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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Integrated Education Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: That was a passionate and a very response. It made me think. I have to call members who I may not see but may be present. I do not know if Deputy Tóibín, Senator Mullen, Deputy McNamara and Senator Black are there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Integrated Education Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We must move on as we only have 15 minutes. I want to be fair to everybody and I do not have a problem stopping people from talking. I do not want anybody to complain that they cannot get in having attended. Does Mr. Osborne wish to give a brief answer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Integrated Education Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: The overall context of students was mentioned in the address. It is the lowest proportion across the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland of working adults with a degree. It has got the lowest rate of adult literary and it has got the lowest amount, which is almost 17%, who have no qualifications, so that is a system that is failing all of the time. In what way does the system employed by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Integrated Education Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Do the churches play a leading role in bringing about change or do they get involved? It seems from reading from what has been said that the parents must prove that they want to change an existing school and to get a new school they must prove a future demand. Is that not quite an onerous task for parents? Do churches nationally or in the North play a leadership role in bringing about that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Integrated Education Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: There are two members present who have not spoken and perhaps they would like to address the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Integrated Education Fund (27 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Osborne, Ms Merron and Mr. Collins for their attendance and contributions, which were enlightening and challenging. We, as a committee, hope to have an opportunity to visit the North again, as we have before, and perhaps to visit an integrated school. Our guests might recommend such a school to us. The meeting has been helpful and useful, and provided food for thought. Our...

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is an extremely important debate. There are very serious charges here. It shows an absolute failure of the system to protect and to look after these children and their parents. Significant harm was suffered by 46 children over a four-year period, which is a lifetime for somebody with a mental health issue and their family. I question the supervision. Who is ensuring that the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (26 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position and expected timeline for funding and the delivery of the collaborative town health check in which Drogheda, County Louth currently sits first on the Heritage Council phase 1 waiting list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3662/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (26 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further details in respect of the HSE engagement and subsequent contractual agreements with private Covid-19 test companies to provide Covid-19 test centres in ten locations throughout the country with tests; the details of the process by which these agreements have been reached; if a public tender process was undertaken; if so, the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: People will not be satisfied unless there is an inquiry into this.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: It will not go on for six years.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: This one will not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is the only home that was taken over by the HSE. No other home in the country-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Does the Taoiseach agree that now is the appropriate time to establish a Government commission of inquiry into all of the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 23 residents from Covid in Dealgan House nursing home in April 2020? Of the 460 nursing homes in the country, this is the only one where the HSE took over operational management to ensure appropriate medical and nursing staff were...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Leas Cross inquiry worked.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (25 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is expected that the ongoing statutory review of the Personal Insolvency Acts will be completed and the resulting amendment Bill be published; if this Bill will specifically provide for the type of personal insolvency arrangement solutions endorsed by a person (details supplied) that resolve long-term mortgage arrears...

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Like everybody else, I offer my deepest simply to Ashling's family and, indeed, the whole community, who have suffered enormously. The most important thing we could do now as a community is to make sure that her family continue to be supported at this very difficult time. The total and absolute devastation and what they had to face is just unbelievable. Our support and that of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commemorative Events (19 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 45. To ask the Taoiseach his views on a day of commemoration for those that have lost their lives to Covid-19 following consultation with his Department; and if there are plans within Departments to progress such proposals. [63369/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (19 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that will be introduced to address the difficulties persons are experiencing in applying for and successfully installing EV charger infrastructure in communal areas and residential units that do not have private car spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Jan 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Meath County Council draft appraisal for the proposed Julianstown bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63365/21]