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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the lack of broadband in parts of rural Ireland which is making remote working extremely difficult; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50017/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the allowance for electricity units for the elderly and persons claiming such entitlements can be increased due to planned increases from energy suppliers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50019/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 219. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the overcrowding and the lack of beds at UHL Limerick; his plans to alleviate the problem (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50016/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (13 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the increase in the number of persons that are seeking mental health support and taking medication for such issues in the knowledge that this medication is highly addictive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50018/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (12 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am a reformed smoker who has been off the cigarettes since May 1994. I remember the date because it was a big choice for me to make. I was 24 years of age and smoked up to 40 Rothmans a day. Rothmans were a hard fag. I made the choice to give them up; in fact, the price of them made the decision for me, even though, at that time, they were a lot cheaper than they are today. I have...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. For the information of the Minister of State, my name is Richard O’Donoghue and I am an independent Deputy who represents Limerick County. It is past the Red Cow and the Minister of State is quite welcome to visit us any time. This Government insulted the most vulnerable by giving them an increase of €5 a week in their pension where the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Vice Chairman and the Minister of State. Like other speakers, I know that the Minister of State is very passionate about this issue. He said there that money is not the issue. Deputy Ó Cuív and others said there has been 20 years of this but that nothing has changed. The Minister of State said then that many inroads have been made in the past 12 months. I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the Vice Chairman and the Minister of State. Like other speakers, I know that the Minister of State is very passionate about this issue. He said there that money is not the issue. Deputy Ó Cuív and others said there has been 20 years of this but that nothing has changed. The Minister of State said then that many inroads have been made in the past 12 months. I will...

Recovery of Tourism and Aviation: Statements (7 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: For the sake of the music, aviation and hospitality sectors and all the people around Ireland who depend on the Minister, I hope "Dancing in the Dark" by Bruce Springsteen, the favourite song of her party leader, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, is not her favourite song too. I hope her favourite song is "See the Lights" by Simple Minds or "Come Fly with Me" by Billy May. The...

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I acknowledge the work that the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, is doing in regard to putting together a youth justice strategy. I spoke to gardaí in several Garda stations in this regard and they acknowledged it was difficult during Covid to have meaningful engagements with youths. However, now that sports are back and they are liaising with organisations like the GAA clubs,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: And Limerick.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister is aware that I have a background in construction and know what I am talking about when it comes to construction. I acknowledge the report of the mica working group and the urgency of getting 100% redress in a speedy fashion for the families affected in Mayo, Donegal and other counties, including Limerick. I have cases in Limerick dating from the late 1980s to 2006. All of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have full confidence in the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to sort out a problem handed to him by Fine Gael and the Labour Party.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister is welcome to Limerick to see the houses we have issues with. I have a question that might help the Minister going forward. Have the quarries found to have had pyrite in their blocks stopped making blocks? If so, how long ago did they stop? This report was done in 2012 so the quarries knew there was an issue at that time. Have those quarries been making blocks since then?...

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The cost of filling a car in January 2021 was €78. I filled my own. The cost to fill the same car today is €91. The Government is now to also increase the carbon tax, which will increase this cost by €1.48, increasing the cost to fill that car to €92.48. Over 12 months, assuming that 60 l of fuel are used per week, the extra cost to run a car will be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the closure of a bank (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 106. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of nurses and careers in Limerick city and county for facilities such as respite care units in the communities the lack of nurses is delaying the opening of such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 107. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to prioritise funding for mental health services in Limerick in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48427/21]

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The hospital waiting lists for children are unthinkable. Many of the children on these waiting lists are just waiting for treatment for minor ailments. If they do not get an early diagnosis, there will be lifetime effects. Some 106,000 children are waiting for tests in the public system, Some 8,000 are waiting for CT scans and 2,700 children and young people are waiting for access to...

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: This is on childcare. Children are coming into the hospitals for diagnosis, and to have their needs catered for. Look at this House. There is a roster here. Everyone knows who is here, what time they are due to be here, what time they will be speaking and what people are in their offices, but that is not the case with the hospital system. We need to get this right. We need to tackle...