Results 441-460 of 1,891 for speaker:Richard O'Donoghue

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional resources that his Department has provided to address the backlog of passports yet to be processed; and if there is a current backlog of postal applications to be dealt with. [4616/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Today I again raise the issue of University Hospital Limerick, UHL, and ask for the resignation of all the management there. We always say to trust our health professionals. I hold a letter from our health professionals - 87 of them, doctors and professors - about the overcrowding in UHL. The letter states there has been extreme crowding and relentless demand on services for the past ten...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: They said ten years.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Will the Government reopen Nenagh?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I asked for that to be done two and a half years ago and the Government did not do it. Now 87 health professionals have asked for it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Government taxes the working class and the squeezed middle.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Ask the farmers about ash dieback.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The ash dieback.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that post-primary teachers have no secure way to switch jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3804/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that schools have to cancel junior cycle technology subjects in-service training due to the lack of substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3805/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the length of time women are waiting for biopsy results that are sent to a laboratory in Waterford, and that it is a serious concern to these women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3803/23]

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (25 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Bill seeks to impose a wide range of obligations on network and service providers and mitigate security risks. It is required to bring into law the extension of the powers of ComReg to compensate customers and impose fines on companies that do not keep up their side of a contract. The Bill will give civil enforcement powers to ComReg where there are disputes about utilities and will...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: As a farmer, can the Minister imagine a day sitting and watching all his neighbours out working his land and getting paid by a subsidy given to them by the Government? Can he imagine sitting at home, looking out the windows and seeing people farm his land and getting subsidies for it from the Government? This is exactly what is happening to the smaller boat owners sitting in the harbour on...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: What about 2012?

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: To look after your mistakes.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Thank God the Deputy did not plant ash.

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Instead of trying to solve the problems encountered in forestry, the Government has run to the UK. We saw what the UK did to us. I refer to the investment in firms to solve the issues. Coillte, a semi-State company, owns 7% of Irish land. It has already transferred 12,000 ha to private ownership. To put it in context, that is equivalent to 50,000 hurling fields. Where is the circular...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: No, it tells them to reinvest in forestry. There is a beetle in Germany that is wiping out spruce trees but, like ash dieback, the Government will sit on its hands until that beetle arrives here to wipe out forestry. At that point, it will throw the farmers to the wolves once again. That is its circular economy.

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (24 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: There are 600 people in Ireland on a waiting list for organ donation. In the past, the number of organ donations in Ireland has been relatively low compared to other countries. In 2020, there were a total of 106 organ donors in Ireland, resulting in 318 transplants. The number of organ donors has been increasing in recent years, but the country still has the lowest rate of organ donation...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance why the temporary business energy support scheme does not cover the use of liquid gas, such as LPG and BioLPG (details supplied). [62210/22]