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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: If we had a template from one to ten across the board where there had been overruns in, for example, health infrastructure, and we came back here next year for our pre-budget meeting, we could stand in this room and say we were here last year and this is where we were at. This year, we have adopted something. We cannot fix it all overnight. Anyone who thinks he or she can is a fool....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: We will keep it non-political if we can.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: No accountability.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (18 Sep 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses for coming. They mentioned Dublin Airport and the budget being on time. Before implementing the new extension to runway operations at Dublin Airport, it would have been better to have filled the other airports in this country - such as those in Shannon and Cork - to capacity. Without turning a sod, Cork Airport could cater for a further 3.5 million passengers. Shannon...

Special Education School Places: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have just spent two long days at the ploughing championships with Independent Ireland. We have had people of all ages and from all walks of life with different problems coming into the tent to talk to us about concerns they have and looking for support. We had people with children with special needs come into us and ask us what had gone wrong and what they could do to help. Why are the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I am here with many friends today. I have the Knocklong Men's Shed and I have Patrick O'Dea here from Dromin. I have Maurice and Elly above in the Gallery and they are both wheelchair users. Maurice is from Granagh. He plays Munster hurling and tag rugby and he works in the HSE. He is 25. Maurice told me he had lost out on so much with his friends because...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: -----to see what we can do to help people in that situation.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: For leisure.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is Maurice.

Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome Patrick. It is great to see a fellow Dromin man in the Gallery. The year 1968 is memorable to the Minister of State because his father was one of the members who set up St. Joseph's Foundation. It was set up to help vulnerable children and adults. It is still running and is a massive service that covers north Cork and south Limerick. Maybe it is time that history repeats...

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I wish to remember and acknowledge the late Mark Ryan who with his brother, David, was instrumental in the establishment of the scoping inquiry. There are no words for what has happened here. What was going through my head when I was coming over here is that, in this country, we commemorated 100 years of the troubles that we had. We are looking at this from 1927 to 2013. When you look...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I ask everyone to please put their mobile phones and other devices on silent. Before we begin, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practices of the Houses as regards references witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the presentation they make to the committee. This means that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: We might come back to it because I have another speaker and we are over time on the last two contributors. I am trying to be fair to everyone. Deputy Devlin is next.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: You can have a little extra time, Deputy.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will start with energy and solar power. Solar has taken off and we discussed the reasons for this. We also mentioned obstacles such as planning. From my perspective, the reason is the planning guidelines from 2006 and the draft guidelines of 2019. There are actually no proper guidelines for wind farms. There have been court cases in which three wind farms have been stopped and some 70...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: I understand what Dr. O'Toole is saying but it is not happening. Wages are rising with inflation, but it is coming back full circle. If you are an employer, and the price of something has gone up, you still have a basic 6% margin on your business, regardless. When inflation goes up, you still have the 6% margin and you have to make sure your business can run. To break that cycle,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: We have time and I have guests in as well so what I am going to do, and I am going to stick to it this time, is allow four minutes for questions and answers. I am going to pull members at four minutes to allow other people to get in. Deputy Timmins has four minutes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: If the Deputy takes less time, that is fine.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: We can allow another question in a minute. I have another question. I want quick answers, if possible. On wind turbines, there are so many legal challenges against wind turbines at the moment because of the knock-on effect of guidelines. Wind turbines that were put up 15 years ago were only 80 m or 100 m high. They are coming to the end of their shelf life now. A new wind turbine cannot...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Quarterly Economic Commentary: Economic and Social Research Institute (15 Jul 2025)

Richard O'Donoghue: These energy companies have received funding from Government. There was €280 million given in subsidies for 28 wind turbines. When they did a business case to build those wind turbines, it did not make economic sense for them to be built unless they were given funding of €280 million to do that. Tomorrow morning, these companies could walk away after getting all these...