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Public Dental Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: This did not happen today or yesterday. In the period from 2002 to 2005, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children expressed its total dissatisfaction with the delivery of orthodontic services. It considered the position adopted by the Dental Council of Ireland on the issue of training in orthodontics to be unsustainable. In 2002, concerns were raised that quality orthodontic...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Being a farmer's son and having family still in farming, I am delighted, not before time, to see this Bill finally introduced for debate. It was promised back in 2004 by the then Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mary Coughlan, who was followed by Ministers Smith, Creed and Coveney. I am sure that if Deputy Cowen had been in office long enough, he would have pursued this, as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 110. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Department of Rural and Community Development was allocated voted capital and current expenditure of only €331 million or 0.45% of the overall voted allocation in 2022 at a time when regional and rural infrastructure is creaking at the seams and many rural services are subpar or non-existent when compared with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Why was the Department of Rural and Community Development allocated voted capital and current expenditure funding of only €331 million, which is 0.45% of the overall voted allocation in 2022, at a time when regional and rural infrastructure is creaking at the seams and many rural services are non-existent by comparison with those in urban areas?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: According to the Minister's own estimates at the year's end, there was a surplus of €5 billion recorded in 2022. Tax revenue in 2022 stood at €83 billion, which was €15 billion, or 21.5%, ahead of the figure for the same period in the preceding year. This should have a good news story. Why does it not transfer to everyone? Where did the money go? Who has suffered?...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Why in a year of plenty have our rural towns and villages suffered at the Minister's hands? I have highlighted so many times that there is a need for investment in basic services, such as water and sewerage plants. Let our people have houses and progress the building plan in the areas affected. Builders cannot provide homes where there are no basic services. It is not that hard to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir: Save St. Brigid’s Action Group (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank Ms Mullins and Mr. Torpey for attending. Barringtons Hospital in Limerick was just mentioned. One thing that we all have in common here, no matter what county we are from – I am from County Limerick and the others represent the other three counties – is the HSE and HIQA and the ludicrous reports they come out with that make such a difference to us when we are trying...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the number of persons waiting to sit their driving test in most centres around the country, including Limerick; if additional instructors will be hired to alleviate this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2530/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT was added to products for the alleviation of flu and flu-like symptoms, given the escalating cost-of-living and the surge in flu and Covid symptoms this time of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2529/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he can account for spending a record 21.5% increase in taxation revenues in 2022 (from €68.41 billion in 2021 to €83.13 billion in 2022) when it comes to delivering rural infrastructure and critical services across our regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2527/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of radiographers working at University Hospital Limerick in the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; if this number will increase to alleviate the waiting times in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2531/23]

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister organised a meeting last week at which the Taoiseach and the CEO of the University Hospital Limerick, UHL, group were present along with Deputies and Senators with regard to overcrowding at UHL. The first day I came here, I asked for the help. Two and a half years ago, I brought to the attention of the Dáil - it is on the Dáil record - the structure of UHL. The...

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Sorry, Ceann Comhairle. I will listen to you.

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am not.

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am sorry, Ceann Comhairle. I hope you will allow time for me to explain with regard to the comments you made. The hospital has been this way for ten years. Media have been showing it since day 1. "RTÉ Investigates" went in to show it first hand. Peoples' lives are at risk. Are you telling me that if I were a manager of a company for ten years which got worse and worse, I should...

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yes.

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The House has asked me before not to identify names which I did not. I went by the Ceann Comhairle's instruction, but I did say, "the CEO".

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Okay.

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: You asked me not to mention the person's name.

Capacity in the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will not withdraw what I have said. I will stand over it for the protection of the people of Limerick, north Kerry, north Tipperary and Clare. I have asked the Minister for help. I understand where he is coming from - I really do - but I have to protect the people of Limerick and the surrounding areas who have asked me to protect them. Under fire safety alone, the fire certificate is...