Results 17,521-17,540 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (10 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any mechanism that allows a person in receipt of a civil service or local authority pension and also in receipt of a widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension who wishes to remarry to maintain their survivor's pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21939/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (10 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic violence incidents reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the breakdown of these incidents by incident types (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21880/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further details on his Department’s request to HIQA to carry out two health technology assessments, one examining the cost-benefits of an enhanced vaccine for the 50–64-year-olds and the other on the >65 years cohort; if the health technology assessment into the >65 cohort will be commenced shortly; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: House Prices (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: May I ask a supplementary question?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: House Prices (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I certainly will. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the courtesy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Government's policies are working. The Minister referred to the first home and help-to-buy schemes. He visited Drogheda recently, but he may not be aware that, under those schemes, houses are being advertised for sale today at a mortgage rate of just under €1,000 per month, making them more affordable than renting there. We need more of the same. The schemes are working because...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: There was a grant some years ago - perhaps my colleague, Deputy Durkan, might recall it - where in lieu of a housing application, the extension was built and the council then deemed that the housing need had been met. That might be worth looking at. I will refer to what the Minister of State said regarding the review of housing adaptation grants. We need that very soon. This week, it...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am sharing time with Deputy Higgins. This is an important debate. I agree with much of what has been said, on all sides of the House. It strikes a chord with me and the people I have been talking to. Nobody would have believed in February 2022 that 85,000 new people would now be living in Ireland. It is the equivalent of the total population of counties Cavan or Offaly or, as was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions (16 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 15 February 2022, if updated figures are available relating to concerns raised with An Garda Síochána in respect of sexual abuse, physical abuse, psychological abuse, financial abuse, institutional abuse or neglect of residents living in nursing homes or disabilities...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 653. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the €1,000 pandemic recognition payment, having worked in a nursing home throughout the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22695/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (16 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 660. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 22 February 2022, if an update can be provided on the number of social work investigations, reviews, NIRP reports, independent reviews or other investigative processes that have been completed or are underway and-or scheduled within the HSE older persons services department since from 2020 to date, by type of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will enquire as to the reason that a person (details supplied) has not received the pandemic recognition payment to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22904/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (16 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression and the timeline for the establishment of a commission on care for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23137/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (16 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 729. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of a commissioner for ageing and older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23141/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (16 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 728. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Nursing Home Expert Panel report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23139/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the status of the review of the Special Criminal Court and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25162/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Could the Minister provide an update on the status of the review of the Special Criminal Court, which I understand he received this week, after due consideration in his Department? In particular, when does he expect to place the report in the public domain and before the Oireachtas?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister's response and concur entirely with his view that the Special Criminal Court has been a key component of democracy's response to serious intimidation from paramilitaries, drug barons and evil people who would otherwise stalk this land and intimidate jurors. The Special Criminal Court should be used in exceptional circumstances. The fact that there are three judges...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I again welcome the Minister's personal commitment to that. Clearly it will be a matter for the House to vote or abstain on that resolution as some parties may choose to do. I want to affirm my support for the exceptional circumstances in which it must be used and the continuation of that in our armoury as a democracy to fight those who would challenge and intimidate most jurors. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I absolutely respect the wisdom of the Garda Commissioner and the way gardaí handle protests. They are the people with the professionalism and the experience to deal with it. I am deeply concerned by the pictures I saw on television at the weekend of masked men. Appallingly, they were carrying my flag and your flag. This is unacceptable. It is reported that, allegedly, people went...