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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. Coman is lucky Deputy Durkan is not here.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Nothing I have heard has convinced me the thousands of homeless families would be happy about these houses not going into local authority ownership. I am not here to criticise and I do not make judgments but I am deeply concerned about this. I stress again I am not being personal in this regard but at its core, the need of people who are homeless or in housing is greater than any other...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Put them in the houses that are offered; that is the rhetorical question.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: The supply is there and they did not use it.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: The skills are still there. It is the skills that we are talking about.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (8 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on entitlements for a teacher (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14717/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an extension at a school (details supplied); why it is not going ahead; if he will provide extra funding for it to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14909/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Functions (8 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to issues raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the reconfiguration of his Department and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14263/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (8 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 380. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on correspondence (details supplied) from a person who is seeking an all-party approach to national cultural policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14622/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment. His personal commitment is clear and exceptional in terms of his membership of the Oireachtas. He has continuously articulated the needs of people with disabilities and I hope that he will give a positive response to this important programme, which works effectively and efficiently in County Louth. People with disabilities...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Brevity.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: It certainly is the official departmental response. As far as I am concerned, it is bureaucracy and does not make sense at all. This programme clearly works. It shines a light into to the lives of the participants, their families and their community. It has the full support of the schools, employers and everybody concerned. Why is it that something that is successful and that is wanted...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Good. Have more.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Well done.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cessation of funding to the WALK PEER programme; if he will meet with the WALK PEER team to discuss the situation and to re-evaluate the decision on funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15919/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Standards (16 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce standards for all primary teachers equivalent to the standards that presently apply to post-primary teachers on their probation year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16400/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Standards (16 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if newly qualified Irish primary teachers can complete their probation year in other jurisdictions of comparable educational standards, as they can currently do in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16401/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (16 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure a common protocol is put in place for the advertising of all teaching posts including e-mail; if he will ensure that all qualified applicants are acknowledged and if unsuccessful, that the reasons for not being successful are communicated to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16403/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (16 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 218. To ask the Minister for Health his policy in relation to citizens of the Republic of Ireland who were placed in nursing home care in Northern Ireland under the nursing home subvention scheme; if his Department reviewed their cases per the regulations in place under the National Guidelines, the Nursing Homes (Subvention) Regulations 1993 to 2006 and when it introduced the fair deal...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Flights (16 Jun 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to issues raised by a person (details supplied) relating to international flights between Boston in the United States of America and Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16528/16]