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Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: He met them later, at his own convenience, but he would not meet the full group of people who walked 79 km.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Sorry.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: If the Minister of State wants to try to talk over me, I will talk over him all day long. He seems to have-----

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is easy for Deputy Heydon to try to tell the truth, when the Taoiseach could have walked out for five minutes at any time and met people. Ministers often sit in for five minutes and take over for anything in the Dáil. It was at 2 p.m. today. The Minister of State should not bother making excuses for the Taoiseach when I am talking about amendments.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Without interruption, please. I support these amendments. I am a farmer's son. I also understand farming and where Macra na Feirme is coming from. The Minister is from a farming community himself. The farmers who were here today are aged up to 35. I was thankful to see a 50-50 representation of men and women supporting the young Macra na Feirme members today. The average age of people...

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Promises, promises and more promises. The inflation taxation the Government has taken off everyone is now to be given out to the people and the Government will say it is giving them something off. It is waiving planning permission fees, which I welcome, for people who can build. We sat at a committee hearing yesterday, which the Minister of State attended, and heard about the failure of...

Re-introduction of Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Minister, Deputy O'Brien, and the Ministers of State, Deputies O'Donnell and Noonan, appeared at the housing committee today to discuss Housing for All. The Ministers spoke about the houses being built in Limerick city and elsewhere in the country. I welcomed the waiving of the planning permission fee for local authorities. The positivity stopped, however, when we considered County...

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: What about the serial objectors?

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The first thing when it comes to local properties that are vacant, we should look at how many properties belong to the Government and the local authorities. The local authorities in County Limerick are number one in dealing with vacant and derelict properties. The problem, however, is that it is not possible for them to turn those properties around fast enough and get them back out because...

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I agree with some parts of the Sinn Féin motion and disagree with other parts. We are talking here about housing and Government policy on producing housing for people. The number of vacant houses in Limerick in the ownership of the local authority is absolutely scandalous. Is the Minister of State aware of the time it takes to bring a vacant local authority house back into stock? It...

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: In order to make EVs, we must mine more material than we have ever mined before. What also comes into account with EVs is that they could not recycle the batteries of old EVs. Then they came out with new technology to upgrade the older cars with the newer batteries but the wiring loom would not take. The wiring loom in the car had to be changed to take the newer battery because the...

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: A total of €8,000 a battery.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: If you cannot afford it, you are being pushed out. If you cannot afford to change-----

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: If you cannot afford a more economical vehicle, you are being taxed on it. That is what the Government is saying.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Tax.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Tax.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Just another tax.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Fuel tax.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Inflation.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: A single 1,000 lb EV battery takes about 5,000 lb of raw material to manufacture. To transition just our passenger cars to EVs, we need to mine more material over the next 30 years than we have ever mined in human history.