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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (2 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: 90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Investor State Dispute resolution mechanism of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade agreement between the European Union and the United States of America will hold precedence over Irish court decisions or Irish law; and if so, if he will state his full and unequivocal opposition to any agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Food Safety Standards (2 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: 91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership trade agreement which is currently being discussed will allow for meat products from the United States of America, which may have been exposed to angel dust, growth hormones or other chemical treatment in their production, to be sold on Irish shelves; and if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (2 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: 213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the recent comments of his counterpart, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms Margot Wallström, on the appalling treatment of women and abuse of human rights in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and if he has or will indicate his support to Ms Wallström and the Swedish Government at a meeting of European Union...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14599/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: 864. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether Iarnród Éireann should open the brand new railway station at Kishogue, which has been closed since its construction several years ago, when the Phoenix Park tunnel is opened to passenger traffic between Heuston Station and Connolly Station. [14165/15]

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: When Sinn Féin were killing people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Intellectual Disability and Ageing: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: I apologise for the fact this meeting is clashing with Question Time with the Minister for Health in the Dáil. It is frustrating as it means some members cannot be here. I welcome the witnesses, including Professor Mary McCarron, the leader of the research team for the intellectual disability supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, TILDA, Ms Máire O'Dwyer, research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Intellectual Disability and Ageing: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: I thank Professor McCarron. Would Ms Burke or Ms O'Dwyer like to make a contribution before I open the discussion to the floor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Intellectual Disability and Ageing: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: I will let Professor McCarron reply and then I will bring in Senator van Turnhout and Deputy Neville.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Intellectual Disability and Ageing: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: I congratulate you on the quality of your work. With regard to employment, there is a provision whereby businesses are encouraged to take on a certain percentage of people with disabilities. That might not necessarily be intellectual disability. Have you a sense of the extent of that in practice? You mentioned that 7% are in employment, according to the study. I presume you would be of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Intellectual Disability and Ageing: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: The thrust of my question related to encouraging employers to give serious consideration to taking on people with disabilities. Before I was elected to this House, I was a member of South Dublin County Council, which had a very active policy of employing a proportion of people with disability - not necessarily intellectual disability, but a variety of different disabilities. I think there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Intellectual Disability and Ageing: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: Will we conclude there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Intellectual Disability and Ageing: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: I welcome the Chairman of the committee back to the meeting. I thank our witnesses for their most interesting presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland: Allied Irish Banks (22 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: I thank Mr. Duffy and his colleagues for attending. My question relates to the question posed by Deputy Ciarán Cannon and, to an extent, that posed by Deputy McNamara. In my constituency, a number of SMEs are in difficulty and I received complaints from them, to differing degrees, about how they are treated by banks. In one case that relates to AIB, the small business concerned is a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: We discussed it for three quarters of an hour.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: I am shocked by what I heard about the Waterford disability case. It has the appearance of yet another powerful organisation putting itself before vulnerable people. As one who in the past taught children who had no verbal ability, I am aware of how vulnerable people like that can be. How many whistleblowers were involved in the Waterford case? I am aware that whistleblowers can be...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: Did any of those three people suffer adverse consequences as a result of their disclosures?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: Did any whistleblowers come forward in the 1990s?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: To go back to my question, were there any whistleblowers in the 1990s? Obviously there were three whistleblowers in recent years. Is Mr. Healy in a position to say whether there were whistleblowers in the 1990s?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive
Chapter 14 - Procurement by the Health Service Executive
Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2013 (23 Apr 2015)

Robert Dowds: Did they suffer adversely due to having raised concerns?