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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Apologies have been received from Chris Hazzard MP and Senator Francis Black. I wish to welcome in particular our newly elected members from the North who have joined us online, namely, Sorcha Eastwood MP, Dáire Hughes MP and Cathal Mallaghan MP. They are very welcome indeed. I also pay tribute to Mickey Brady, Stephen Farry, Michelle Gildernew and Francie Molloy, former MPs who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Whatever. There is no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Ms Smyth.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Ms DeSouza. I apologise for the absence of some members because there are a lot of other things going on particularly the ploughing championships. That is an issue particularly for people who are standing for election. The order we agreed earlier was Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Alliance, Sinn Féin and Independents but that can change if someone else comes in. I am not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: There is a new clock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will take Deputy Smith now and we will come back to Deputy Conway-Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: We must keep to the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy might propose that we invite officials from the shared island unit in to answer that question. It is critical to what she is discussing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will do that straight away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: A few members had to go into the Chamber to ask questions. I will make a few points before we conclude. It is very hard to read about and watch what is happening nationally and internationally in terms of violence against women in particular. I think of that court case involving the vile, evil male in France. The number of people involved in that is absolutely appalling and shocking. I...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (24 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 348. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 18 September 2024, to provide a detailed response on the costs of the care investigation to date, as of September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37885/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (24 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 371. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a response will issue, and his views on pre-Budget 2025 request from an organisation (details supplied) in relation to family resource centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37553/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (24 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 523. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of times the HSE has written to Members of the Oireachtas, including Ministers, seeking a correction to the record of the House, over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37827/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (24 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 524. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the total amount the HSE has spent on litigation, howsoever arising, against families of persons with disabilities where the person is a ward of court, over the past ten years; the breakdown of the category of litigation, to include injunctions, defamation proceedings and any other relevant details; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (24 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 533. To ask the Minister for Health if a pre-Budget 2025 submission by an organisation (details supplied) has been received and reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37868/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (24 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 540. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to reviewing the HSE funding allocation to an organisation (details supplied) in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37887/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (25 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to seek a review of DEIS resources for a school (details supplied) with a view to providing additional required resources to meet the demand of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38028/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (25 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to the critical concerns of a parents’ group (details supplied) in respect of the significant disparity between available special education placements in primary and secondary schools in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38218/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (25 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 111. To ask the Minister for Health if the news that another pharmacy is closing its doors due to the pressures of the sector will be examined (details supplied); his views on the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38087/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Covid has taken the lives of over 9,500 citizens to date in our country. It was a shock and an appalling vista to all of those families who lost those loved ones. As a supporter of the Government, I want to know what we are going to do in relation to learning the lessons from the deaths from Covid. Ninety per cent of those deaths were people aged over 65. Older people are queuing up...