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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: ..., the building cost to build a two-bed unit is only 10% more than that of a one-bed unit. From a rural point of view and in the context of giving everyone the right to a house, under the Project Ireland 2040 plan, an environmental impact study has to be done for any project that requires planning. I am thinking of rural parts of County Limerick outside the city. If people are looking...

Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...work in a safe environment. The properties that are left will be left to others in order that they can move on to something better. The only people who will profit from this are those who have small areas of land that they consider valuable and who want to put as much stuff onto it as they can in order to get the most profit out of it. They do not care who is living there. If one bad...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... If the Government is serious about reducing emissions, it needs to redirect 10% of traffic from Dublin. It is not a question of capping passenger numbers at 32 million. It should ensure that 10% of Dublin traffic lands at the other two airports. Then it will not have to provide them with €10 million each to keep them going. We need to disperse air traffic around the country...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...a doubt, Ireland is the Member State most affected by Brexit." He also said "the UK has not shown any willingness to seek compromises on fisheries." Ireland needs agreement on the average 34% of Irish landings which are taken from UK waters. This is the voice of the EU but, in what is a box-ticking exercise, the Taoiseach has been adamant that a penalty points system which will cripple...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...walk. People talk about historical things that happened in the recent election. All the Independent Deputies were elected from outside of Dublin. Why? Because people on the ground in rural Ireland said they were not being listened to. We are the best country in the world for protecting and respecting other people's cultures, except when it comes to our own and especially when it comes...