Results 16,721-16,740 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will directly intervene and press for the Road Safety Authority to commit to a permanent driver test centre for Drogheda considering the fact that Drogheda is the largest town in Ireland along with the longest wait times in the country which is completely unacceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46100/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance to review as a matter of urgency the rates and tax relief changes that will commence on 1 January 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46098/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the easing of VAT rates for retrofitting works or renewable energy works for domestic purposes to assist homeowners in reduction reliance on energy providers in view of the energy crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46099/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 309. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pre-Budget 2023 submission from an organisation (details supplied); if consideration has been given to the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46407/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 310. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pre-Budget 2023 submission from an organisation (details supplied); if consideration has been given to the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46410/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 311. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that those with family members in a centre (details supplied) have seen their day services in some cases reduced to two days per week; if immediate assistance will be provided to the centre to ensure that clients have much needed access to day services throughout the week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46418/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 330. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pre-budget submission from an organisation (details supplied); if consideration has been given to the recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46489/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: With the consent of members, we will go into private session for a moment to go through the list of rotation of speakers and how we will call them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: I thank our guests for coming and apologise for the delay in starting. They are very welcome indeed. Our meeting today is an engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, NIHRC, and the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, ECNI. We have received apologies from-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: We will go into private session to sort out some sound issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: On behalf of the committee, I welcome Ms Sinéad Gibney, chief commissioner, IHREC, Ms Alyson Kilpatrick, chief commissioner, NIHRC, and Ms Geraldine McGahey, chief commissioner, ECNI, to discuss their very important work on Article 2 of the EU-UK withdrawal agreement ensuring the protection of human rights and equality. Before we begin, I must explain some standard procedure on the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the chief commissioner.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Ms Gibney, Ms Kilpatrick and Ms McGahey for their considered opening statements. We now open the committee's proceedings to our membership, some of whom are online and may be visible on screen. We allocate time to each political grouping and rotate that order so that there is no bias in our rotation of speakers. The next order of preference since our previous meeting runs as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is very clear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is for Deputy Smith's own party.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: We can have another round of contributions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have questions on that myself but I will wait until I let everybody speak first, by courtesy of the Chair. However, Senator Currie is raising a key issue. The next speakers will be from the SDLP, followed by those from the Alliance Party. I call Ms Hanna.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: Those are good points. Our guests may respond however they wish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: You have to go when you have to go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: We are nearly finished.