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Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 May 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...by ensuring that goods conform with the sales contract. I also see that the buyer is protected if the product purchased has full title and is not encumbered in any way. That relates particularly to property and land. I am also glad that the legislation covers after-sale services and availability of spare parts. We have to look at the tax regime in this country. We must examine how...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...and have people return home to where their families are. It has been the failure of this Government and previous Governments that there is no infrastructure in County Limerick and throughout Ireland. I would like the Minister of State's attention and ask that Deputy Bruton wait his turn. I ask people to look at County Limerick. People want to build houses. The local authority and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Provision for Older People: Discussion (10 May 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...those are the planning laws. I welcome everything the Department can do but I am looking for their help when it comes to housing for all people, whether they are in the city or the countryside. The Land Development Agency, LDA, is only investing in infrastructure and housing in Limerick city and unless people live within 15 minutes of the city. That precludes two-thirds of County...

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...sewage in our waterways are the local authorities. Who does the Government help all the time? It pumps money into the local authorities. When people want to build a house for themselves on their land, which they may have been left, in Limerick and other counties, they are charged €6,000 or €7,000. They must supply their own water and sewerage but if they do something...

Vacant Properties: Motion [Private Members] (6 Apr 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...Government is talking about building houses. These are the people who are not putting their names on the housing lists; these are people who want to build their own houses, put in septic tanks on their land and build with their own money that they will borrow up to the hilt for. All the Government can do is put figures in front of them to prevent them from building houses for themselves....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: We have seen how if Government or Departments want to get land, they can get it through a CPO. Is it possible for CPOs to be used to access national monuments and graveyards not owned by the Department? CPOs can be used for strategic projects so why can it not be done for our natural heritage and monuments? Can that be looked into?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yes, but in respect of many of the sites about which we are talking, if open dialogue has failed, at least with a CPO, the person who is losing the land would get money for what he or she is selling and the CPO would mean that there would be a balance. An awful lot of landholders are afraid of insurance if they mention that there is a national monument on their land to which the public wants...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Construction Industry Register Ireland is known as the CIRI. As a builder, I welcome this legislation and the assurance it will give to the consumer. However, if this is being introduced to avoid a mica or a pyrite scandal again, I have to question it as there was probably nothing unlawful done by the builders. It was a fault with products. Does this legislation cover the building...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I do not agree. Much of the State land is within our counties, and in our larger towns and villages there is State land, except that the Government through its councils has been trying to sell off the land so that it shows we do not have as much public land as people are saying. There is adequate land within the counties but there is a lack of infrastructure. I look forward to working with...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...stage with An Bord Pleanála, with between six and 12 months for An Bord Pleanála to make its ruling. If planning permission is granted, it will take up to three years for acquisitions of land and houses, and everything else that comes with it. This type of information needs to be brought out into the wider community to help people and to help with future-proofing our country. ...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...good as it did not involve an application to the Circuit Court, but easement of rights of way can only be acquired on registration of a court order. A right of way has to be registered with the Land Registry. This has proven very difficult in many cases. One example of this arises where several people live on a stretch of roadway that is not public and one of these people decides to...

Rising Costs and Supply Security for Fuel and Energy: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...the impact of higher energy prices" by slashing taxes and offering help to impacted households, motorists and industry. Last week, I spoke on haulage costs and the impact this has on every household in Ireland. Bringing food to the tables of these households is a primary objective. I appeal to the Minister of State to take the lead, as other European countries have done, by increasing...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forestry Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: In 2011, the then Minister for Agriculture said he could not stop the import of plants from Holland as it was a member of the EU. However, it was stopped in 2012 by a statutory instrument in the Oireachtas, but it was too late. The disease was already here. The Forestry Act says that the Minister has a duty of care to protect from diseases and pests from abroad. The people of Ireland were...

Recovery of Tourism and Aviation: Statements (7 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: For the sake of the music, aviation and hospitality sectors and all the people around Ireland who depend on the Minister, I hope "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen, the favourite song of her party leader, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, is not her favourite song too. I hope her favourite song is "See the Lights" by Simple Minds or "Come Fly with Me" by Billy May. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...town, village or rural area. The Government did not seem to want to do that when I proposed an amendment to the 2040 plan which allowed for non-discrimination for people to build on their own land. That is an issue that Government has. My issue here is that if I want to contact somebody in Irish Water, I want connectivity. Since 2013, Irish Water has proven it does not care about the...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...living in the county area pay for a treatment system so that we do not have the local authority poisoning the waterways. A report carried out recently by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, showed that the biggest polluters in Ireland are the local authorities. We have asked for investment in our towns and villages in County Limerick. We have been asking for the Askeaton...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...to get it through. When that has gone through they need to pay for water and electricity. This brings it to €11,000 or €12,000. Guess what? They have to pay the local authority another €6,000 or €7,000 to build on their own land. The Government gets €44,000 in VAT, the local authority gets €7,000 and now the Minister is coming back for more. ...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...in Limerick county and there is not one town in Limerick county with 30,000 people living there. While I welcome any houses coming to Limerick city, Limerick should be treated as a whole. The Land Development Agency is only delivering for cities. Successive governments for 33 years have promised to invest in infrastructure in County Limerick. I have said on more than one occasion...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...Irish Water. The sites I am talking about have their own water source and sewerage tanks, yet the people who are building are being charged between €5,000 and 8,000 to build houses on their own lands. What do they get in return? Nothing. They are contributing to the local library, footpaths and infrastructure in their areas. What if one is living in an area where there are no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... We will then have a council that recognises everyone, and we will all work together. I acknowledge all that the witnesses have done and what the chamber of commerce is doing. I wish to raise the Land Development Agency, LDA, partnership that was set up recently in Limerick. I say everything in public. The work of the agency is confined to urban areas with a population of 30,000...