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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is an important point. The difficulty with elections in the North, without discussing the outcome, is that people may retreat to their traditional view, looking in and not looking out. There is no attraction in looking to the future with the Assembly right now to open a door or even a window. It is the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: How useful are role models in changing young people's minds be they sports stars, television personalities or somebody in the communities with no labels attached to them? Is there much interaction with people who offer their capacity to bring young people out of themselves and possibly get them to mix with other people they would not normally mix with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Ms Gildernew and I call Senator Blaney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of course I will, that is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is key.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is a very productive and good ending to our meeting. I know that Senator Blaney and everybody else has been impressed, particularly with the clarity and the truth of what our guests have been saying. I never thought about this issue in terms of losing one’s European identity because it did not happen to us down here. I appreciate our guests saying that and how important it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Ms Watters very much.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is a very important debate. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. I support much of what she says and does, particularly regarding the Brandon report which will be discussed by the committee tomorrow. We need more change. We are not getting enough of it. We need more Ministers like the Minister of State in the Government, and I laud her for what she is doing. That is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (31 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 628. To ask the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27231/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (31 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 629. To ask the Minister for Health if he accepts the need for a national diabetes register; the reason that there is no current register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the urgent requirement to address ophthalmology services for children in County Louth and to fill vacant posts as quickly as possible; the current vacant roles within the service in County Louth and when they are expected to be filled; if there is a process by which parents can access private appointments and recoup the cost...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (31 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 701. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised in respect of industrial action (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27568/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (31 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 833. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider including December in the Brexit tie-up scheme similar to that which took place in 2021 to assist fishermen in an increasingly difficult environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28012/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (31 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 841. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the new Community Centres Investment Fund; if her Department anticipates significant interest in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27509/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (31 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 842. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful projects will be announced under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; the total value of applications received under the latest round; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27510/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I want to make a point about Dealgan House, where 23 people died during Covid-19. In January, the Taoiseach promised me in the Dáil that the Government or the Department of Health was examining options to respect and meet the needs of the families and their concerns about these deaths. Since then we have heard absolutely nothing. It is a disgrace that the Department of Health is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (2 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on 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. [28369/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Strive (19 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: They are the people who count. Teachers and politicians can talk to young people all day but they will not listen to adults. They will listen to a role model.