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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I apologise for being late. We had 37 ladies visiting from the Adare Women's 2020 Club in Limerick.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Would the Cathaoirleach like me to name them all?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: You should never challenge a Limerick man because he is always up to the challenge and will always win. Getting back to the point at hand, when Deputies are elected to this House and are appointed as Ministers for a Department, they can have their personal assistants, PAs, with them, but they do not have any choice about who is the head of the Department they are over. This is the same as...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Pat Smith, Margaret Hickey-----

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: We are talking about the electoral reform Bill. The County Limerick constituency was always a three-seater. For many decades it elected two Fianna Fáil Deputies and one Fine Gael Deputy, or two Fine Gael Deputies and one Fianna Fáil Deputy, until we broke the record and now it is one Fianna Fáil Deputy, one Fine Gael Deputy and one Independent Deputy. I believe I am the...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: First, I thank Labour for the motion being brought before us today. I am so thankful for home help. My father managed to live to the ripe old age of 98, and would have been 99 if he had lived to his next birthday. He would not have done that only for the care of the home help. I am from a large family, and we were lucky enough that between our own family and the home help, that was the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (7 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1261. To ask the Minister for Health the specific policy in relation to prosthetic funding for each community healthcare organisation area; the reason for such disparities in each of the CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48244/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (7 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1262. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to each community health organisation for prosthetics, in tabular form. [48245/23]

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: One in eight is in arrears on electricity bills. The price to produce electricity is €50 per kWh. The Government is allowing electricity companies to charge at €120 per kWh - that is what it is capped at. The Government then talks about a windfall tax. With all the VAT that applies even on the reduced price of electricity at the moment, the Government is still up compared...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Why are Irish people welcome all over the world? It is because we are not a threat. In the world cup, why do people say "Ireland standing tall"? It is because we are not a threat. I do not like what is happening in Gaza. It is absolutely disgraceful. The same thing happened in Ukraine. Ireland is seen as a protector but also seen as neutral. This is why we are welcome everywhere. ...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: There were 130 people on trolleys in UHL on Monday. Other Deputies have mentioned UHL this evening but I have been mentioning it for 12 months. I was told to stop talking about the CEO and the management. I was in the hospital when I got a knock-out during the year. I waited in the waiting room for 16 hours. I did not look for preferential treatment. The Minister said the money is...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Many people in my constituency in Limerick are waiting up to nine months for a driving test. I listened to the Minister of State read out his piece of paperwork. He said that under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 "the RSA has statutory responsibility for the national driver testing service as well as the national car testing service". Does he agree that the RSA and the Government have a...

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the service providers and representatives for coming here today. I will speak about what section 39 workers in County Limerick mean to me. The father of the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, was a founding member of St. Joseph's Foundation in Charleville. We are very fortunate to have access to the St. Joseph's Foundation in Granagh, where I am from. It has been there for many...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Again, the Tánaiste did not listen to the question. I was on about roadside hedges. I am all for biodiversity. All the other hedges that are inside can grow. I am talking about roadsides and the protection of people who travel on them. It has emerged that the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, was warned last year that the failure to properly invest in new road projects...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: But the funding-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I also share in the sympathy for Kim Damti's family. For a young woman of 22 years of age to lose her life in such a tragic way is horrific. I ask the Tánaiste about one of his Ministers ignoring Transport Infrastructure Ireland's, TII, data on spending funds on restructuring roads and maintenance of existing roads. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, decided against it even though...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: And our roadsides?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am asking about the roads.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Minister for his reply, but as much as I take what he read into account, it is not factual. Permits are coming through our offices at the moment and we are dealing with people. We are in the third month of dealing with some of them. They have been delayed. We contact the offices and they say they are being processed. The Minister said it was 18 days, or 16 days for critical...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister got it right. From what he just said, he is now looking at a commonsense approach. In other words, the visa is through the Department of Justice and his Department. If they can work together, rather than working in two separate Departments, and do applications together, it would speed up the process of getting people in who need a visa for their permits. That seems to be the...