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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Haulage Industry (4 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Euro 6 engine.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Haulage Industry (4 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: We are the only country in Europe that does not have it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Haulage Industry (4 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank Deputy Carol Nolan for allowing me to take this slot. I ask the Minister of State to address concerns that the haulage and logistics sector is under significant financial and operational pressure due to the increase in carbon tax and the lack of available HGV drivers. Has the Department conducted any assessment of the supply chain repercussions of these challenges?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Haulage Industry (4 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Some 1.5 million Irish homes are to be retrofitted with the support of the State through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI. This programme was costed by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, at €8 billion. The SEAI is costing it at €35 billion over 35 years, as per its website, under deep retrofit. A house will burn...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Haulage Industry (4 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The national HGV fleet of articulated trucks is made up of 24,000 vehicles responsible for 86% of the movement of goods for the Irish economy to function. It does 1.9 billion km per year, as per CSO figures. This equates to over 5 million km travelled per day and over 1.5 million l of fuel consumed per day. This works out at almost 500 l per truck per week, which supports the statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (4 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the waiting time for driver theory tests and driving tests in Limerick city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53713/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (4 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 315. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with Down syndrome do not have the necessary mechanism to access their rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53714/21]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Marine Planning Area Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will be back after the committee has clarified this.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I would have, if the Luas could connect me to my own county. Did the Deputy know, seeing as he is so smart, that I cannot use the train to come to Dublin because the train will not get me home if we are delayed in Dáil Éireann? The Deputy should know, smart man that he is, that if I get the green bus, it goes from 23 miles from my house, where there are no parking facilities, so I...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Bill builds on the commitment of the Government to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. It includes several measures to tackle climate change and reduce Ireland's overall greenhouse gas emissions. I am sure the Minister will agree that car owners have been incentivised through the taxation system to convert to electric cars, EVs. He has ensured that the purchasing if EVs is still...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (3 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I went through the report from the Taoiseach on the European Council meeting in detail and I saw nothing on the escalating cost for hauliers in this country. The week before the European Council meeting, I spoke in the Dáil to stress the urgency of the escalating cost of fuel for hauliers. Having met representatives of the hauliers' association, I again ask why the Government has not...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank Deputy Harkin and the Independent Group for introducing this Bill. The credit unions are professionally managed by qualified staff. I am a credit union member and was a director of a credit union, which was a voluntary position. I could see at first hand the work being done within credit unions for the communities surrounding them. In the past, we were very much dwarfed by the...

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: University Hospital Limerick, UHL, recorded the highest number of patients on trolleys in the country for October according to monthly trolley watch figures compiled by the INMO. UHL saw 1,349 patients on trolleys over the month of October and was followed by Letterkenny University Hospital with 943, University Hospital Galway with 829 and Cork University Hospital with 688. UHL has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 987. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the of the number of persons that are unable to get vaccinated due to medical complications and are unable to obtain an EU Digital COVID Certificate to enable them to access premises that require same; if allowances can be made for these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52775/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (2 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 986. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of persons in Ireland that need to take PCBD 110 oil prescribed by their consultants for their illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52774/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (2 Nov 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a ban on protected urea coming in from Russia (details supplied). [53217/21]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Today I have swapped my Limerick mask for "Granagh Backs Amanda". Amanda is a woman in her early 30s in the parish I am from, Granagh. This weekend, on 24 October, the vintage clubs and community around Limerick and where Amanda is originally from, in Newtown in Cork, have joined for a fundraiser for her. Amanda has been receiving breast cancer treatment and has four children along with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (21 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 298. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention had been drawn to the lack of neurology nurses at University Hospital Limerick in view of the fact that there are only three nurses in the unit that requires eight nurses; his plans to alleviate the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51762/21]

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I come from a farming background and there was always gender equality in our house. Everyone had their chores to do and everyone did their jobs. Nieces of mine drive trucks and to tell the truth they drive them better than I can. I grew up with gender equality as a constant. I was struck by something during the week; I was getting a small mark on the side of my car fixed and when I...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yes.