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Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: It probably has a lot to do with it because it is judge and jury in a lot of cases. People can run off and make up their own minds on different things and highlight people in a different way. They are afraid then to report it because they have already been judged online. That to me is a significant issue. We can see things coming up on social media now, and people saying "did you hear...

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Who cares that, in 2022, UHL was the most overcrowded hospital in the country? I care, but does the Government care? Since the Government entered power, waiting lists have increased significantly to 830,000 people. Ireland has fewer beds now than we had in 1980 even though we have a larger population. The policy of Sláintecare is to remove the private rights of consultants within the...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The simple meaning of "divest" is to strip or deprive someone or something of their property or rights. In international law, annexation is the forcible acquisition of one state territory by another state, usually following military occupation of a territory. It is generally held to be an illegal act. I welcome Sinn Féin bringing this to our attention and acknowledge we can do...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (16 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 311. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of the disruptive technologies innovation fund that has been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23170/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (16 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when details will be given regarding the removal of the development levy for one-off housing; the conditions relating to its abolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23171/23]

European Year of Skills: Statements (10 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: As an employer in the building skills profession, when I hear about the European Year of Skills 2023 I am delighted and think that the Government may finally be getting this right. Unfortunately, this is again not the case in Ireland. SMEs employ 1.1 million people here. These are companies that employ less than 250 employees. This initiative should be entirely focused on them. Some...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will contribute at the outset of this.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I did not acknowledge at the start of the debate that I am a building contractor. I have been building for more than 30 years. I have never done any work for the local authorities or the Department; it is one-off. I put that on the record before I start.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: There is no infrastructure.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: - despite years of promises and lip service, the Government has consistently failed to effectively tackle the housing crisis, leaving them scrambling to react to a situation that has now spun out of control; - according to Eurostat, Ireland's housing crisis is currently the worst in Europe, with rent prices increasing more than...

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The high cost of doing business in Ireland is extremely challenging. We can see that each week in our shopping bills. I selected basic shopping bills from trolleys over seven years and noted that, surprisingly, the basic prices of milk, eggs, bread and butter have increased by 15% and those of vegetables and meat have gone up by 40%. This highlights to me the issues of farmers' inputs,...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Forty years.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Forty years.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Forty years of raw sewage.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Forty years of raw sewage.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Forty years.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: Uisce Éireann, non-Uisce Éireann places.

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...