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Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Emergency provisions need to remain in place until we are completely rid of Covid-19 permanently. However, there are aspects of this that need to be looked at. We are very aware of the people who contracted Covid-19 and who will get paid while they are out sick for the recommended number of days. We have a shortage across so many industries due to the PUP. I am talking here about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Mr. Kelly mentioned the issue of enforcement by local authorities. On certain projects, once an enforcement notice has been given, there is a statutory time within which you have to reply to it. If you reply to a statutory notice arising from an enforcement, once you open communications, it then goes to the local authority. In cases where an enforcement is sent out and somebody is late...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: That is fine. I am okay with that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected regarding physical education becoming an optional exam leaving certificate subject in all secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47204/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (30 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 312. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of the specialist community diabetes teams under the Enhanced Community Care Programme; if the service will be available to all persons with diabetes free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47202/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 313. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the lack of funding for orthodontic treatments for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47203/21]

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Ombudsman for 2018, 2019 and 2020: The Ombudsman (30 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Acting Chairman read out the details of Mr. Tyndall's experience. It is a fair experience and I hope that when we finally get a successor, which we are not in a hurry to do with the experience Mr. Tyndall has, he or she will have as much success and show as much transparency as he has. I agree with everything he said, including what he has said about disabilities. We are working on...

Afghanistan Crisis: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: When the United States and NATO turned to rebuilding the failed state of Afghanistan in the 1980s, they attempted a western-style democracy. They sent billions of dollars to try to reconstruct a desperately poor country already torn apart by two decades of war – first during the Soviet occupation of the 1980s and then in the civil war. There were early successes. New schools,...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have been a building contractor all my life. I started in building early and I am still in building. When I see the Housing for All plan for 2030, I reflect, as I told Government Deputies earlier, that the only reason they are trying to amend planning laws for one-off houses is that the electorate came and told them they had better not show their faces at the doors again. That is why...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: When will Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party stop discriminating against people in County Limerick? We brought forward an amendment to the Project Ireland 2040 plan and the Government voted against it. The Government is stopping people building in towns, villages and rural areas because of a lack of investment. All of the investment to upgrade infrastructure is going into the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: They will not increase capacity. They will only upgrade the existing capacity. The only upgrades are in the cities.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Towns and villages.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Upgrading is being done but extra capacity is not being allowed for. That means you are closing us down.

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: If all the data centres proposed for Ireland are to be connected, they will use as much as 70% of Ireland's electricity capacity by 2030. Dublin has developed into a major data hub, but at what cost to our electricity supply? Ireland wants to reduce its emissions by slowing down energy use. Data centres put massive pressure on an existing system that is broken. Why is the Green Party in...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Children with minor ailments on waiting lists do not get an early diagnosis, which has lifelong consequences. The development test for babies is missing disabilities. I am talking about basic speech therapy and about eye, ear and mobility issues. Some 106,000 children are awaiting tests in the public system. Some 8,000 are awaiting ultrasounds and CT scans while 2,700 children and young...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (28 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the lack of accommodation for students and the knock-on effect it has on their education (details supplied). [45917/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (28 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are being given to higher institutes of education to support students during the housing crises; if his Department will commence nine month modular-type homes on or off-campus in cities such as Limerick in which there is huge demand for accommodation; and if any capital infrastructure is planned to erect modular homes for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: My concerns about a single identity in Irish Water relate to the connectivity between Irish Water and the local authorities. At this committee last week, I spoke about certain issues in my own area. For six years I served as a county councillor for the Adare-Rathkeale district before I became a Deputy. I have been self-employed all my life. If I ran my business the way Irish Water has run...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: Chairman, you, yourself, actually asked them to verify that they would do it and they did on the day.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Apprenticeship Programmes (23 Sep 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how apprenticeships can be merged into the education model much earlier in order that early school leavers can be encouraged to start apprenticeships in advance of completing their education. [45918/21]