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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (30 Mar 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the CFRAM programme proposed for the east County Meath area to address some of the additional flood risks that have been identified over recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 Mar 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised by parents in respect of the introduction of the new special needs assistant modelling (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17227/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (31 Mar 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of a special needs assistant allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17366/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (31 Mar 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 479. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans or proposed locations for pubs as community hubs in County Louth or east County Meath following the announcement of the pilot programme on 25 March 2022; when she expects to review the pilot programme and possibly implement same across a number of further locations and counties; and if she will make a statement on...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Listening to President Zelenskyy this morning was a very moving experience. His words were thoughtful and reflective. The truths he told about the appalling things that are happening to his fellow citizens in Ukraine are shocking and horrifying. Worse is probably yet to come. Putin's soldiers are massacring civilians and razing cities to the ground just like the Nazis did in the Second...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to concerns raised by the principal of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18085/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to concerns raised by the principal of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18086/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (5 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to concerns raised by a teacher (details supplied) in respect of the senior cycle reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18159/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position with regard to the proposed new special school to replace schools (details supplied); the projected timelines on commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18289/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (5 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of pay scales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18252/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (7 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline Government plans to attract indigenous and foreign direct investment to Drogheda in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18658/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (7 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Drogheda and east Meath have experienced great population growth recently. Indeed, there has been an exponential increase in this regard. Drogheda has been designated as a regional growth centre in the national development plan, NDP, which we welcome. What plans does the Minister have to provide additional employment opportunities for people in Drogheda and east Meath? The Minister is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (7 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: While I welcome the engagement of IDA Ireland with the local chamber of commerce and the Tánaiste's visit to BD when that significant investment was announced, the fact is that we have had no spin-off from the Amazon data centre. Data centres are very important for attracting other industries and potential employers that need to be near their data. Could the Tánaiste expand on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (7 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I hear the Tánaiste. Part of the argument about data centres, and it is top priority for IDA Ireland to encourage them, is that they are supposed to be capable of attracting further ancillary employment. It is not acceptable if we attract them in but do not get the spin-off from them. Amazon is interacting very well with the local community and I laud its efforts in the community...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (6 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to proposals (details supplied) in respect of a wider response to the rising cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18430/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to funding schemes that would be considered for a club (details supplied) following its selection to host the Junior American NBA programme in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18616/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if discretion can be used in which an application for a local authority home loan has been submitted by a single applicant and the person’s employment certificate is showing that they are over the threshold due to overtime which is irregular and no longer available; if a discretionary decision can be considered in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tax Reliefs (6 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is in a position to open up a more flexible taxsaver scheme with regard to teachers that are either moving jobs for new academic years or are substitute teachers and may only need public transport for certain blocks in a calendar year; if such a scheme can be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18506/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (7 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide further details on the way that the North-East Regional Enterprise Plan will directly benefit County Louth and in particular Drogheda, Dundalk, Ardee and Dunleer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18659/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (7 Apr 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the proposed establishment of dedicated resources within regional lead authorities to provide co-ordination, expertise and advice to support consistent enforcement of the new air quality regulations across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18661/22]