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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Safety (1 Feb 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: In towns and villages that do not have policing services, many complaints are made about speeding. Even where speed indicators are installed, they do not work. What is the view of the Minister of State on having speed ramps in towns and villages that do not have a policing presence? In many towns and villages where these have been introduced, they are working. They are slowing the traffic...

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome the Bill. There is a lot done in the Bill and a lot more to do. Not everyone goes to third level education. It is great to see that even in this House I myself never got to third level education but it did not stop me from talking or representing people. No matter what education someone has, it is good and I believe it has brought a lot of common sense to this Dáil. I...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I acknowledge what Deputy Gino Kenny is doing here. While I agree with parts of it, I cannot support the Bill as it stands. Medicinal cannabis can be used in certain circumstances. I would like to see it made available to people who are suffering from chronic pain and to provide relief for those receiving cancer treatments. I would like this to be done through doctors prescribing it to...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Ireland has always boxed well above its weight internationally. Ireland is a broker of peace. We see Israel and talk about legalities, and legal this and legal that. What it is doing is absolutely horrendous. There are young children, mothers, males and females, and bombings going on. We talk about how we will be able to do something soon, but by the time it is done they will have a race...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have worked with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to help people fleeing war - women and children - into our areas, communities and schools. They now work in our areas. I commend everything that has been done and the communities that welcomed them into their houses. They are all integrated into our area. They play sports and are involved in community games. What has been done is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (25 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the nuisance of shadow flicker from wind turbines which it was stated in 2019 would be eliminated, and whether the new guidelines will be robust enough to ensure this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3537/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (25 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if national authorities such as the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the HSE, public health and environmental health services are involved with the review of the WEDGs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3538/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: 278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of adults in receipt of disability payments from her Department as of 31 December 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3540/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Census of Population (25 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: 338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many adults between the ages of 15 to 66 years inclusive who declared on the Central Statistics Office Census 2022 they had a disability and/or chronic illness who also stated they were unemployed looking for their first job, short-term (less than 12 months), long-term unemployed (12 months and more) and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Census of Population (25 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: 358. To ask the Minister for Health how many adults between the ages of 15 to 66 years inclusive who declared on the Central Statistics Office Census 2022 they had a disability and/or chronic illness who also stated they were unemployed looking for their first job, short-term (less than 12 months), long-term unemployed (12 months and more) and unable to work due to permanent disability and/or...

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: With all due respect to the Minister of State, it was the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, whom I wanted to have in front of me. I refer to some of the comments he made in his introduction when he started talking about the Land Development Agency, LDA. Much of what he was talking about is a crock of bull. I hate to put it that way, but it is. The LDA was set up to deal with infrastructure...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Nearly 100,000 Palestinians have been killed, reported missing or wounded in Gaza since Israel began its military operation three months ago. Among that number are 25,000 people who have been confirmed dead, two thirds of whom are women and children. Eighty-five percent of the population has been displaced. The healthcare system has collapsed, and operations like amputations and Caesarean...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: It worked.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: They are not coming home.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: When we find out how many are leaving this year, we will see it is much more.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Most of the businesses that are closing are SMEs: small, local and medium enterprises. They are not international businesses. They are small, local enterprise businesses. What the Government could have done in the interim, which would have had an immediate effect, was to have reduced VAT back to 9% across the board. It was brought in for the interim before. It worked and it could work...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Taoiseach and I spoke recently about the minimum wage increase. At the time, he said to me that, on the one hand, I was welcoming the wage increase, which I do, but that I also wanted protection for businesses that will be impacted by the wage increase and had asked what the Government could do to counteract it. The issue has now come to the fore, given the Taoiseach has, I believe,...

Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I welcome the work that has been done on the Bill. More work can be done on it but it is heading in the right direction. Many means-tested applications take maintenance payments into account. For example, medical card applications require maintenance payments to be included for the means test. How many people have been denied medical cards due to maintenance payments bringing them over...

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I got a note when I came into the House this evening from a man who said he has five sites in County Limerick with full planning permission. He has offered them to Limerick City and County Council numerous times but has heard nothing back. The Minister has stated councils are fully funded to facilitate the purchase of houses made available for social and affordable homes. The person to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (14 Dec 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers dealing with the ash die back will be given a resolution to the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55852/23]

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