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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (28 Jan 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding/support available for a community group (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4067/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (29 Jan 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a report regarding a presidential pardon for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4261/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Jan 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 127. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will respond to a request from survivors of a residential home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4234/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jan 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 137. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding meningitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4125/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (29 Jan 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend Section 12 (1) (b) of the Nursing Home Support Scheme Act 2009, to allow for the provision of refunds to go directly to the resident or their representative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4150/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Remit (29 Jan 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 144. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a plan for extending the Health Information and Quality Authority regulation to other health and social care sectors, commencing in 2015 with private healthcare providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4152/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (29 Jan 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the re-opening of Dunleer railway station, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4229/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (29 Jan 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the taking over of Drogheda port by Louth County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4230/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 380. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to residents in County Louth living with anti-social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4868/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fuel Quality (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 384. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints regarding petrol and diesel quality received by the Garda during the past 12 months in County Louth and that portion of east Meath in the Louth constituency; the numbers being investigated; the number of prosecutions which have been taken or initiated and their outcome; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 606. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress to date in the identification of areas within the constituency of Louth where commercial operators will not be providing broadband; the actions that will be taken by his Department to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4935/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is a very important discussion document. I agree with Deputy Dowds that the powers of the Office of the Planning Regulator would have to be carefully and finely tuned in order that the local democratic process would continue but also that the oversight, which seems to be one of the key issues, would be very thorough and very full in every respect. On the question of the regulator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: Absolutely. I presume the Minister's reason could be challenged in the court. I am just looking at possible conflicts. The other important issue is a subject close to my heart and to the hearts of all of the people in the country who are marching, which is the powers of Irish Water and how it relates to the provisions of the Bill. One of the key difficulties which I thought about a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: It has to be tied into that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: The linking in of that to the legislation will be critical, as will the responsibilities and accountability of each and every one of those agencies. For instance, even outside those, there is the Industrial Development Authority Ireland, as well as where the HSE wants to put its regional services, and private airports. It is a huge job of work that has to be managed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: The issue for me is who is the generator. In other words, does a county councillor present me with a plan or does the regional authority present a councillor or a citizen with a plan? Those issues are critically important, including the identification of weaknesses in the last spatial strategy. Mr. Cussen rightly said that was in a different era and, I might add, it was also a different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: On that point, how do they determine that? I am all in favour and do not have a problem with it, but what criteria would they have to objectively identify that? Could they form an opinion? Could they have a hunch or would they have to have evidence? The burden of proof is a huge issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: The question is whether the planning regulator forms an opinion. Does he or she have to form an opinion before sending it on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am trying to tease out what would happen where departmental inquiries are, or were, going on. It links into certain counties that are, or were, being looked at.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: That would go to the board.