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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discusssion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will be brief. It has been very enlightening to listen to the witnesses. It is extremely important that the clarity of their thoughts and the facts they are giving us are in the public domain. They will certainly influence my thinking. The message I am getting and what I really understand is how important this matter is and how adversely it will impact on their lives and ours. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assess documentation relating to a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41891/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the queries raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1974/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when plans to roll out the repair and lease scheme will be available to local authorities in counties Dublin, Meath and Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1181/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 563. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the restoration of the State transitory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41467/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1142. To ask the Minister for Health further to Question No. 482 of 13 December 2016, if he will provide the location and lease details of the premises providing this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1158/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1147. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent by the HSE on electronic devices (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016 for HSE staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1170/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff employed nationwide; the number of these that do not have an official HSE email address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1171/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Reserve Data (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons who applied to join the national reserve in 2016 and to date in 2017; if he will provide a breakdown of which schemes they applied under; the number approved in total; the number denied in tabular form under the following subheadings: young farmers, new entrants, young old; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1633. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons that accessed local enterprise offices, LEOs, for their services in all locations nationwide in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the number of staff employed in each location; the amount of funding each location has drawn down in each of the years 2014 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1657. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons that accessed the local enterprise offices nationwide for their services in each of the years 2014 to 2016; the number of staff employed in each location; the amount of funding each location has drawn down in each of the years 2014 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1264/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Sites Visits (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1662. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of industrial visits organised by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland for the past five years, by location, in counties Louth, Meath, Monaghan and Cavan, and by potential investors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1558/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1664. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1632/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the two delegates and acknowledge their very important address and research and the clarity of their remarks. They have put their finger on the problems and how extreme they will be. The analysis of the Department of Finance is exceptionally clear, but its outlook is predicated on there being minimum intervention by the Government. It shows the worst possible scenario, but,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (31 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address queries raised by a person (details supplied) on acquiring a visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4469/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Establishment (31 Jan 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 745. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider, as part of a collective response to the Brexit result, revisiting the proposals relating to setting up a local enterprise office in Drogheda to service the Drogheda and east Meath area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4015/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Controls (1 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney, to discuss this important issue. I absolutely support his initiatives on housing. They are excellent, first class and well thought out, and the intention is good, particularly in rent pressure zones. Having said that, I live in a town where some of the estates are divided. An estate called Beaubec has some of its houses in the rent pressure...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Controls (1 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I challenge the criteria being used. I accept and acknowledge there is no political involvement in the formula but the formula is wrong. In Drogheda, rents increased in each of the past six quarters. They have increased by 16% in the past year, which is much in excess of 7%. Poorer families are supported more because they have a greater problem. This is recognised by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (1 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of family units that are recipients of the housing assistance payment within each local authority area and county by location within that authority or county; the amount received by household type and size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4891/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (1 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost of HAP for each administrative unit or county for 2016; the number of recipients by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4900/17]