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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry to interrupt Senator Currie, but I must be fair to every party. At the previous meeting Sinn Féin was concerned that I did not give its members adequate time and I want to make sure that I give them and everybody else adequate time. We are out of Fine Gael time now, so to be fair I will move to Sinn Féin's time. I will ask Professor Harvey to respond to Senator Currie.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I just want to sure that the politicians ask their questions and then the witnesses can answer them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: l am advised that Deputy Mac Lochlainn has his hand up. I cannot see anything. His ten minutes start now. I want to be sure he gets his full time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Do we have any other Sinn Féin speaker before I call on the witnesses to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is not a problem. I just want to make sure no one else wishes to speak because a Sinn Féin member challenged me after the meeting and suggested I was unfair to him. I want to make sure that is not the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Mac Lochlainn should hold on. There is no issue. We are not under the same time pressure today. I am asking if any other Sinn Féin member wants to come in at this time. It is fine if there is not. We will get the answers in the remaining four minutes. I take it there are no other members offering, so I am happy for the witnesses to respond to Deputy Mac Lochlainn's questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I apologise for interrupting but Mr. Bassett's microphone is not very clear. His voice is going in and out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I call Dr. Stephen Farry, Alliance Party MP.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We agreed a rotation earlier on, so we will go back to Sinn Féin, then-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have had Deputy Tóibín's name down for some time, but we agreed this rotation at the beginning of the meeting and Sinn Féin is next. Then we will go to Independents and he is the first of the Independents to have raised a hand at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I called Sinn Féin-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Apologies. The text I have in front of me says "Independents and Aontú". I apologise to the party's leader.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the witnesses. We have roughly half an hour left. At the moment Deputy Peadar Tóibín and Senators Rónán Mullen, Frances Black and Annie Hoey have not spoken. I am keen to be fair to everyone who is present. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill wanted to speak earlier and I did not have time to bring her in. We will hear from Deputy Peadar Tóibín of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: As everybody who wants to speak has addressed the issue I will make some points before I call our witnesses. There are three phases to this, namely, prior to the vote, the vote itself and after the vote. All of these are fraught with challenges, opportunities and potential difficulties. The way I see the preparation time and the convergence is that, as members have acknowledged, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. Bassett, I am terribly sorry, but our time is up and we must finish. I apologise for having to do this, but we have no choice. Our maximum time of two hours is up. Thank you, Professor Harvey and Mr. Bassett. If you wish to send further comments, we will circulate them afterwards. I thank everybody for attending, but I must conclude the meeting now under the regulations of the Oireachtas.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in relation to the proposed route options on the Ardee bypass project with the associated key timelines and any such relevant information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13577/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); the timescale for the commencement of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13574/21]

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister. I acknowledge his competence, interest and dynamic approach to third level education and also his new initiatives. I endorse his policy in supporting Dundalk Institute of Technology, DkIT, in becoming a technological university. It is a critical demand for our area. As we know, Dundalk and Drogheda are two large urban conurbations on the Belfast-Dublin corridor,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Allocations for the urban regeneration and development fund, URDF, have been announced this week and Drogheda, the largest town in the country outside of the major cities, got absolutely no support. It got zero marks, practically, in its application. Of the 70-odd applications, Drogheda is in the lowest cohort, in about 66th place. That is entirely unacceptable. There is a huge crisis of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Mar 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the community benefit element of the renewable electricity support scheme will operate; if funding will be available for community projects in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1423/21]