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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Barry can ask all of his questions together because we are short on time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have to be out of the room by 1.15 p.m. because another committee is due to meet here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister for his reply. I suggest we talk about this issue at our next meeting and perhaps have a further debate on the matter. I thank the Minister and his officials for attending. I also thank Padraic Moran and Alannah Murray from earlier. This has been a very important meeting. We might ask that Mr. Moran keeps in touch with the committee as it will be advertising for...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Until 10 p.m.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy had to stop talking.

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is a very important debate. There are differing views on either side of the House. I would like to share my thoughts with those who are concerned about this issue. One of the saddest images of how alcohol affects people is the road safety advertisement which shows a mother looking at a picture of her child after the latter was killed in a road traffic accident because somebody was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (8 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue to a query from a person (details supplied) regarding the proposed exemption from fines for public bodies for breaches of the proposed Data Protection Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6482/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Correspondence (8 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6570/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure (8 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if the electricity subsidy available in some CHO areas will be extended nationally to persons with COPD living at home that use oxygen for more than 16 hours per day (details supplied). [6571/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (13 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to a query from a person (details supplied) regarding an application. [6761/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on an issue raised with regard to HGV driver apprenticeship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7275/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (13 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 7 February 2018, if the job listed on a person's (details supplied) work permit application is listed in the ineligible category; if not, if this permit will be reconsidered due to the deadline relating to the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7489/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (13 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract procedures on national public waiting lists in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the average waiting time to undergo required cataract procedures; his plans to further reduce the waiting times in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6846/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (13 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 434. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of private ambulance cover incurred by each acute hospital for the past 12 months; the number of such individual private ambulance journeys; the method of charging agreed (details supplied); the name of the companies involved; the amount received by each such ambulance company; the reason such private ambulances were used; the number of HSE or...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (13 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding funding for heritage sites in County Louth; the sites in the care of the OPW, local authority or otherwise; the funding provided by her Department for same in 2017 and proposed for 2018; if St. Laurence’s Gate in Drogheda is funded by her Department; if an application for funds for this gate was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the delegates. I agree with almost everything that has been said. I am a public representative for 43 years and have long experience of working on housing issues which have always been on my doorstep. I agree, in particular, with the points made about how local authorities deal with applicants when they first present. I have always objected to the hatch or counter mentality,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (14 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are now in public session. I remind members to turn off their mobile phones completely or put them in silent mode. I propose we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (14 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are now in public session. We are dealing with correspondence. Item No. 2018/213, is an invitation to the International Transport Forum in Germany. Does the committee wish to nominate one or two members to attend?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (14 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Chairman is going. Item No. 2018/214 has been dealt with. Item No. 2018/215 is an email from Mr. Ciaran Delaney about last week's committee meeting. I want to advise members that Mr. Delaney is an extremely active voluntary worker in the House, not a paid worker. He asked me to clarify that and I am happy to do so. Item No. 2018/216, is an email dated 12 February from the Journal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (14 Feb 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have already dealt with these EU proposals in committee but we iterate them in public. Schedule A:COM(2016)369, as there are no subsidiarity concerns with this proposal it is proposed that this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed. COM(2016)370, as there are no subsidiarity concerns with this proposal it is proposed that this proposal does not warrant...