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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: If somebody is not paying his or her rent, and if he or she is antisocial, they should not have that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: There would have to be clarity. Yes, that is correct. There would have to be a way to benchmark in the RTB or somebody on that body.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: They definitely have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is not a problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: How many houses were built during Deputy Jan O'Sullivan's time as Minister of State? That is the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am only being honest. When Deputy O'Sullivan was a Minister of State-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy O'Sullivan cannot come in here with a bucket of tears so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is the case, of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: What I am trying to get at here is not the Deputy's excellent work as Minister of State. It is the fact that what drove us to this was an economic cycle. Deputy O'Sullivan had nothing to do with it and neither did I.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: The important point I want to make is that I do not disagree with much of what the Deputy is saying. I do not think she is dumping on the system in the context of encouraging long-term letting of property. That is what we have to do in conjunction with the State building more homes. We must get the balance right. I agree with Deputy O'Sullivan on that. There must also be greater support...

Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Motion (21 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move:That Dáil Éireann shall consider the Report of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport entitled ‘Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities’, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 14th November, 2018. I am delighted to introduce this debate on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport...

Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Motion (21 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the staff of the committee, especially Mr. Paul Kelly and Ms Etaoine Howlett, who helped in the preparation of the report. Without their help it would not have been the success that it clearly has been. I will thank those who spoke in the order in which they spoke. I thank the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, and the Minister of State at the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Programmes (21 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Creative Schools Programme 2019; and the schools in County Louth that are participating in same. [8520/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (21 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to rules covering the temporary absence of pharmacists will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8830/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister and agree with the statements he made in his address to the committee. It is a measure of their efforts that the Government, officials and civil servants have been successful in ensuring the Irish case has been heard loud and clear in the European Union. It is extremely valuable to us and welcome that there is full support across the European Union for the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Show up to the transport committee. The Deputy has never attended the committee's meetings.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Consultancy Contracts Data (26 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of urologist consultants in each of the RCSI hospitals in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of consultant urology hours provided in each hospital under current contracts; the number of urology surgeries that were cancelled in each RCSI hospital in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9059/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Issues (26 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the green card requirement for drivers entering the United Kingdom following Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9676/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (26 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 661. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the applications received for funding from Louth County Council or other public bodies including Fáilte Ireland in relation maintenance or other works to structures (details supplied) and the maintenance of Drogheda town walls and so on; the funds applied for; the status of such applications; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (26 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 662. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an application has been made by Louth County Council or another body, organisation or person regarding funding for a proposed maritime museum in Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9655/19]