Results 1,061-1,080 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (25 Apr 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the future funding of the Drogheda Partnership, Dundalk Partnership and Louth Leader; and his views on whether Drogheda and Dundalk due to their projected population growth should continue to have separate partnership groups. [15275/06]
- Written Answers — Garda Reserve: Garda Reserve (25 Apr 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 688: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda reserve force will be empowered to work on traffic management duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14853/06]
- Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (25 Apr 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 731: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if closed circuit television, CCTV, cameras will be installed in the Stoneybatter area of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15283/06]
- Electoral Registration Commissioner Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Especially over there. We will move over if the Government side moves out.
- Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport the actions he intends to pursue to reduce the number of trucks involved in collisions with railway bridges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16273/06]
- Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (3 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress which has been made in the development of a Metro system for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16274/06]
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (3 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 544 of 25 April 2006, his views on whether Drogheda and Dundalk should continue to have separate partnership groups as they have proposed to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16655/06]
- Nuclear Plants. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 1: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's position on the transportation of MOX fuel; if contacts have been made on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16826/06]
- Nuclear Plants. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister has been lulled into a state of soporific complacency on the transport of radioactive fuel up and down the Irish Sea. It passes his constituency and mine and it also passes the city of Dublin where more than 1 million live. When the first shipment of MOX fuel came through the Irish Sea from Japan many Ministers spoke out and protested here, there and everywhere. The Minister...
- Nuclear Plants. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: It was two years ago.
- Nuclear Plants. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: When the last MOX fuel shipment travelled around the world, maps were published in all the newspapers of the world outlining where it was going. We are dealing with MOX fuel, a specially refined fuel, which was not available ten years ago. I put it to the Minister that the ship in which the Minister allowed it to be carried, the Atlantic Osprey, is totally unsuitable for the purposes for...
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Owing to the fact that urban areas are worse than rural areas in respect of registrations, built up areas and apartment blocks especially so, will the Minister immediately employ students to start the work instead of waiting until September as suggested by the Taoiseach yesterday? Thousands of young people out of college would be ready, willing and able to do the work. We should not wait for...
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Good man. The Minister will give them a slap on the hand.
- House Prices. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Does the Minister of State agree that we are now faced with the first generation of young people, particularly in Dublin, who cannot afford a house in their own locality and have been driven out to surrounding counties such as Wicklow, Louth, Meath and even Wexford, as well as Portlaoise and other cities and towns? Should the Minister of State draw up a new strategy for first-time buyers as...
- House Prices. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: I referred to first-time buyers in Dublin.
- House Prices. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: They cannot buy houses within the city of Dublin.
- House Prices. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: In footballing terms, they fly the wrong flag.
- Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: The RAS scheme is not working in many areas. Last year's budget of â¬6 million was significantly underspent. Many local authorities such as Drogheda Borough Council for example have asked that the amount of rent they are allowed to pay be increased. On the periphery of Dublin, landlords are demanding rents far higher than rural or non-urban rents. That is a serious issue which must be...
- Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: They cannot use it. The Minister of State will not let them use it.
- Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)
Fergus O'Dowd: Will the Minister reduce the 18-month period?