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Business of Dáil (8 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not have a problem with that, or at 8 a.m. I have no problem with that. I propose that.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme Funding (8 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money set aside by the Government for the warmer homes scheme for 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6144/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Centres (8 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving test centres here by location; the cost of running each such centre for each of the past three years, including staff costs, full-time and part-time staff; the owners of the property used and the rent paid; the number of driver testers, by location and if full- or part-time; the total metre-squared area of the...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: A man dies in a Dublin hospital. He arrives in an ambulance totally dishevelled and in serious pain. His family accompany him. When they go into the accident and emergency department, the doctor in despair asks why they let this man fall into this condition, why he has arrived like this and why they did not look after him in their home. The doctor did not realise that the patient was...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister spoke of holding the HSE and its director general to account. Who will audit those standards the Minister rightly talks about? Will he have external auditors or will the HSE be auditing itself? The buck ultimately stops with the head of the HSE. What is the term of office of the HSE director general? Does the Minister have the power to fire him or her? If he does not, will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK Referendum Result (Resumed): Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (9 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Go raibh maith agat a Chathaoirligh agus cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I agree with a lot of what everybody has said and I particularly welcome the Minister's comments. The frictionless Border is a real economic Border, if it is there at all. The point is that if there is any tariff, no matter what that might be or whether it is imposed electronically or physically, it is still a...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I agree that the Taoiseach must visit the White House as it is important to do so. I profoundly disagree with the policies of President Trump and I think most people in this country probably do. That does not mean we should not visit a country which has received millions of Irish emigrants over generations and centuries. When Irish people went there first, they were of the wrong religion,...

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Worse?

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I extend my thanks for the invitation to attend the Fianna Fáil Brexit summit in County Louth. I also thank the Sinn Féin representatives who attended the Fine Gael summit on Drogheda. This shows that the parties across this House are working together on a very important issue. I am speaking here tonight in my role as chairman of the Fine Gael Brexit committee. We have visited...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding salmon farms here; if there are any plans for the future regulation of the industry and the current position of sea lice control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7482/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: What happened to the Garryhinch proposal? If it is not included, it would be a huge disaster for the project. I was involved in a previous life as a Minister of State is setting up this wonderful body called Irish Water, for which I have suffered greatly. Apart from losing my job for telling the truth, which is something that should not happen to a good politician like me, the biggest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I must speak about the Trump Administration in the Dáil shortly so I hope I get answers to my questions. I am unhappy with what I have heard. What is the headway between supply and demand in the greater Dublin area today? Is it between 3% to 4%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: The simple sum is that if demand increases we cannot supply it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: If there is an interruption in supply we are bunched. There is no way any of the other rivers or sources of water, groundwater or otherwise, can meet the demand for water in Dublin. I can be corrected on the exact location of the following. Due to a major supply going into Dublin and a geological fault in the rock, and theoretically it could happen tomorrow or in 1,000 years, there could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: No. When this project is constructed what is Irish Water's reservoir timeline? When Garryhinch existed there was a six-month reserve of water for the whole of Dublin. In other words, there was a reservoir that could hold a six-month supply. That is what I was told. Mr. Grant is shaking his head but I have the documents that were given to me in my office. If supply was interrupted one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Irish Water's plan has no storage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Project for Eastern and Midlands Region: Irish Water (15 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: The point was to keep a reserve to deal with an interrupted supply. The security of supply in Garryhinch - the water is there and it can be pumped - was a huge benefit, and that was the point of Garryhinch. I know it is now not going to happen, but the economic model or cost-benefit analysis did not include the social benefits, the employment benefits, the huge potential of the whole plan....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (21 Feb 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the death of a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8126/17]