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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: The victims were a part of that and that is the truth of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Okay. Does anybody else have any other comments before we close? I have more of a historical question. I remember when Steve Biko died in South Africa. What happened to him was appalling. Was there ever an outcome to his death in terms of what happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: He was very much a victim.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: This has been a very rewarding discussion. I am especially interested in the comments on truth and justice into the future that Professor McEvoy made when summing up. We should try to address that matter, because it would give closure to everybody and reveal the truth. If it is about truth, then putting all of those things into perspective and getting truth for all of those people who...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (5 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding that has been allocated for victims of crime in 2022 and each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35720/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (5 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on work carried out to establish a gambling regulator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35721/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the shared equity scheme and the significant price cap difference between counties Louth and Meath, which adversely affects applications in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36061/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (5 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 752. To ask the Minister for Health the developments to date in the provision of a statutory home scheme as promised in the programme for Government; the number of staff in his Department involved in the development of this scheme; the Civil Service grades of each; the expected timeline for implementation of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35694/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (5 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints in relation to home care that were received by the HSE by CHO area in the past two years; the way that these complaints are classified and dealt with; the actions that have been taken as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 757. To ask the Minister for Health if he has required HIQA to undertake an investigation on the grounds that there is a serious risk to the health or welfare of a person in a nursing home, as a result of failure or negligence by the HSE, a HSE funded provider, a provider of a designated centre or the person in charge of a designated centre since the enactment of the Health Act 2007 and with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 758. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that HSE safeguarding and protection teams will have the statutory legal right of access to private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35717/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (5 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 759. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that independent advocates will have appropriate access to residents in private nursing homes under agreed protocols and on request from residents or family next of kin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35727/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Jul 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 843. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the occupational therapy waiting list for children and separately for adults in County Louth; the number on the waiting list for each of the past three years; the number of occupational therapists and other staff employed each year by the HSE to provide this essential service; the protocols that are in place to find temporary...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: During the first Covid wave in 2020, 23 elderly residents died in Dealgan House in Dundalk. Conditions there were appalling, inhuman, catastrophic and destitute of any compassion. The RCSI hospital group took over the operational control of that house. Since then, the families have been looking for truth, accountability and closure and believe only an inquiry will give them that truth,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the much anticipated permanent school building project for a school (details supplied) in Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34721/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (30 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the much-delayed DEIS appeals, in particular for schools located in Drogheda that were highlighted in the Geiran report and have been recommended for additional posts and DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34720/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Apologies have been received from Deputy Carroll McNeill and Mr. John Finucane MP. Today is our third meeting with the architects of the Good Friday Agreement project whereby the committee meets with a range of the people involved in the negotiations, both politicians and officials. On behalf of the committee I give a very warm welcome to Mr. Jonathan Powell who is joining us remotely. Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is rare indeed that relations were ever as good as they were when Mr. Blair was in government. It was from there that the peace process developed. I want to acknowledge that we need somebody in the United Kingdom who has the same depth of knowledge and understanding as that Government and other Prime Ministers, such as John Major, had. I concur with Mr. Powell that the situation has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will move on and if Mr. Powell is still with us we will have a second round. I call Senator Currie.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have a quick question for Mr. Powell. Our committee members have been in America recently. We met with Chuck Schumer and a number of Senators, Congressmen and senior officials in the State Department. We discussed the issues on the protocol, the American attitude to relationships between Britain and Ireland North and South, and the geopolitical issue with the Ukraine war. George...