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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. O'Hagan, your microphone appears to be muted; we cannot hear you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes; we lost you for approximately one minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have lost you again Mr. O'Hagan. This failure of technology is really unacceptable. We cannot hear you, Mr. O'Hagan. If any of Mr. O'Hagan's colleagues have a number for his office they might contact somebody there to let him know we cannot hear him. I am really sorry about this. It is an embarrassment to the Oireachtas that our witnesses cannot be communicated with properly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, but we could not hear you for at least the last two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are experiencing serious difficulties here in this room.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are experiencing serious technical difficulties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are experiencing technical problems, which we are trying to address. I propose that we go into private session for a few minutes. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are back in public session. I apologise to our guests for the interruption with the quality of the sound and so on. We have agreed that when we go to Belfast on the 11th, we will ensure that we meet fully with our witnesses and discuss and deliberate on the issues they raised with us, some of which we were unable to hear. Tá cead cainte ag an Seanadóir Ó Donnghaile anois.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Do the witnesses want to comment on that or does another Sinn Féin speaker wish to address the meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Does Mr. Molloy want to take the next few minutes? I apologise if he cannot hear us. There are three minutes left in Sinn Féin's time if anybody wants to take it. Can anybody hear me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is no problem at all. It is just that we have to be out of here by 4.30 p.m. That is the only problem we have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: There is no problem if Mr. Molloy is not there; I have his name here. That is fine. We will move on to Fianna Fáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have been asked to point out that the witnesses should not be naming anybody who is not a Member of the Houses. I understand why Mr. Quigley has done so, but we have to be observant of our rules here at the committee. I understand the point Mr. Quigley is making. Senator Black was present but I think she is gone. Is there anybody here who has not spoken? They can raise their hands if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have 15 minutes left if any of our witnesses wishes to make a final contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Coiste na nIarchimí (7 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is important for us to say that we had a good exchange. Apologies about the sound quality. Our commitment is to meet with the witnesses in Belfast on 11 October 2021 and if they can share with us any issues they would like us to consider as a committee before then, we will put it before our members. Hopefully, we will have a better hearing and articulation of what witnesses are saying....

The National Youth Justice Strategy 2021-2027 and Supporting Community Safety: Statements (6 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I agree with much of what Deputies Carroll MacNeill and Bruton said. Listening to "Morning Ireland", I heard the sweet, melodious voices of the members of the Loving Life Choir in Drogheda, which is made up of people from a community like the ones we are discussing. Among those who sang were Kara, Kate and Teagan. A former local councillor, Mr. Ken Ó Heiligh, is the person who...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (5 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 257. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the proposed funding schemes that will be made available to further support regional museums and other cultural facilities in County Louth provided by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48342/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 225 of 1 July and the publication of the Housing for All strategy, the cost to date to his Department for the provision of funding to each local authority for the post of vacant homes officers, in tabular form; if each such local authority has appointed a vacant homes officer and, if...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (30 Sep 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the assistance his Department has provided to date in respect of the crisis that has unfolded in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46837/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress of refurbishment works at Aiken Barracks, Dundalk, County Louth and Gormanston Camp, County Meath in line with the Defence Forces Built Infrastructure Programme 2020-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46838/21]