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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will take a contribution from the SDLP, followed by the Alliance Party. I am sorry about all this but time is limited.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: If the representative from the Alliance Party wishes to speak, he may.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: That takes us back to Senator Ó Donnghaile. Our guests have been very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: On that point, we have a list of our proposed work programme which we will give to the Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have about ten minutes left for our guests to address some of those issues. I ask the members of the committee that if they have any further suggestions for speakers in the coming weeks, in addition to those they have already submitted, or other issues, they should let the clerk know and he will follow them up and make sure that invitations issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: As I understand it, broadband is ubiquitous in the North and every community has high-speed broadband.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: The situation is completely different in the South. Many people are unaware that every community in the North has high-speed broadband. It is a huge piece of infrastructure that gives a great advantage to small and big businesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is fibre to each cabinet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not want to have a row with Ms Gildernew on this point. In the South, we do not have fibre to every cabinet as is the case in Northern Ireland. In more report areas, obviously there is copper wire after that. Northern Ireland has a massive advantage in this regard and I would not gainsay it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: One of the good things to come from the Good Friday Agreement was an investment in the rail and roads infrastructure, which has helped public transport. I thank our guests for their time, knowledge, insights and wisdom. Their papers very much deserve consideration and debate so, please God, we will meet again. The committee will spend the remaining five minutes in private session to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence received (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42202/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scoping report by a person (details supplied) on the criminality in Drogheda, County Louth; if she will act on its recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41485/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (10 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a DEIS review has been completed; if so, the outcome; if the review will benefit schools in County Louth and the east County Meath area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42664/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Disability Services Provision (10 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 314. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if queries raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to rural transport options for persons with a disability will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42639/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she plans to take to tackle white collar crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41486/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (15 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when retrofitting centres of excellence will open in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43155/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (15 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on all-island education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43156/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Dec 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite the additional accommodation application by a school (details supplied) that has been with her Department since 2016 waiting for approval given the oversubscription of post-primary schools in Drogheda, County Louth. [43439/20]