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Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Plean Infheistíochta agus Scéimeanna Teanga (Atógáil): An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta (16 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Fáiltím roimh an Aire. Molaim an obair atá déanta aige agus ag an Roinn chun an Ghaolainn a chothú agus an Ghaeltacht ach go háirithe a chur chun cinn. Molaim freisin an turas a chur sé ar fáil dúinn go dtí na hOileáin Árann. Bhí sé an-spéisiúil domsa mar nach raibh mé ann le tamall fada, níos mó...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Plean Infheistíochta agus Scéimeanna Teanga (Atógáil): An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta (16 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Cén fáth go bhfuil eitleáin folamh? Tá líon daoine ann go dteastaíonn eitleáin uathu agus ní féidir na heitleáin a sholáthar dóibh.

Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Reform (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister. This is a hugely important issue in my town, the area around Drogheda and the whole county. The latest census of population shows that Drogheda is now the biggest town in the country outside the major cities. The difference in population between Waterford city and Drogheda is less than 7,000, yet we have no proper local council and no local control, although there...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Reform (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister's acknowledgement of the issues relating to Drogheda and its environs. The fact is that Drogheda was turned down by the independent commission but that commission was absolutely wrong. Drogheda had a borough council from 1169 until its abolition in recent times. We need to get that council back and to have local control. Local debates would previously have taken...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is a very important debate and I agree with the principle enunciated by many speakers of increased transparency and accountability in planning decisions and public notices. However, the Minister is doing an excellent job and I do not agree with the views expressed opposite in that regard. As Deputy Daly said, housing is the biggest issue facing us every day as Deputies. I have people...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am. I appreciate that the Acting Chairman did not interrupt anyone else. I remind him that I am responding to points that were made on the opposite side of the House. Either we live in a democracy or we do not. If the Acting Chairman does not want me to express my views, I will insist on setting them out. I will not sit down, notwithstanding the Acting Chairman's kind views.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Acting Chairman allowed other Members to make points but we are not allowed to refute them. That is a fact.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am refuting points made by Deputy Wallace in a pleasant way.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I hope the Acting Chairman will be pleasant, as he always is. My point is that there are builders who are committed to building and they face planning difficulties. It is right and proper in my view that the Government and the Department facilitates transparent success in planning permissions that may have been given some years ago but which may not yet have been taken up where builders are...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is a very important debate. We are getting to the heart of how our society is run, what planning is, how we get around planning and how we account for democratic control or input. Deputy Ó Broin said that this debate is not getting enough publicity or coverage and that is one of the key problems with planning generally. Notwithstanding the fact that county development plans, for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to provide city status to Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23500/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied) in regard to nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland status who were refused critical skills work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23479/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical assessment unit in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital was recently closed; the number of such closures in 2016 and to date in 2017; if there will be no further closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23505/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 229. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 619 to 621, inclusive, of 11 April 2017, the position regarding the need for respite services for persons with disabilities in each local health area for each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23506/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 230. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 619 to 621, inclusive, of 11 April 2017, the position regarding the fact that there are no dedicated respite services for children in County Louth; the steps he will take to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23507/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (17 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 231. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 619 to 621, inclusive, of 11 April 2017, the funding provided in each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for respite beds for persons with disabilities; the way in which the funding was distributed, by location and organisation; the number and type of services provided at each location; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (23 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the living city initiative to Drogheda and Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (23 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [24239/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (23 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the moneys allocated to each local authority for housing adaptation grants and housing aid for older persons in each of the past three years; if he will increase such allocations for 2017 for all priority one applicants that have been told they qualify but that there is no funding available; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Funding (23 May 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will fund the works necessary to have a site (details supplied) in County Louth opened to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24036/17]