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Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...way those parties have gone since they joined the Green Party in government, and that they have forgotten the people who put them there in the first place. Once upon a time, there was a leader from County Cork. Now, Independent Ireland has a leader from Cork and a general secretary from County Limerick. It is as if history is repeating itself. As a member of the Limerick Motor Club...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...network to bring people in and out, whereby they would support both. The Government is just putting investment in one spot, like Dublin and the airports. We have seen that is wrong. Now, Shannon and Cork airports are growing because of this diversion of traffic. We should do the same with people, and allow our children to come home. There are people who want to come home to Dublin but...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...Éireann has failed because it does not have the contractors to do the work. Give the funding to the local authorities. Use a developer-led approach and pay the developers to put in the infrastructure in rural Ireland like they are being paid to build apartments in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. The Government is not doing it in the counties. The Government should pay developers to put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...the sewerage system so we are four or five years away. The Government is killing rural Ireland by not investing in it. We have a meeting in Kilbeheny on Friday night. Its sewerage system is caught between counties Cork and Limerick. Raw sewage is going straight into the waterworks. It is not included in Uisce Éireann’s list. Will the Minister give me a list of names of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...57 for repair straightaway because there are faults in it. Conservation is stopping this work, when two more people could be housed in Killmallock. The person who owns this shop also has one in Cork. He is in a position there to build a unit at the back of his shop that will accommodate his 20 staff members and assure the viability of his business. Again, under the laws at the moment,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Yes. It would be nice to hear back. If you go around this country, leave the likes of Dublin and Cork city, and go out into the urban areas, you will see that the towns and villages are struggling to deliver houses.

Financial Resolution No.3: Value-Added Tax (22 Feb 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...are saying to them, which is the same thing, namely, that they are not representing the people they are supposed to. If there is a desire to make this a Government based on the cities of Dublin or Cork, then go ahead with that.

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...also welcome. This also brings in my own local area of Ballingarry, Foynes and Glin. As a result of a recent campaign, there is a new bus coming from Charleville. We will welcome something from Cork because it comes through Limerick and gets students to the bus station. That routes starts at 7.30 a.m., which means students can get to their colleges on time. That will again feed into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the witnesses for coming in and for the work they are doing. Ms Doherty said that 4,823 people are on the housing list. Is that for Cork city and county?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: There are plenty of business people in Cork who want to provide accommodation for their staff, but they have been brought under the rule that they need to have a certain amount of social housing. If they are building a block of apartments for staff, they still need to build social housing units. If a person wanted to build 20 units for staff, those staff who otherwise would be on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: If a business person in Cork city approached the council with a proposal to build housing for their staff, would the council support it? Would it not help to reduce its housing list?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: It is something we will bring up, but would it not help us if we had the support of Cork City Council and Galway City Council and from people in their areas? Given that we are discussing the laws of planning at the moment if business people were in a position to build apartments for their staff, would it be something you would support?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: No, Ms Doherty can stay where she is and I am coming from the right county as well. The witnesses here today cover the delivery of properties Cork city and Galway city. One of the witnesses from Cork City Council said that Cork has 29 derelict sites. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: How many of the properties Cork City Council has acquired are flood zones A and B?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I understand they are all under flood zones because Cork city is down in a hole. How many of the derelict sites the council has are under flood zone A or B?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Throughout the country we have a problem with flooding and many of the properties Cork City Council has acquired under CPO are within a flood plain. There is an issue with the accuracy of the flood plain maps at the moment. I had one myself this morning in Limerick where they actually had put in properties on a flood plain. We went away and we got it researched and found out that the maps...

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...pursued. Then, when you, or your children or partner, went for motor insurance, you were all getting an insurance premium based on the amount of claims being made in each county. If you were in Cork, you could have a lower rate, a higher one in Limerick, a lower one in Tipperary, and so on. It was all based on the amount of claims within an area. Many of these claimants were people...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (29 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... Ms McNelis has said that she has been trying to do this for the past 20 or more years. Now there is this petition to the committee where the Chairman is from Tipperary, Deputy Buckley is from Cork and I am from Limerick. Maybe the difference now is that we actually know what we are talking about and we live in the areas where these thatched cottages are. We experience it and are not...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... That is not that far away. The Government is going to run out of road by the time the next election comes. I had a stall at an agricultural show for the first time in Charleville in County Cork, just my neighbouring parish. Some 99% of the vehicles with the cattle and all the produce that came to this agricultural show were petrol and diesel vehicles. They have no alternative and...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...emissions. That is a green agenda. Roughly 90% of roll-on, roll-off traffic comes through Dublin Port. A loaded truck travelling 100 km requires 56 l of fuel, plus AdBlue. Trucks are travelling from Dublin to Cork, Limerick, Galway and Clare. My job is to lower emissions. It is common sense. We have ports in Foynes, Cork and Rosslare, but the Government promotes Dublin. More...