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Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: An excellent one, the very best.

Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I cannot hear him but I know he is echoing my views. It is serious and if that were to happen I would have done my job as a Deputy for my area. I believe the Minister of State is fully aware and alert to the issue. The restoration of local power is important and I welcome the changes the Minister of State is making. I was a member of a council for 27 years or more. The difficulty...

Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Itwas absolutely wrong. As the Deputies opposite know, they caused the collapse of the economy and we were in debt all over the place but that was a bad decision. Now is the time to redress the wrong that was done. I know the Minister of State will comment on this in his reply.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (15 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all necessary resources will be made available to An Garda Síochána in Drogheda, County Louth, in view of the serious and concerning criminal activity that has taken place over the past number of days (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47528/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (15 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the policy on out-of-hours general practitioner services in circumstances in which a person's general practitioner is not in the locality of the person's home and the individual needs medical treatment such as in a case (details supplied); if changes can be made to this policy to avoid similar cases; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (20 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 589. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a final decision on projects (details supplied) is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47932/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (20 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when final decisions on projects (details supplied) are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47984/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (20 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when final decisions on projects (details supplied) are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (20 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 592. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when final decisions on projects (details supplied) are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48065/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (20 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a mechanism that can be availed of in a circumstance (details supplied). [47704/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (20 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when final decisions on projects (details supplied) are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48003/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (20 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when final decisions on projects (details supplied) are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48006/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service (20 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the investigation by the local government auditor into payments made by Meath County Council to a company (details supplied) in 2008 and 2009 is progressing; if the investigation has established that payments made to this company should have been paid to another company for work it carried out for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (22 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 116. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for drug addiction services in Drogheda in view of the crisis that has led to worrying events requiring a significant and costly Garda response; if an emergency meeting will be held to assess and plan an urgent outreach response to address the rise in drug addiction in the Drogheda area; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (22 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 145. To ask the Minister for Health if there was an underspend in the 2017 social inclusion budget for counties Louth and Meath; if so, the amount; the groups the underspend was distributed to; if there was a set criteria for which these moneys were allocated; if so, the criteria; the members of the HSE that make the final decision on these funds; if the local drug task force and its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (22 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 157. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the newly agreed respite contract for persons with disabilities in north County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48802/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome any debate on this issue. Where a student lives can be an issue. Students have very long commutes. We met some students recently in another committee that I am on and they are travelling extremely long distances, they have a very low income and it is very difficult for them to live or study. I do not disagree with anything that is being said here but the Government should use...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (27 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 420. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 6 November 2018, if a reply will issue in relation to outlining an independent appeals process as requested but was not responded in the reply received from the HSE. [49252/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (27 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49555/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated date on which a school (details supplied) will open for its first term; the expected length of time the school will be in temporary accommodation before the school building project is completed; if the temporary accommodation will be based on the same site as the new school; if the site location has been chosen; if so, the site;...