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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Tests (7 Dec 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that will be taken in order to provide appropriate resources and an adequate supply of antigen tests for childcare providers and crèches in order to allow for effective operations and reduce the knock-on effects of close contact cases for staff and families; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence by an organisation (details supplied) and its views on the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59830/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 Dec 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of the need to employ more neurology nurses in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60291/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 602. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1160 of 9 September 2021, the status of the provision and full resumption of services in a centre (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60357/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cycling Facilities (7 Dec 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 707. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the proposed works for the Mell Greenway, Drogheda for which Louth County Council received €200,000 through the outdoor recreational scheme in February 2020; if the new resubmitted plans have been approved; and if there are timelines for a commencement of the project. [59770/21]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome any legislation that makes it easier for tenants to live free of fear and in a property that meets basic standards. I welcome the legislation introduced by the Minister, but there is an untruth at the centre of a lot of the properties rented in the country. It is epitomised by an article published recently in the Irish Independentwhich stated that 19 out of every 20 private rental...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a very important perspective. Development plans are a key part of the business of planning and it is the councillors who make that plan.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will just make my point if the Deputy does not mind. There is not much time and I hope he will be interested in what I have to say. When the development plan for County Louth was being put together recently, I received a complaint from two people who made a submission about their land. They wanted it zoned to build a family home and they very kindly received an invitation from the Sinn...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I had the temerity to bring the matter to the attention of the Office of the Planning Regulator and it was not too interested in it. There are many abuses of planning but political planning, where people must attend the headquarters of Sinn Féin or any other party to make their case is absolutely unacceptable.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is wrong and disgraceful and Sinn Féin Members of this House should come in here and tell the truth about what is going on up there. I have one last point and I hope I make it well and fairly. It is wrong for a county council to have a rule stating that if someone owns a house anywhere else they cannot apply for planning permission. That has to be unconstitutional. At the end...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are in public session. If it is in order, with the consent of the members, we will briefly go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are now in public session. Oireachtas members attending the meeting remotely should do so from within the Leinster House campus. Remote participation from outside the campus is not possible by ruling of the House. Members and all those in attendance are asked to exercise personal responsibility in protecting themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. They are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Deputy very much. I will now call our witnesses in the order they have indicated to the clerk that they will speak. Mr. Dalton will be followed by Mrs. Flanagan and then Mr. Knupfer. I hope I have the correct pronunciations. Mr. Dalton might now address the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mrs. Flanagan very much. I understand that Mr. Knupfer will be with us momentarily, as he is rebooting his computer. If he has not managed to do this yet we will commence our rotation of speakers, if that is in order, and we will bring Mr Knupfer in then when he is available, when the current contributor has finished. I welcome the clarity which the presence of our witnesses is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Knupfer for his address and the clarity which he is bringing to the needs of the commission to finalise the return or the identification of the remains and the recovery to the family. For members who may have been a little late, in terms of our communications, I repeat that Fianna Fáil will be followed by Fine Gael, Sinn Féin, SDLP, Alliance, Independents, Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I endorse everything Deputy Brendan Smith says. The Deputy spoke of Senators who are unavoidably absent. We will hear their contributions when they come in, if that is okay, because the Taoiseach is addressing the Seanad. It is only appropriate that they would be there, and here, to speak. I call Deputy Carroll MacNeill of Fine Gael, who has 15 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of course, by all means.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. Knupfer stated the commission is absolutely satisfied Columba McVeigh was murdered and buried at Bragan Bog and that 21 acres, or 8.5 ha, has been searched. How much of the bog remains? How large is it in area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am not seeking any information about any person or persons, but Mr. Knupfer stated he is absolutely satisfied that is where his body lies. He raised the question the commission may not have been given the correct location and stated it is something of a mystery. Does he mean the body may have been removed? I do not know whether he wants to comment on that. The implication is that while...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is the commission satisfied that, in the identification of human remains beneath soil, whatever scientific method is used to bounce signals off the bog can penetrate down sufficiently, as archaeologists do? I believe Mr. Knupfer is a specialist in forensic archaeology. Has that technology been exhausted, even for the wider area of the bog, which I appreciate from his commentary is very...