Results 21-40 of 100 for long speaker:Richard O'Donoghue

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Apr 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 323. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the long delays in receiving a date for a driving test (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17755/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Mar 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected for workers with long covid that return to work; if long-covid can be recognised as an occupational health injury for their future at work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12119/23]

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...and they are going in different directions, public transport does not work. We have 2.3 million cars in the country and people in Dublin have a short journey to work. People in rural areas have all the long journeys. That includes going to the shop, to the school if you do not have transport, to the doctor, to work, to matches and to training. It is all driving. The Minister's...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: .... This is a high-profile case that has been going on over three years that has not been dealt with. People are making complaints, as the Deputies have said. There was a petition signed not so long ago in regard to 15,490 people on trolleys in Limerick in 2022. The figures were calculated by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. What scares me is that the research indicates that...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...to address the backlog in processing passports. Will the Tánaiste confirm whether postal applications from 2022 are still on the system from 2022? I believe that is the case. If there are, how long will it take to clear the backlog given the number of people who are there at the moment? What is the Government going to do address the situation for people waiting on a passport since...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...back in 2004 by the then Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mary Coughlan, who was followed by Ministers Smith, Creed and Coveney. I am sure that if Deputy Cowen had been in office long enough, he would have pursued this, as would the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Dara Calleary, when he was Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...doubt that, when deciding on the model of the proposed inquiry, the Government must show it has learned from the previous public inquiries into clerical child abuse in Ireland, which have often taken longer than anticipated. If we have learned anything from decades of cases of abuse carried out by predatory paedophiles it is that, as long as they could hide or were concealed, they posed a...

Extension of Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...and these have proven very successful. People were conscious of their surroundings and where they were going. Also, the those who provided these outside areas had to look at a future plan of how long they would be there, whether they would be allowed into the future and the risks involved. I support what is proposed, but we need a long-term plan not only for the pub and restaurant...

Energy Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...profit "solidarity tax", as provided for in EU regulation 2022/1854 upon all/any companies and permanent establishments operating within the oil, gas, coal and refinery sectors in Ireland, which include the Corrib gas field, and give these funds back to consumers to help pay for energy bills; — end the Government practice of having lucrative long-term deals with energy companies...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the Government and the HSE have been extremely slow to provide adequate services and supports for patients suffering from long-Covid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55966/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 305. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of children suffering from long-Covid with no supports at school to deal with these issues; if discussions are expected with the Minister for Education to put supports in place for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55968/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...living in the towns and villages. I keep returning to the subject of the towns and villages. To build up our areas, where people want to live because they are familiar with the culture and they can live alongside the friends they have had all their lives, we must put in transport infrastructure that will let people travel to the city. They will then support the city, like they used to...

Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...of the tracker mortgage scandal, between compensation and the cost to the banks in fines, was €1 billion. The intention of the Bill is to change the culture across firms and ensure that individuals will no longer be able to evade personal responsibility for the conduct of the companies they run. It is well documented that the banking crisis cost €5.4 billion, yet Irish...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...are in place, it will be responsible for the regulation of approximately 25,000 professionals. I welcome anything that we can do for training for professionals in the health professions as long as it coincides with accountability, which it will, for all the health professionals. We have seen incidents within healthcare, from minor to major. The people who did not register those...

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

Richard O'Donoghue: ...in the history of the State. They should be part of the commemorations of those living at that time. I believe we should invite the Minister in to discuss the matter. The Government should think long and hard about protecting these houses.

Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...have. They might suffer from a nervous disposition or, as some people said to me, it is their only bit of sanity even though they do not smoke much. This is coming from a reformed smoker. As long as they respect where I am and do not smoke in my area, I am happy. I do not think a tax is the right thing to do at this time, especially when it might be the only comfort that people have....

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax (27 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...to visit my area and see life through my eyes. I told him I would put him up with the best of hospitality. I want him to live the type of life he thinks he would like to live, that is, my life, and see how long he lasts. It would not work. I ask him to reconsider this unjust tax on everybody in this country.

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...of all these 10% levies is 23% VAT. Not only is the Government putting a 10% levy on these things, it is 10% plus 23% VAT. That is if it is supplied only. If it is supplied and fitted, it is 10% plus 13.5% VAT. The Government has screwed this country long enough. I am asking every person, businessperson, working person and everyone else in this country to please see the light before...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (21 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I believe the Minister said he would welcome this amendment being withdrawn. It is probably the first time I have agreed with him in a long time, but I agree with him there. The amendment states: "...for the purpose of providing public transport or active (walking or cycling) transport infrastructure only where the scheme or proposed road development will not contribute to carbon emissions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick Raised in the HIQA Report: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Okay. Other incidents have happened in the hospital and it takes so long for legal to find out what happens. There is a cost to that, when that money could be used otherwise if somebody says we got it wrong and should put our hands up, that it should have been identified and reported, that we could have helped faster and used the money being used on legal - which is rising in UHL in the...