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Housing for All Update: Statements (4 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Government boasts of Housing for All but whatever we have, it is not housing for all. We have record rents, record homelessness and record house prices. For a whole generation, having a home of one’s own is just simply beyond reach. People are having to decide between independence now and having one’s money swallowed up by rent, or security later while having to wait at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Oct 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs that were recruited from September 2021; and the net increase in SNAs over that period. [48221/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to seek tax relief at 20% on medical expenses where said medical expenses have also been subject to a refund under the drug payment scheme. [47747/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will make two brief final points. I welcome the allocation for special education. It closely resembles what we called for ourselves. The point with regard to special education is that it is not just a matter of the budget. The situation that arose last year was a matter of planning, not the budget. We need to make sure that we do not have a repeat of it next year. The budget should be...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The people needed a game-changer in this budget. It seems that this has been spread too thin and we have not got that game-changer, particularly on the big challenges facing society in housing, health and the cost-of-living crisis. The Government's energy proposals do not give the certainty the Sinn Féin proposals would have given to families, workers and business. A credit is still...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, will be aware that there is enormous concern about how families, particularly elderly people and the vulnerable, will heat their homes this winter. That is not scaremongering but the truth, as the Minister of State knows. It is also the case in many other countries throughout the world. There are undoubtedly international factors at work but there are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (21 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners' office in Blackpool, Cork, will be opened to the public for appointments. [46117/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister, Ms Conduit and Ms Kearney for coming in. School transport is a no-brainer. Expanding it makes sense in terms of traffic, emissions and the money in parents' pockets. It also makes sense for the Department and the system. Senator Pauline O'Reilly made the point that there are difficulties with this every year and decisions arrived at or allocation of places for local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I apologise for interrupting but I have one more question. I accept that the criteria are the criteria. Could the Minister put in place a system whereby everyone who applied on time and was eligible would be accommodated first, followed by those who qualify for concessionary places and those who applied subsequent to the closing date. We should prioritise those who are eligible at that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That was not my suggestion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Right now, they are not looking for any additional capacity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I would welcome that, but I-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It needs to happen urgently because there are children left at the side of the road.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to reverse the cuts which cease substitution cover arrangements for short-term Covid-19 absences of teachers and SNAs in primary schools. [45296/22]

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Households are facing the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Ordinary workers and families and indeed small businesses cannot take any more and they certainly cannot face into a winter with bills that continue to skyrocket and could cripple them. Households need long-term solutions to this cost-of-living crisis, not one-off measures which will do nothing to fix the root cause of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ceisteanna Craolacháin (14 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 196. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé ar intinn aici cead agus maoiniú a chur ar fáil do stáisiúin raidió do dhaoine óga trí mheán na Gaeilge agus an mbeadh sé de chead acu craoladh ar chóras FM ar fud an Stáit [44550/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I was able to tune in for parts of the hearing but not all. I am not a member of this committee but I was keen to come in. I am a Cork Deputy and my knowledge of the situation relates primarily to the Cork taxi committee but many of the issues that have come up today are one and the same. The point about taxis being public service vehicles is key, as is the fact that they are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It sounds like the rules are contradictory. What happens in circumstances where somebody is too sick to drive but cannot transfer his or her licence? Is it taken from that driver?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Those are my questions. Unless someone else has anything to add, I am satisfied with that.