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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I hear what Mr. O'Connor is saying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: On that point, Mr. O'Connor's contribution is being recorded on video and in digital format. Everything he has said will be available to print tomorrow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: It was well fought for and won on all sides. People paid a significant price post the event as well, as we know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is the profound question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: On that point, Mr. O'Connor, the biggest difficulty the committee has is engaging with that other tradition, the unionist tradition. The fact is that of the 18 Members of Parliament elected in the North, ten of them attend our meetings, but the eight who do not are the people we need to talk to most. It is to engage in a manner with which they are comfortable or to find a formula with which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, they have lost their clothes, as it were.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is the engagement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: As demographic change happens and as the views are changing North and South, and there is a new middle ground in the North anyway, it is how we all can engage in a peaceful productive way for everybody. That is our challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Everybody has made their contribution to the meeting. Some of the members have left but I suggest we have a photograph taken outside.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a great honour to have you here. I learned a great deal. I have amazing respect for the work you and your colleagues have done. Your lifetime in public service is not finished yet. To be a civil servant is a difficult career, as well as to work where you have worked with such success. It is very helpful to us that people like you are dedicated every day of the week to making our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Thank you for those comments. Deputy Smith is smiling as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will adjourn.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement: Mr. Tim O'Connor (26 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of course.

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I congratulate the Minister and the Government for the work they are doing and the energy the Minister is putting into protecting the Good Friday Agreement. He and the Government, and all of us in the House, must make every effort to ensure Ireland remains at peace and the agreement signed almost 25 years ago is put into full fruition and comes to its full strength. In this respect,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (24 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide additional resources to An Garda Síochána to tackle all forms of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (24 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeline to introduce a new offence of stalking and non-fatal strangulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25992/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (24 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request a concise update from the IDA and his Department in regard to when the new 39-acre land bank in north Drogheda will be serviced and ready to house prospective businesses considering the significant lack of alternate sites in the Drogheda area and the ongoing need to create local large-scale employment...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (24 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects the use of CCTV to be authorised to combat illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (24 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the new fire station for Dunleer, County Louth since €1.6 million was awarded for the design and site purchase; the details of the proposed site for the station; the expected timeline for commencement of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25673/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (24 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 329. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the most recent engagement he has had with European Union officials and directly with UK officials regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26423/22]