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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Peace Summit Partnership: Discussion (17 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I understand that. You want funding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Peace Summit Partnership: Discussion (17 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: As it happens, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is visiting next Thursday and will meet the committee. We will be very happy to make this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Peace Summit Partnership: Discussion (17 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the witnesses. We will now adjourn meeting sine die as our meeting next week has not yet been confirmed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of possibly expediting the State Examinations Commission review timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41366/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a full update on her Department's plans to expand and build new primary and secondary schools to cater for the rapid expansion on the north side of Drogheda, in particular in the area of the northern cross route infrastructure which has led to the construction of thousands of new homes; the number of school-going children that are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if advice will be provided to a person (details supplied) in respect of a visa matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41636/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (15 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home facilities that have closed and ceased operations, by name and location, since January 2020; if any of the nursing homes voluntarily returned TAPS payments/monies to his Department for any reason, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41198/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 684. To ask the Minister for Health if funding or grants are available to help persons who need a permanent oxygen machine with the electricity costs of running oxygen machines required as part of their treatment; if this could be made a national policy, and not just a CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41615/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the situation whereby school secretaries are not in a position to apply for paid bereavement leave; if there are plans to address this unacceptable situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42769/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to seek an urgent review of the additional accommodation request by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43053/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: As a TD for County Louth, I share the views of all my constituents on the appalling vista facing us, whereby an eight-year-old boy has disappeared without trace, having been missing for at least two years. I was shocked and horrified by this. We urge anybody with information to go to the Garda immediately and urgently. It is entirely unacceptable that, in the modern world, a child can...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Oct 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: It does not make sense.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: As someone who leaving the House, the unfailing constant in this House is the ushers and their friendly way they deal with us as we go from the front to the back benches and places in between. It is important that we acknowledge that. I also acknowledge the catering staff, cleaners and people you meet every day. This place could not work without them. They are absolutely fantastic. I...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Would you recommend that it would?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is the only one the HSE took over. That is the point.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will you say yes?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Nov 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is not good enough.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Capital Expenditure Programme (6 Nov 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 5. To ask the Taoiseach to outline all capital investments made by his Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since 2020. [45408/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Capital Expenditure Programme (6 Nov 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline all capital investments, if any made by his Department in the constituency of Louth East Meath since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45400/24]