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Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: How many people do we have to blame for this housing crisis? The buck stops across the Chamber with the Government. This Government, the previous Government and the Government before that have failed to provide infrastructure. Not too far from where the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, lives, 100 houses could be built in Croom. I have been waiting a year now for the water connection...

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Government has been forced to bring in amendments in respect of the treatment of BIK, whereby a person driving 50,000 km in a company car with an emissions rating of 120 g per kilometre will now pay BIK at 12% rather than 15%, and the value of the vehicle will be reduced by €10,000. When people were buying electric cars, the Government said they would be exempt from BIK. Now we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: My question for the panel relates to the delivery of social housing and any housing in County Limerick. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, visited recently and we went around looking at the houses that were being built by the local authority and different developers in the area. In every one of the places that we went to show the houses that were being built, their sewage capacity was at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: We are going on delivery of houses and delivery of houses for tenancies is the same.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: In their delivery, the witnesses were going through the amount of social houses that were being delivered. For people to get into my county, infrastructure is needed. For businesses to survive in my county, infrastructure is needed. If you do a retrofit on your business, you cannot build unless we have people there. Tenants in situas well, if they are working, want to work. If there is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: We have somebody who is delivering social housing for the country here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yes. It would be nice to hear back. If you go around this country, leave the likes of Dublin and Cork city, and go out into the urban areas, you will see that the towns and villages are struggling to deliver houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank Ms Farrelly for answering. I acknowledge what the Chair said about this being about tenancies in situ. Of course, I want to see people who are in tenancies at present staying where they are and I want to see people who want to sell their properties who have tenants in situallowed sell their property. However, I also want to make sure that there is fairness across the board. I want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Lastly, I was informed today that if a tenant moved into a house today and gave a two-month deposit and a month's rent, and you did all the checks that you wanted to do, and if you wanted to get rid of that tenant if he or she was a bad tenant, the tenant could stop paying after the first month and it would be a 15-month process to get him or her out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Leaving Certificate results will be issued given that many students require clarity, especially if they intend to study abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13401/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers registered pre-2012 are receiving additional allowances than all teachers registered post-2012, these teachers are finding it increasingly difficult in view of the increased cost-of-living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13402/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1422. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that UHL is more accommodating with visitors to patients at the hospital given it is causing upset and stress to patients and family members (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13400/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (9 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 292. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if discussions are expected regarding the housing situation for Ukrainians who want to work but are afraid of losing their accommodation rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12117/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (9 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments will be made to businesses that are housing Ukrainians and have not yet received payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12118/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected for workers with long covid that return to work; if long-covid can be recognised as an occupational health injury for their future at work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12119/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fuel Prices (9 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the increased costs of renewable fuel energy; if they will reduce in price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12120/23]

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I salute the women today, International Women’s Day. I salute the mothers who are trying to do their best for their children, particularly those with children with special needs who stayed at home to look after their children. I salute the mothers who had to abandon their careers to look after their children. I salute the women who had to move into the sitting room to look after...