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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will add at least two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not know who that is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am very interested in the last paragraph in regard to the community health synchronisation project. One of the key issues nowadays, particularly in our media, is isolation of older people and attacks at home, with a 73-year-old man having been criminally assaulted. I appreciate what has been said about local support, bespoke solutions, isolation packs, friendly calls and all of that. Has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Perhaps Mr. Forbes could contact us after the meeting so that we could campaign for it. There is a greater interest in this and there may be more effective political involvement in it after this negative period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is very important. Could the witnesses respond to Senator Currie's questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will move on then. The other question I have relates to waiting lists for podiatry and other such services. In my community healthcare organisation area more than 500 people over the age of 65 have been waiting more than a year for services, which has an impact on the health services. Are there initiatives relating to the sharing of services or facilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: There is a problem in the South with GMS dental services where people cannot get attention. Thousands of people in my constituency had, let us say, 40 dentists they could go to and now it is only 20. The service is not available, and it is a significant factor in health because poor dental hygiene leads to other problems and can lead to serious issues. Is there co-operation in that regard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am not sure about Northern Ireland, but I presume it is the same as the UK where, as in the South, there is a significant backlog in health services, in particular outpatient services and cancer diagnosis. The work of CAWT therefore increases in importance. Increasing co-operation is critical to everybody's healthcare, North and South. I very much like what the witnesses are talking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is important that there is continuity post the EU support.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 134. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the future use of Sruthán House, Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7965/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the options his Department is examining in order to meet the needs and concerns of the families who lost a family member in a nursing home (details supplied) during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7948/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (15 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address the queries raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011. [7550/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if figures are available relating to concerns raised with An Garda Síochána in respect of sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, financial abuse, institutional abuse or neglect of residents living in nursing homes or disabilities centres which have been received since 2015; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (15 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 687. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients subdivided into persons under 65 years of age and persons over 65 years of age who were treated for foot ulcerations which did not require a full or partial limb amputation in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by county and by CHO; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (15 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients subdivided into persons under 65 years of age and persons over 65 years of age who were treated for foot ulcerations which led to a full or partial limb amputation in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022 by county, by CHO and the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if he will make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Co-operation and Working Together (10 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. McCallion, Mr. Guckian and Mr. Forbes. It has been a very enlightening and informative session. That sense of co-operation brings hope in moving things forward. We look forward to receiving their data and the annual report and so on. I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (16 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the proposed electricity rebate will be reviewed in relation to full-time residents in mobile home parks who are not account holders but who have individual meters; if there will be a mechanism by which they will receive the much-needed rebate given that in many cases they are extremely vulnerable persons; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (17 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 57. 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 there are timelines for the commencement of the project; if the funding is at risk of being lost if it remains unused; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (17 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the work to support volunteering and the provision of volunteer centres for each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8478/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (17 Feb 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to progress the strategy to combat domestic violence across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8539/22]