Results 13,861-13,880 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Dec 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress on the endoscopy unit at Naas General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49729/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (3 Dec 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure by which community based addiction organisations can apply to be recognised as a section 39 body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49763/19]
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: As we have a quorum, we will commence the meeting. We are now in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputy Catherine Murphy. Members are reminded to turn off their mobile phones completely, as they might interfere with the recording equipment. This meeting has been convened to consider the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport, which was referred...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister for his address. We will go through each subhead as they appear. The Medical Bureau of Road Safety appears under subhead B4.2. Is there any particular reason additional breath test equipment is being bought? Why is there a need to do that, as opposed to using normal expenditure?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine. There is no malfunction problem or anything like that with the existing equipment?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine. Turning to subhead B7.1, public service provision payments, that is fine. We have dealt with subhead B9.2 regarding the NTA. There is one question regarding the-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine, and that is the normal procedure.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: The most important subhead is under B5, Sport Ireland. I welcome the money for the "high-octane" sports, for want of a better phrase, but what about minority sports and women's sports? I am thinking in particular of the hockey team. Will there be money available for it? The committee members would, I think, like to see more funding provided to minority sports and women's sports, such as...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: This money is for Olympic training and seems to be for next year. This is just a general point for the Minister. This money is for high performance.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: I have only one question for the Minister on that topic. Those are all high performance sports and I welcome the funding. Is there any additional funding for women's sports, however? In particular, is the hockey team, which has qualified for the Olympics, included in this funding? If it is not, why not?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, but I am talking about next year. This is not for next year.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: Hockey Ireland has not approached the Minister to seek more funding?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: That is important.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: The next subhead is tourism. I also welcome the increased funding in this area, particularly in the context of Brexit. The concentration of funding in the Border counties is one of the areas of additional expenditure. Does the Minister have any further comment on that aspect?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: The next heading is tourism, subhead E. I welcome the increase in funding, in particular in light of Brexit. The concentration on the Border counties is something which will result in additional expenditure. Does the Minister have any further comment on that?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: ^ Estimates for Public Services 2019 ^
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: There are no further questions. Would the Minister like to make any concluding remarks?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Message to Dáil (4 Dec 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport has completed its consideration of the following Revised (or Supplementary) Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2019: Vote 31 - Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Data (5 Dec 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: 353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that have benefited from the ECCE scheme since its inception; the number of children that have benefited from two years of ECCE; the number of children that have benefited from the universal subsidy scheme since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51066/19]