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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 in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Would the witnesses like to comment on this? Afterwards we will go to Fine Gael.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Bassett.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: My apologies to Senator Blaney, I cannot see him and I did not hear him clearly. As I understand it, the Senator is asking for an answer to a particular question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have approximately one hour remaining and I want to use the time fairly as best I can. The next slot is for the Fine Gael group.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will take answers from our guests and move on to the SDLP followed by Alliance, again with a gap for questions and answers. Professor Harvey or Mr. Bassett can respond to any of those points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I want to identify which parties have not spoken. I understand Deputy Costello of the Green Party was present earlier. If he is present now----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Can I have the floor, please? I am trying to identify people who have not spoken. Is Senator Hoey, who checked in earlier, still present? She has left. Senators Black and Mullen were here earlier. I do not know if they are still present. Right. I propose to take the people who have not spoken in that order. Ms Gildernew had a point to make.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry that Ms Gildernew has a different clock to me. My clock said the first hour of this debate was shared fully between Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil. I am the Chair now. The clock I go by is the one I see in this room. Ms Gildernew is wrong to make such an accusation and I reject it. Sinn Féin was asked to nominate its speakers. I told them they had ten minutes. Over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have tried to be fair to everybody and I gave every party free rein in the questions. There are only seven or eight minutes left and we have Senators Frances Black and Rónán Mullen still to contribute. I have already had requests to invite our speakers back again for a further session as soon as possible and everybody would consent to that. I must stop at noon exactly. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change in Ireland: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am under orders to finish at noon so Senator Mullen might be able to finish his questions at the start of the next session. We do not seem to be able to establish contact with him. To summarise the communications received from members, it seems everybody wants our guests to return for some further debate. I have received messages from Senators Ó Donnghaile and Black and Deputy...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister says the system of distribution for vaccines must be seen to be fair, safe and effective. What is he doing about the fact, as published by The Irish Times, that 800 people have been vaccinated outside of priority groups 1 and 2? Can he account for that fact? They are the most vulnerable and the sickest or potentially those who are most likely to suffer serious illness. How...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (11 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to their business difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) on their business difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7072/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Council (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of Heritage Council plans to put into operation a collaborative town centre health check for Drogheda and Dundalk and any other towns in County Louth identified at the initial stages; the number of staff that have been provided in County Louth to undertake the operational responsibility for the implication on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the decision by her Department to relocate a school (details supplied), if the existing site from which the school operates is suitable for additional temporary accommodation in order to leave the school in the same location and avoid the obvious and unnecessary upheaval; if this has been examined as a viable proposal to minimise...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed 600 pupil school (details supplied) has been redesignated as a 1,000 pupil school; if so, the way in which the decision was reached; if meetings have taken place with persons on this increase in pupil capacity; if additional contractual obligations have been added to the previous patronage contract for 600 pupils; if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment has been undertaken in relation to the mental health impact on students currently attending a school (details supplied) in advance of a decision by her Department to relocate the school for a third-time in as many years; if not, if there are plans to undertake studies in advance of the move; and if she will make a statement on...