke about the houses being built in Limerick city and elsewhere in the country. I welcomed the waiving of the planning permission fee for local authorities. The positivity stopped, however, when we considered County...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome the Minister, the Minister of State and their officials. It is ironic that this meeting is on today and Uisce Éireann came back with an update to me at 12.23 p.m. It is amazing that when there is a housing committee meeting and the Ministers are in front of us, they can come back with an update for us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: We will return to County Limerick. I understand there is much work going on in Limerick city. Many houses are being built and I welcome that. However, I represent the county of Limerick. The Minister was in Limerick recently and we visited a couple of sites where he announced houses in different areas. We went to a hospital and showed that in hospital there were five existing new houses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I like the Minister's confidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Returning to Killmallock, it is a town with buildings from the 14th century and there are conservation orders on many of the properties. In other countries, conservation orders mean keeping the front façade and allowing the rest to be modernised. One business owner has contacted me to say he is seeking to do up an existing premises to allow him to provide two apartments over it. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: On businesses finding accommodation-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Part five only applies up to nine units-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: -----which does not make a development of 20 units very viable.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (20 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected to change the circular for incremental credits so that teaching experience abroad in non-EU private schools is recognised in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18708/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children seen by school dentists in the years 2019 to 2022 by county, in tabular form. [18706/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for ophthalmology appointments in each hospital, in tabular form. [18707/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners in each county, in tabular form. [18709/23]

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: What about the serial objectors?

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The first thing when it comes to local properties that are vacant, we should look at how many properties belong to the Government and the local authorities. The local authorities in County Limerick are number one in dealing with vacant and derelict properties. The problem, however, is that it is not possible for them to turn those properties around fast enough and get them back out because...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I agree with some parts of the Sinn Féin motion and disagree with other parts. We are talking here about housing and Government policy on producing housing for people. The number of vacant houses in Limerick in the ownership of the local authority is absolutely scandalous. Is the Minister of State aware of the time it takes to bring a vacant local authority house back into stock? It...