Results 61-80 of 5,154 for speaker:Willie O'Dea in 'Dáil debates'

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach will be aware that, during the Covid-19 period, certain businesses were allowed to defer payment of certain tax liabilities for a certain period, which has now expired. The period was set before the Ukrainian war, which could not have been anticipated but which has caused a raft of difficulties for those businesses. Will the Government revisit the question of warehousing tax...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Willie O'Dea: Up to a few minutes ago, I had four complaints today already – now the number is up to five – about people interacting with University Hospital Limerick. The Taoiseach indicated in previous replies to me that he had some sympathy with the notion of an elective-only hospital for the mid-west along with the hospitals in Galway, Cork and Dublin. The cause of the problem is the...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Willie O'Dea: There is a ritualistic element to the debate. I have seen many of these debates over the years and you have to be for or against. Those who are for or against make speeches against one another and in many cases read speeches against one another. However, the difference is that in the old days, we got a much longer opportunity to speak. I regret the change and now we all seem to be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach will be aware of the recent HIQA report on University Hospital Limerick, which makes for grim reading. The bad news is that the situation has deteriorated further since the report was published. The Taoiseach did indicate to me here, on 1 February, that he was in principle very much in favour of the idea of an elective-only hospital in the region to alleviate the situation....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (16 Jun 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if capital expenditure to date in 2022 is within profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30528/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targeted measures that will be included in the new agri-environment scheme under CAP to ensure that farmers are rewarded for results that help to tackle the biodiversity crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26937/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: Just four months ago, an English career criminal, Logan Jackson, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of young man in Limerick. That young man had an outstanding sporting background and had a great future ahead of him. It now transpires Mr. Jackson has sought permission to be relocated to the United Kingdom to serve the balance of his sentence. The family of the victim are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (12 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 10. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when he will bring forward a plan to implement the recommendations of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23503/22]

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

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the Bill and congratulate the Minister of State and his staff on bringing it forward. I remember studying a subject grandly entitled "personal property" in UCD about a hundred years ago or so. At that time, the basic legislation in this area was the Sale of Goods Act 1893. That Act provided that goods had to be of merchantable quality and-or fit for the purpose required. There...

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

Willie O'Dea: What I have noticed is that if a person wants to purchase a product, he or she checks out where it can be sourced and then, because the supplier is unfamiliar to the person, he or she goes on Google. Lo and behold, the person finds that Tricky Dick, the supplier, has loads of testimonials as evidence of his being the most honest guy ever to walk the face of the Earth. It is small wonder he...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Willie O'Dea: It has generally been accepted that Ireland's response to the recent pandemic has been one of the most successful. At present, a WHO global pandemic treaty is being negotiated. My understanding is that the states which become signatories to this treaty will be ceding power to deal with any future pandemics entirely to the WHO and that the local government will be completely excluded from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (28 Apr 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the work of the major projects advisory group, MPAG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20338/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (7 Apr 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for reform of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18639/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Willie O'Dea: Following on from this morning's debate, Ukrainian families have been housed in a number of hotels in the Limerick area and a number of schools have been in touch with me that are prepared to accommodate the children of those families as pupils. Some of the schools with vacancies are a long distance from the hotels. How will they access the schools? Will a separate system of transport be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Willie O'Dea: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Willie O'Dea: That is not my information.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Apr 2022)

Willie O'Dea: School transportation.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Help Service (31 Mar 2022)

Willie O'Dea: 10. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on the establishment of the national home support office. [16861/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Willie O'Dea: Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to intervene on behalf of 60 families - 150 people in all - who are tenants of the Shannon Arms housing complex in Henry Street, Limerick? Even though those people have taken their case to the Residential Tenancies Board, the landlords of those apartments are employing intimidatory and illegal tactics to force...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Willie O'Dea: As a consequence of the appointment of a receiver to a company called Roadbridge, work has ceased on a number of vital projects on the north side of Limerick. I ask the Tánaiste for a commitment that those projects will be completed and that work will recommence as soon as possible. The specific projects I have in mind are the northern distributor road and the Peter McVerry Trust...