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Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...circles. Recently, I was taking stuff out of a loft. There was a horse-drawn machine and other machinery that people used in farming many years ago, including machinery for the drainage of lands. They broke their backs without machinery to drain land, following the advice of Government as to how to stock their land. I was at the housing committee a minute ago, dealing with the...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...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 within 15 minutes of...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...through the planning process and were granted planning by the local authority but were told planning had been refused by An Bord Pleanála, having waited 14 months. They want to build on their own land. There are now two people who cannot build their own houses at no cost to the State. Five houses could be built in a town in Limerick to house five people, but the local authority is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of pollution incidences that have occurred annually over the past ten years from herbicide or pesticide being applied on forestry land with a manual knapsack sprayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many pollution incidences have occurred annually over the last ten years because of the application of fertiliser to forestry lands only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54324/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Dec 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 285. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the definition of deforestation; the area of land deforested annually over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54326/23]

Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...industries in Limerick. Eli Lilly was looking for housing in Limerick. We have houses coming on stream in Patrickswell but there are no affordable houses for the people outside Patrickswell. The Land Development Agency, LDA, has promised investment for infrastructure in places that are within 15 minutes of the city. There will be investment for housing and all other developments, going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: There are people who have been living on boats for the past 20 or 30 years. If they were living on land, they would have rights to stay where they were and nothing could be done. Does the same thing apply where somebody has been on the waterways for the last 20 or 30 years in the same location? What rights will they have if these by-laws come in?

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...lip service, the Government has consistently failed to effectively tackle the housing crisis, leaving them scrambling to react to a situation that has now spun out of control; - according to Eurostat, Ireland's housing crisis is currently the worst in Europe, with rent prices increasing more than any other European Union country; - the Construction Industry Federation reports that 70,000...

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The high cost of doing business in Ireland is extremely challenging. We can see that each week in our shopping bills. I selected basic shopping bills from trolleys over seven years and noted that, surprisingly, the basic prices of milk, eggs, bread and butter have increased by 15% and those of vegetables and meat have gone up by 40%. This highlights to me the issues of farmers' inputs,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: The Tánaiste is now talking about the number of houses being built in rural Ireland. The Government is allowing raw sewage from Askeaton to go into the River Shannon, from Dromcolliher into the River Deel and from Kilbeheny into the River Funshion. It is the biggest polluter environmentally in Ireland. It fines farmers, businesses and householders for any small pollution, but it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank the committee for allowing me to come in now as I have another engagement to attend. Regarding local authorities with zoned lands, infrastructure for them is non-existent in County Limerick. The lands are zoned under local area plans and the residential zoned land tax is coming in, yet in some cases there is no infrastructure in those towns or villages where the zoned land is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank Mr. Hogan for his answer. There are lands in different areas of County Limerick, for example, in Croom. At the moment, there is serviced land in Croom but the infrastructure's sewerage capacity only allows for 300 more units but the land zoned for development is for up to 1,000 units. There is serviced land, which has been taken over, but there is also a problem with capacity on an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: That excludes two thirds of County Limerick because of our infrastructure problem. We have development land. Areas have already been targeted that have infrastructure and can be opened up for infrastructure but it wipes out two thirds of County Limerick, which people want to have developed but cannot.

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...for those same farmers and had increased them, but he forgot that they want to work with the Government for the future of farming, which includes the environment. The Minister is now deciding about the rewetting of land, and he wants to do it just like that. They want to work with the Minister to improve environmental impact. Why did Macra na Feirme members have to walk 79 km with their...

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...be means tested, be over 18 years of age and provide care for a minimum of 35 hours per week. They cannot work outside the home for more than 18.5 hours per week. There are 500,000 carers in Ireland with some aged ten to 17 years old providing regular unpaid care for family members. It is estimated that family carers save the State €20 billion per annum but the Government makes...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...to the community. The Minister has also destroy the next generation. The Minister has taken the next generation completely out of it. They look at their mothers and their fathers working the land and say to their friends that it is not worth it and that they will head off to Australia and leave the land. They see the hard work that their parents, uncles, aunts or whoever have put in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...where I want to go with this discussion. It is Limerick City and County Council, so the funding should come to city and county councils. When we consider Limerick as a whole in the context of the Land Development Agency it only covers areas that are ten to 15 minutes from the cities. This takes out more than two thirds of Limerick county. This is what I am saying. The Minister is not...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: As a farmer, can the Minister imagine a day sitting and watching all his neighbours out working his land and getting paid by a subsidy given to them by the Government? Can he imagine sitting at home, looking out the windows and seeing people farm his land and getting subsidies for it from the Government? This is exactly what is happening to the smaller boat owners sitting in the harbour on...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...encountered in forestry, the Government has run to the UK. We saw what the UK did to us. I refer to the investment in firms to solve the issues. Coillte, a semi-State company, owns 7% of Irish land. It has already transferred 12,000 ha to private ownership. To put it in context, that is equivalent to 50,000 hurling fields. Where is the circular economy? The Government is giving...