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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: 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 Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Budget 2023 (21 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm receipt of a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46062/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2023 (21 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm receipt of a submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46064/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2023 (21 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm receipt of a submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46063/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Budget 2023 (21 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm receipt of a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46061/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2023 (21 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm receipt of a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46067/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Budget 2023 (21 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm receipt of a submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46068/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Budget 2023 (21 Sep 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 164. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm receipt of a submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46065/22]