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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to outline the process by which the location of the proposed new acute hospital in the north east will be decided and if there will be transparency, openness and clarity about the criteria used and direct access by the public to the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he will fund the expected deficit of €2 billion in local government funding by 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7429/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recommendations of the Indecon Report on Local Government he will introduce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7428/07]

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the response of his Department following the recent TG4 Fíorsceal programme on asbestos aired on 18 February 2007; if assistance can be offered to former employees (details supplied) who were exposed to asbestos without being aware of its danger for many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7614/07]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outcome of his recent meeting with other EU Environment Ministers in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7679/07]

Written Answers — National Heritage Sites: National Heritage Sites (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the existence of the Brú na Bóinne consultative committee; the reason his Department officials appear no longer willing to work as part of the committee; the reason an interdepartmental committee was established in 2006 at the behest of his Department to examine the...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Slán leat.

Hospitals Building Programme. (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: This issue is very important and I thank the Ceann Comhairle for placing it on the agenda. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, is the major acute hospital for the region and the majority of regional services are based there. The hospital represents a critical mass of consultants, doctors and nurses for the region and its future is in doubt following the Teamwork report. I tabled the...

Hospitals Building Programme. (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I did not ask about the report.

Hospitals Building Programme. (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The election will be over at that point. It is a whitewash.

Hospitals Building Programme. (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The policy has changed since yesterday.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will assist in the provision of funding for an association (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7883/07]

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Disability Federation of Ireland and the Irish Wheelchair Association have expressed strong views with regard to buildings. How will this impact on what the Minister of State has said?

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: How can we address their concerns? My amendment No. 14 was ruled out of order.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: What does that mean?

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is an important issue. The Bill concerns qualification and people who are deemed to be architects and practising as such. I have received representations from the Group of Independent Architects in Ireland, GIAI, which, with the Architects and Surveyors Institute, ASI, the Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors, IAAS, and the Irish Architects Society, IAS, has contributed...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Notwithstanding what the Minister said, this group of people clearly believes they are not being helped by this Bill. As they told me in the letter, the document entitled A Framework for Registration for the Architectural Profession in Ireland states in section 6.5 that the RIAI will propose an assessment system which will provide for the acknowledgement of an established right to practise...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move amendment No. 9: In page 6, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: ""grandfather clause" means the provisions of this Act (principally as described in sections 12, and 20) which enable a person to be registered as an architect, based on training acquired by practical means and acknowledging their established right to practice, without formal qualifications, prior to the...

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister of State defines "poor professional conduct". Perhaps he might read out that definition from section 2.

Building Control Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Mar 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Perhaps I might check the page, which I cannot find.