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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to extend parent’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57541/21]

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Leave it on.

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State to the House. I listened with respect and interest to what they said. Like my colleague, Deputy Crowe, I would like to pay tribute to all of the people in the health service, such as the nurses, the doctors, the healthcare assistants, the people who test and the people who get the test results and who work on them. Their commitment is...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome this debate and the Minister of State. I will concentrate on air quality and related issues and the future of all our health. The Environmental Protection Agency tells us that since the regulations controlling air pollution were introduced in 2015, some 1,300 people die annually as a direct result of solid fuel emissions from home heating and fires. One problem is that there is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made with a school (details supplied) in regard to the purchase of the site on the Mill Road; the overall timeline for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); the expected timescale for the commencement of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57113/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Support Services (23 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance if further supports, in particular the expansion of the business resumption support scheme, are currently under consideration for the hospitality sector in view of the reports of large-scale cancellations of Christmas events which many businesses were relying on in order to retain staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56973/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (23 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all local authorities have furnished the details on the total number of derelict properties currently on their respective registers; the number of actions and fines issued under the Act for each respective local authority; the way in which he will now move forward the information available and make appropriate changes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the FEMPI and PPE supply related issues following the release of figures (details supplied) which show that two thirds of dentists have left the medical card scheme in Counties Louth and Meath since 2019, that are referred to as a major stumbling block in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57152/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (23 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if a Covid-19 test centre will be opened for the Drogheda urban, rural and east County Meath local electoral areas in view of the increasing and very significant level of Covid-19 positive cases reported in one of the largest population densities in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57159/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Family Resource Centres (23 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 747. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding strands available to a family resource centre (details supplied) in order to maintain the work it undertakes in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56897/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the plans that are under way to ensure the target strength of 9,500 members of the Defence Forces is achieved in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56291/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an update will be provided on the expected new target delivery of passports following the announcement that over 450 new staff will be hired within the passport service; the way in which the passport service is preparing for the expected busiest year ever in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56290/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Priorities (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the work he and his Department have undertaken to date to evacuate and support Irish citizens and persons with a connection to Ireland from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56289/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ports Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of discussions he has held with Drogheda Port in respect of the proposed deep-water port development at a site at Bremore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56292/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are in public session. If it is in order, with the consent of the members, we will briefly go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are now in public session. Oireachtas members attending the meeting remotely should do so from within the Leinster House campus. Remote participation from outside the campus is not possible by ruling of the House. Members and all those in attendance are asked to exercise personal responsibility in protecting themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. They are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Deputy very much. I will now call our witnesses in the order they have indicated to the clerk that they will speak. Mr. Dalton will be followed by Mrs. Flanagan and then Mr. Knupfer. I hope I have the correct pronunciations. Mr. Dalton might now address the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mrs. Flanagan very much. I understand that Mr. Knupfer will be with us momentarily, as he is rebooting his computer. If he has not managed to do this yet we will commence our rotation of speakers, if that is in order, and we will bring Mr Knupfer in then when he is available, when the current contributor has finished. I welcome the clarity which the presence of our witnesses is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains (18 Nov 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Knupfer for his address and the clarity which he is bringing to the needs of the commission to finalise the return or the identification of the remains and the recovery to the family. For members who may have been a little late, in terms of our communications, I repeat that Fianna Fáil will be followed by Fine Gael, Sinn Féin, SDLP, Alliance, Independents, Deputy...