Results 1-20 of 100 for long speaker:Richard O'Donoghue

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Mar 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...and standing as any other committee in this House. I am not saying it is something for the health committee. There are things going around all the different committees and it is dragging on too long. Bring them in and let us see where it goes. If two committees have to deal with it, there is nothing wrong with that either.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Mar 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: 1287. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of healthcare workers suffering long Covid whose pay will cease on 31 March (details supplied) will be examined and discussed further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11895/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have grown up with many people from different Traveller accommodation. I can remember long back to when Travellers were coming to different areas and the culture. In some places, where people are living in Traveller accommodation, it is very poor. Some people are in residential areas and others have bought their own houses. However, does the regulation cover where there is an influx of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...three children. The family is getting all of the help that is available but the biggest problem is getting accommodation. Children are in school but when they are in emergency accommodation for a long time, their schooling suffers. Another issue is housing for the elderly and again, it comes back to infrastructure. Many elderly people want to downsize to make room for families but...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...main causes of accidents is fatigue. All the signs encourage people to please pull in for a break to avoid fatigue. People are encouraged to get a cup of coffee and to take a rest if they are on a long drive. The Government is reducing the speed limits for the transport network around this country and the statistics are pointing to fatigue. Does the Minister know that truck drivers...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...stop, and they are stopping those as well. I cannot understand why the world is sitting back and saying it will get them in front of the International Court of Justice and make them pay. How long will it take, pushing pieces of paper here, there and everywhere, and no accountability? This country has looked after people from a war in Ukraine. We have looked after them well and treated...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...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 sickness, in tabular form. [3561/24]

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...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 sickness, in tabular form. [3539/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...the country, we should allow for rail and a greenway and there should be joined-up thinking. It should not be one or the other. We should look at a plan to invest in both and even if the plan is long term, it should allow for both the railway line to be reinstated and a greenway. They are looking at this in respect of N-M20 so they can have both and look for future infrastructure. It...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that people who are suffering from long Covid and can no longer work are not been financially supported by the Government; if this issue can be addressed with the Minister for Health to introduce a payment for those suffering from long Covid; and if she will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: Children at Risk Ireland, CARI, provides long-term therapeutic supports for children aged three to 18 who have been affected by child sexual abuse, and their families. It is notable that One-in-Four, which supports adult victims of child abuse, receives 75% funding from the State, such as the HSE, Tusla and the Department of Justice. At the present time, Tusla is only offering one third of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition to Reopen Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (16 Nov 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...who are at the coalface of this will understand where it needs to happen and what needs to happen, which is the safety of the public. We can understand this. It has been going on for far too long. As I said, we have had the CEO of UHL in here. The matter has been before the health committee since 2022. It has been going on since the hospital was made a hospital of excellence, which...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Work Permits (12 Oct 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...the process of getting people in who need a visa for their permits. That seems to be the major problem. When it comes to visas and permits, it goes to one route, then the other and it takes too long. It would be nice if they worked in tandem and came together on applications that will help critical employment into the country. The people helping this country at the moment are students...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...That means enormous nursing homes will institutionalise people when they get older. Those people will not have homely nursing homes with 25 or 50 beds where we can visit our family members locally without having to travel long distances. If there were local nursing homes, the people in them would be in the environment in which they grew up, around their families and friends. Instead,...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...at that. He or she can look for a special adviser. That again is up to the directly elected mayor. The cost of having a directly elected mayor is being covered by the Government, but for how long? After four or five years, will this money come out of the budget for the local authority in Limerick? That has not yet been finalised. It was talked about. When we spoke about it earlier,...

European Year of Skills: Statements (10 May 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...certificate, where all their placements could be got locally within the SME sector. This also fell on deaf ears. Education is not for everyone, but people should try to stay in school for as long as they can in order to get a basic education. As part of a process for dealing with early school leavers, I asked the Minister to look at introducing an apprenticeship model after the...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...the Construction Industry Federation reports that 70,000 homes are currently held up in the planning system due to appeals to An Bord Pleanála or the courts; - the lack of coherent Government action, along with strict planning processes and rising construction material costs, is significantly straining the affordability and delivery of new housing projects; - the planning system in...

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-----

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...in to vacant local authority houses because they have nowhere else to live. They are able to live there for a time while they try to be accommodated. Our biggest problem is that it is taking too long for vacant local authority houses in our own areas to be returned to people, when they could be returned today.

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...where we are in the prosecution of Russia, in nuclear security and safety, and in countering Russian disinformation. We send our people to these meetings and we have MEPs in Europe but we need progress and reports. How long more can we, as a nation, sustain this and how safe are we? As I said, we are the best country in the world for supporting people and I agree with all the...