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Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (2 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: There is not a big fishing industry in Limerick. However, there are industries that are supported by fisheries. My Rural Independent Group colleagues have major fisheries in their counties and I support them. I have listened to everyone who has contributed to the debate. The media are currently asking which Deputies have a second job. I have been self-employed all my life. I understand...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: One of the aspirations of this Bill is to facilitate improved engagement with students in order to promote equity in access to, and participation in, higher education. I appeal to the Minister here to consider the word "access" and to ensure that the pathway to an apprenticeship is more transparent and easier to navigate than it is currently so that increased participation will happen. ...

Easing of Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (2 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: HSE targets are like a moveable goal. Targets are set at random but are never met. Following a similar debate last year in the House, a target of 100,000 additional outpatient appointments were promised but we were to find that only 33,000 happened. What transpired with the person who set the 100,000 target or what happened to people who only had 33,000 come through the doors? Where is...

Cancer Care: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Higher numbers of late-stage cancers are being diagnosed because of screening delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic according to Irish Cancer Society. Screening was paused in 2020 and CervicalCheck, BowelScreen and BreastCheck did not get back into operation for some time. BreastCheck cancer screening is currently running one year behind. The Irish Cancer Society has stated that 250,000...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (2 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of revenue collected in 2021 in television licence fees; the way the revenue is allocated or spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (2 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a support available for persons with a lack of means to pay for testing their homes which are potentially affected by MICA or pyrite given that it is causing a lot of worry stress to these homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5482/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the number of children in cold prefabs having to wear extra clothes to keep themselves warm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operations and treatments that were cancelled in University Hospital Limerick in 2021; when these appointments will be rescheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5481/22]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will start by thanking the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, for coming to the Dromcollogher respite centre in County Limerick and taking the time to speak to the management, staff and volunteers who make the centre such a brilliant place. Some 51 people contributed to this debate last week. It was one of the most heartbreaking debates we have seen. It was very sad to see the defeat...

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and New Decade, New Approach: Statements (1 Feb 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: We are dealing with Northern Ireland and New Decade, New Approach. One of Ireland's legacy issues that I would be concerned about is trade between our country and the UK. Trade between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland has surged ahead. The latest official trade figures show that exports of goods from the Republic to the North increased by almost €2.6 billion between...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The following is through the eyes of a teenager: Being without broadband is like being without your voice in today's world. [That was said to me by a teenager recently.] Like it, love it, hate it. It is our window to the world of work, of education, of health, of leisure and just general family catch-up. Unfortunately, this highlights again the big urban-rural divide. We have parts...

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 (27 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Chairman and the witnesses. My background is that I am in construction. I work on the restoration of listed buildings in certain cases. The most recent building I worked on was Kilmallock Credit Union at the former An Post site in Kilmallock. It was a two-year project to return it to a workable status so it could be used within the community. I employ the lad with the JCB...

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 (27 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Using Kilmallock as an example, some parts of Kilmallock are 14th century, depending on which section of the town one looks at. The older part of the town is 14th century and up to the 1700s or more. My job as a public representative is to get people back into the towns and villages even if there are historical monuments. Some of these historical monument designations are now being brought...

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 (27 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Who will answer those questions for us then? For example, will the local authority have the go-to person to answer those questions if a planning application calls for building within a historical monument? Is it up to the local authority? Who will be the go-to person for me in Limerick so I can pick up the phone to call the local authority? Who will be responsible? Will I be going to the...

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 (27 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Will a person answer that? Will there be a department or somebody who would answer queries? It is grand going online but who would be the definition of that when a person goes online and has a small concern that cannot be answered online?

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...

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: With regard to mental health services in Limerick, if the Minister of State looks it up online, she will see that the Limerick CAMHS is open from 9.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Mental health issues do not stop at 5 p.m. or on a Friday evening. Where have the HSE and Government gone wrong on this? What have they done with the funding that should be coming into CAMHS and...

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am going to remind the Labour Members here today, and I can talk louder than them if they want me to talk louder. They are the hypocrites of the Dáil.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: They are the same people, when I was here in November in a truck, highlighting the fuel costs, who voted for carbon tax.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: They are the same. They are the same people who did not go out to the truckers who came up here to protest at the amount it was costing for fuel to feed the people of Ireland.