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Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: What about Lanesborough?

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The ESB bill is going to be €600,000 to €2.5 million for one Limerick company, one company.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Ah, look.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: A barrel of oil is cheaper now.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: A barrel of oil is cheaper now than it was a year ago.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Say that to the Irish people.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Look after Ireland like you are meant to look after it. You are elected in Ireland.

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: The cracks are showing, are they not? I see the Minister's party colleagues are on radio saying that they believe the peat plants should be opened up again to provide power for the people who put them here to protect them. We all want to protect the environment and the universe but we put our people first and we work for the future. What the Minister has done to the people of Ireland is...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: For the record, the last time I brought up that comment when the Ceann Comhairle and everyone else was here, not one person pulled me for that comment. That will tell the Leas-Cheann Comhairle what it means.

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I have been in construction all my life. In helping people with planning permissions in areas such as one-off houses and businesses across the board, the biggest thing we must deal with to help people put a roof over their heads is An Bord Pleanála. I have a serious concern that even with the planning process in place, people, no matter where they are in the country, can pay €20...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 189. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of excise tax collected in each quarter of 2020 and 2021 and for the first half of 2022, in tabular form. [45298/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the upset that the bus waiver has caused families given that some students are without a service due to the fact that there are no buses available to serve the routes, yet tickets have been issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45299/22]

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Businesses trying to build an enterprise on green energy are having obstacles put in their way. I understand that it is proposed in a Bill on Committee Stage to introduce planning regulations that will allow 60 kW of solar panel power generation. That is not sustainable for any business because any business needs 100 kW of solar panel power. Any house that was built in the 1980s and 1990s...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: Having looked at this report, I can see where the financial crash started. I can see an Ireland that was not about the ordinary person in the street who was not able to pay back a mortgage. It was about total corruption during a time when people had to emigrate, when people lost their homes and when many people lost their lives worrying about repaying loans. I remember clearly someone...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for social housing in County Limerick to date in 2022, by district in tabular form; the number of social housing units completed in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38931/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Transport (14 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected with schools that provide a private bus service in order that the charges to parents will also be waived; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the means for families in order that they can obtain the back-to-school allowance, owing to the escalating cost-of-living which many working families are dealing with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38932/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (14 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances available in the UL Hospitals Group on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38930/22]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (13 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I am a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, along with other colleagues who are present. The manner in which these amendments have been brought before us at such short notice, with the use of the guillotine procedure, is another insight into the state of the Government. I am involved in a lot of planning in County Limerick. The granting of...

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: I thank Raise the Roof for its work, but before you can do any work on raising the roof you have to have infrastructure. I have been in construction all my life and I know the importance of having infrastructure in an area. I will use the example of Limerick and the statistics I have. For 38 years Askeaton has been waiting for the Government, the previous Government and the governments...