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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (4 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the decision-making process for re-designating Section 38 and 39 residential childcare organisations as Section 56 organisations; the consultation that took place with the management and staff of these organisations before their re-designation as Section 56 organisations; if management or staff of Section 38...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (4 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Section 56 organisations were informed that their funding would be reduced by an initial 5% if they refused to sign Section 56 service-level agreements with Tusla in respect of the redesignation of Section 38 and 39 organisations to Section 56 organisations; if any of these organisations subsequently lost...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (4 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has given consideration to the potential impact on voluntary organisations that were redesignated as Section 56 organisations due to their exclusion from pay restoration and in which in many cases staff have had no pay increase for more than 12 years leading to many leaving the organisation to work in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Pay (4 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that section 56 organisations were excluded from pay restoration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48570/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Pay (4 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that Section 38 organisations were excluded from public sector pay agreements and pay restoration when re-designated Section 56 organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48571/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Pay (4 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details with respect to a previous statement on Section 56 organisations (details supplied); the way that this criterion was developed; the person or body that was involved in developing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48572/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (4 Oct 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if engagement will be undertaken with third level institutions to implement monthly and quarterly payment plans for families that are struggling with the cost-of-living (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48016/22]

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: At least I have no chance of getting that job.

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Ba mhaith liom a rá gur buiséad an-mhaith é seo agus molaim an beart atá déanta ag an Aire agus ag an Rialtas. Níl aon dabht ach go raibh dianghá leis na rudaí atá sáite istigh ann. One thing in particular I have campaigned for in Fine Gael, and I put down a motion on this at the Fine Gael Parliamentary party some time ago, was an empty...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: With the agreement of the members we will go into private session for a moment. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will commence in public session when the technicians have set up the cameras. Today we are resuming our meetings in our study Architects of the Good Friday Agreement project. We will be meeting with a range of people who were involved in negotiations, both politicians and officials. On behalf of the committee I welcome Mr. Mark Durkan to this meeting. I thank him for attending. Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Durkan. I will call our different groups in the order we agreed, namely, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Sinn Féin, the SDLP, the Alliance Party, the Green Party, Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, Independents and Aontú.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will now move on to Sinn Féin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Before Mr. Durkan answers these questions, I have to work out the issue of time slots. I want Mr. Durkan to have the opportunity to answer those questions - we all do - but I want to make sure I am being fair to everybody. The SDLP slot is next. I do not think Alliance Party members can make it today, nor can Green Party members, as far as I am aware. Following this reply, the speaking...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to address the matter of energy suppliers and the extortionate standing charges that in some cases have increased dramatically, given many tens of thousands of smart meters are currently being installed, which should lower any standing charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47693/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry to interrupt but I just want to be fair to everybody else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: There is nobody as interested as I am in this conversation but I have the SDLP waiting-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: -----and we are six minutes into penalty time for Sinn Féin. I see a Sinn Féin member looking very cross on the screen there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have to try to run this properly. I ask Mr. Durkan to wait to give the rest of his answers. Ms Hanna indicated she is tied up so we will continue with seven minutes left for Sinn Féin and that will be its second round, if everybody else is happy with that. Then we have to go back to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I understand that.