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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: What is Ms McGahey's timeline?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will finish. That is perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: If it is helpful, I will invite Mr. Brady, who has not had an opportunity to do so, to ask a question of Ms McGahey now as she has to leave at 3.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I call Mr. Brady to contribute if he wishes and we will finish the public session at 3.30 p.m. He is on silent at the moment. We still cannot hear Mr. Brady. His sound is very low. I am trying to bring him back in. From here, his microphone seems to be muted. Is it? It is not. He should be okay now. We should be able to hear him. No. We still cannot hear him. He may want to switch...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes. That would be fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I think so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will ask a couple of questions. They are not very difficult. I am concerned about older people. In the Republic of Ireland, in the first four months of the pandemic, something like 1,500 people passed away. Some 65% of them were living in nursing home accommodation, while in the UK the proportion was 43% and in Sweden it was 47%. Who vindicates the rights of older people, in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I can do so later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: On the point about having a person or an office to whom or to which people can articulate their issues, and which is independent of the service providers, that is hugely important. Its absence leads to abuses in some cases, I think.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Duty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will the witnesses send me or the committee secretariat on the reports they have on that? Mr. Brady was looking for an answer earlier. Maybe Ms Kilpatrick wants to come in. I do not know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Sure. Go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Does Deputy Conway-Walsh have Mr. Brady's questions? We have three minutes for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Send them on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: If the issues raised about finance or letters that may have been written are germane to the work of this committee, we would be happy to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry about that sound issue. If the witnesses are happy to send the correspondence, we will take them up on it. I have to let them go - deadlines are deadlines. This has been a very important meeting, which has influenced our thinking. Members will be happy to fully support and engage with our guests on the issues they have raised. I will certainly engage. I thank them very much.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently review the anomaly which will severely affect students at 18 years of age given that they are unable to access student rates on bus journeys; the work that is currently being undertaken to address this anomaly which actively discriminates against students who are 18 years of age (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (27 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek additional detail on the research and evidence upon which a statement (details supplied) by the interdepartmental group that decides on the school starting age policy relies upon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 439. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a pre-Budget 2023 submission by an organisation (details supplied); if consideration has been given to its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46614/22]