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Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank all the groups from Donegal, Sligo, Mayo, Clare and Limerick. If the Minister looks up he will see that the Gallery is full. It is a long time since we have seen it as full as that. I hope he takes heed of that and of the amount of work those people have put in. I also thank my colleagues on the housing committee, who have spent long hours debating this legislation with the...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: First, I thank the people of Limerick, Clare, Donegal, Sligo and Mayo for the unbelievable work they have done. I am sorry for what they have had to go through. I will simplify it for the Minister of State: I will talk about the foundations in this Bill. If the Minister of State had a tree in his garden and there was a problem with the leaves, would he treat the leaves or the root of the...

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...CT scans and 2,700 children and young people are waiting for access to mental health services. There is an incredible shortage of neurological nurses throughout the country, but particularly in Sligo and Limerick. We need to look at the support these nurses would be for the families of patients suffering from epilepsy, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis and many other conditions. Diabetes...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Budget Statement 2021 (13 Oct 2020)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...;50,000 which nobody can afford. What is next for the industry? First Covid-19 hits and then the Government hits. Where is the N20? The Government managed to reference the N56 to Donegal, the N4 to Sligo, the N5 to Mayo, the N22 and the Dunkettle interchange in Cork but where is the N20? Again, this Government has forgotten. Have Ministers ever driven from Limerick to Cork? If...