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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: Mr. Farry may be on mute. We do not have a representative from the Green Party. Sinn Féin has a second round.

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: Very good.

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: Senator McGahon is just back from meeting all those congressmen in America.

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 make one point. It is always good to have a Prime Minister who will listen to their civil servants but make their own way forward. Some very serious civil servants seem to have been lost recently in Britain. They resigned at that time. They were probably some top-class administrators in Britain who were very much behind what Tony Blair and Mr. Powell were doing at that time. I...

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: We are reaching the end of our discussion with Mr. Powell. Does any other member wish to come in?

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 thank Mr. Powell most sincerely for his time and his interest, for answering the questions, for the clarity of his views and for the knowledge he has given us. It has added value to our deliberations now and into the future. As a student of history, I reiterate that the leadership shown by Mr. Powell's Government under Tony Blair was remarkable. As he said, John Major and other Prime...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Reliefs (29 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Coeliac disease is a serious, lifelong illness. There is no cure for it and any person diagnosed with it must go on a gluten-free diet. The costs are clear. According to the Coeliac Society of Ireland, this food costs approximately €1,000 more per year on average. If you have a family, it affects the types of food that the whole family eats. It affects where you go for recreation...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Reliefs (29 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am unhappy with the Minister of State's reply. I reject it absolutely. I know he was only reading from a script that he was given, but he said "the arrangements exclude costs incurred in respect of gluten-free alcohol." I do not know who wrote that, but if he or she believes that people who suffer from coeliac disease are guzzling alcohol and looking for a subsidy for that, then nothing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Reliefs (29 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: It was absolutely unacceptable and offensive.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the special leave with pay for Covid-19 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34723/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Common Security and Defence Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the benefits that Ireland has received from joining PESCO since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33622/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (28 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons who have left the Defence Forces since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33621/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 303. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if assistance will be provided in relation to a passport application by a person (details supplied) given that they have been selected to represent Ireland in the upcoming European Basketball Championship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (28 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that he and his Department have taken to assist in re-establishing the Northern Ireland Executive following the Northern Ireland Assembly elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33792/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (28 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek an urgent response from the terms and conditions section in relation to the matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33625/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 744. To ask the Minister for Health further to the Dáil Éireann debate on 25 January 2022 (details supplied) in respect of this Deputy's calls for a commission of inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 23 loved ones in a nursing home in April 2020 given that it was the only nursing home in the country where the HSE took over operational management due to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 754. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a request from an organisation (details supplied) on behalf of its approximately 700 members who require coaguchek meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the senior executive officer roles that were assigned to both Drogheda and Dundalk in 2020; if Louth County Council made a request to extend the roles in either location; if he will also provide details on whether similar roles were offered to local authorities across the country, and if so, if he will advise...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (23 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Budget 2023 submission from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33450/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (23 Jun 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a service (details supplied) will be examined and expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33393/22]