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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I appreciate that the Chairman has been very helpful to me in terms of time. While I accept that is what Mr. Coleman might want to do in the context of the State bodies, it does not go far enough. Currently I am fighting with a State body to get audit reports from them, which is an absolute sick joke. It gave me pages of findings of internal audits with sections blacked out, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (18 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation is taking place in regard to the personal medical data found in Baltray, County Louth, relating to accident and emergency patients at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42805/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Training (18 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding mandatory training for staff in nursing homes and in hospitals that frequently interact and work with patients suffering with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42806/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the position on the progression of the primary care centre for the east County Meath area; the reason for the delays; the expected date of completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42988/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the funding for the proposed Narrow Water Bridge between County Louth and County Down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42797/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (23 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school insurance can be included in the central procurement process to negotiate more affordable premia en masse and ensure that schools can manage insurance costs within their finite resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43416/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (23 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the funding for the proposed Narrow Water Bridge between County Louth and County Down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43171/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Apologises have been received from Deputy Imelda Munster. Before we begin, I remind members to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the recording equipment. 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 (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Correspondence No. 2018/342 is from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. It is SI 312 of 2018. It is proposed to note the correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. Correspondence No. 2018/343 is an email from Councillor Michael O'Brien, dated 18 October, concerning changes to the commuter rail and DART line timetables. It is proposed to note this correspondence. Is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I turn now to matters of EU scrutiny, which the committee agreed at its meeting last week. In regard to schedule A and COM (2018) 567, it is proposed there are no subsidiarity concerns with this proposal. It is proposed this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed. On COM (2018) 568, it is proposed there are no subsidiarity concerns with this proposal. Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the witnesses from the Road Safety Authority, RSA, Ms Moyagh Murdock, chief executive, Mr. Liam Duggan and Ms Kathleen Callanan. Our discussions today follow on from an RTÉ report in September that cited RSA statistics which showed that more than half of all school buses, subject to road safety checks, had received failing grades over a 12 month period. The data released...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have a question on the statistics in the presentation. Does the RSA inspection data relate to buses generally rather than specifically to school transport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Does the table in the presentation refer only to school bus inspections?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Sure. Notwithstanding that, does the RSA have figures for school bus inspections? The statement indicates that of the total number of buses, those which are dangerously defective amount to 2.2%, with dangerously defective school buses amounting to 4.3%. Effectively, the statement is that school buses are likely to be twice as dangerous in the category.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Are they effectively twice as likely to be dangerous?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am not arguing with the witnesses but I am trying to clarify something. In the document it indicates that 4.3% of the buses were dangerously defective but later the number is 2.2%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Right. On the one hand, school buses are likely to be older and more likely to have defects. There are no specific statistics for school buses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: There was reference to following up unscrupulous operators with poor preventative maintenance, systemic failures, unacceptable practices and blatant disregard, so the RSA is in such cases going after what might be called cowboy operators not part of the compliant companies known to the authority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Safety of School Transport Bus Fleet: Road Safety Authority (24 Oct 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: There was reference to people supplying services to schools but who may not supply the school transport scheme. These are identified as known or unknown operators.