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Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: Reports have emerged that soldiers are paid between €2 per hour and €3 per hour at the weekend, which is completely illegal and shameful. It is not acceptable that soldiers could earn more working in a shop than they do in the Defence Forces. The Department of Defence continually fails to use its full budget allocation as it has fewer staff than expected. There are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (15 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: 129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports planned to compensate the farming community for losses and the impact that Brexit uncertainty, sterling volatility and Covid-19 has had on the community across all sectors; and if there are additional plans in the event of a no-deal Brexit. [23930/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: This week, people have contacted my office about issues relating to grading, similar to my colleague, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae. They have been downgraded from H1s to H2s. I have asked students to give me their results from third, fifth and sixth year. In all cases that my office has received, those do not reflect the grades they have received for their leaving certificate. They have been...

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Debenhams workers are not looking for anything over the top. After their years of hard work, and after what they have given to the community, they are looking for fair play but Debenhams is not playing ball. The workers are protecting assets in this country belonging to Debenhams to try to ensure they will get a fair deal. The Irish have always been known as "the fighting Irish", for...

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: We have seen how travel agents are suffering. Take a family that has booked a holiday for €3,000. A travel agent does not get paid until someone flies. Travel agents' income in 2019 was zero and it is zero for 2020. What other industry had to give back its 2019 income in 2020? Who was there to answer people's emails and calls about their holidays? Travel agents remained open to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: We have a major crisis in providing buses to get our students to school. I have come into the House today because a view is being expressed outside this Chamber that needs to be said publicly. The public sees the Government running at less than 50%. At the start of this pandemic, I praised the Tánaiste and the then Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, for all the work they were doing....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: The public view at the moment is that we are going downhill at 100 mph while the Taoiseach is driving the bus. The public sees the Tánaiste as trying to make the bus skid and the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, asleep in the back. That is what the public is looking at. I spoke already about spin and the rewards that were put out for Sinn Féin Deputies. Sinn Féin is only...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: We have seen that students have had their points downgraded. I have asked for third, fourth, fifth and six year results for the students who contacted my office. It does not stack up. They have been downgraded by one and two points, from H1 to H2 and from H2 to H3, and have lost out on positions. The teachers' information that is available throughout all the quarterly examinations does...

Expenditure Response to Covid-19 Crisis: Statements (Resumed) (17 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: What is Irish culture? Irish culture was music, dance, entertainment and drama. Five million euro will be handed out for musicians, but will that look after the entire segment of the industry? The Government is more interested in giving out a big lump of money to one agency than giving smaller payments to help people. People in the music industry contacted the Rural Independent Group...

Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am sharing time with Deputy Michael Collins. There is not one person in the Oireachtas who does not want to help with the climate action effort and who does not have a green initiative of his or her own. Even if the Government is 100% successful in its plan to reduce emissions and have a greener way forward for Ireland, it will leave 1.7 million people and 300,000 households behind in its...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this timely motion. The Garda has the power to make arrests for possession of unlicensed fireworks. Why does the Garda not take action? Is it that the Garda is under-resourced or are gardaí fearful of going into hostile communities? How do we control fireworks? How do we protect the older community? How do we protect our families, pets...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome any system or Bill that makes the security of our country more robust and makes us compliant. The onset of cryptocurrency brings money laundering to a new level. Ireland must not be a tax haven for criminals and terrorists. If we do not get this type of updated legislation through the Dáil, Ireland's financial system will be used for money laundering and terrorist financing....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (23 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: 76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount it would cost in 2021 if the budget for Screen Ireland increased by 10%. [25747/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (23 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: 110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when construction works on a new gymnastics at Sarsfield Barracks, Limerick will be completed; and the estimated cost of the project. [25746/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ombudsman for Children (23 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: 157. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocation for the Ombudsman for Children's Office in each of the years of 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [25748/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Timber Supply (23 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the current shortage of timber and the economic impact this is having here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25749/20]

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: Deputy Michael Collins has five minutes.

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: This motion is very opportune as we struggle towards the Brexit deadline. There is 7,500 km of coastline in Ireland. Ireland's total package of agreed fish quota for 2020 is 195,000 tonnes. This is worth an estimated €275 million to the Irish industry. The fishing industry supports 16,000 jobs including 9,000 directly and 7,000 indirectly. It was very interesting to note this...

Child Poverty: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: I acknowledge the courage shown by the Social Democrats in bringing forward this motion on childhood poverty. I agree 100% with the motion in that child poverty is a criticism of the Government. What does poverty do to children? It takes away their childhood that they do not understand is missing. It can impair their education, health and well-being. Child poverty rates in Ireland...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (30 Sep 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have proposed this Topical Issue four times in the past three weeks. We have been trying to get the Minister of State's attention and to talk to him, but he has not acknowledged the Topical Issue or turned up to the Dáil to talk to us until today. I welcome his presence. At least he has attended today to listen to us. Before I start, I congratulate the Minister of State on his...