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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: By the local authority. It was by the local authority.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is not true Minister. That is not true.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: No, your Department told me that was not the case.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: You have been misinformed Minister.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: They are.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: At least 60 of them are available. There are 80.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is not true.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is not true.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: He is not saying the facts. I have to challenge him on that.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: This is a hugely important issue for my constituents in the Louth-Meath area. As the whole country knows, the D Hotel in Drogheda has 113 bedrooms. Apart from the 16-bed Scholars Townhouse Hotel, it is the only hotel in Drogheda now open to new guests. The decision to take over the D Hotel and put 500 IP applicants in there was the Minister's decision and it was made without consultation....
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister has not denied that he said on 12 December that the fire certification must be up to date and once evidence of sign-off is received from the local authority and provided to the Department, a contract is signed. Did his Department get a sign-off before he signed the contract? That is what he said he would do in December. In February, it is quite clear that the he did not get...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Direct Provision System (29 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: 141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the current discussions within his Department with regard to the long-term plans to deal for dealing with those arriving in the country seeking protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9551/24]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht (Atógáil) - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: The High Court in Belfast declared today that the UK's Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 is incompatible with human rights, particularly where it relates to immunity from prosecution. Having attended the inquest last week into the Springhill massacre, where five civilians were shot dead by the British Army in 1972, at the request of the families involved, it is...
- Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: I agree this is a very important debate. Something the Minister said earlier holds true, namely that there is a need for absolute condemnation by all sides of anybody who commits arson. What she said in her speech is important to press home, which is that if a group of people breaks into a premises and sets it on fire, it does not matter who actually lit the match, all potentially face a...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: More than 100,000 people have found refuge in our country in recent years from war, famine and so on. Very important decisions have been made. However, the people of Drogheda are extremely angry or concerned at the fact they are losing their only remaining functioning hotel. They are more than willing to play their part but this is not acceptable. They are losing a resource that is...
- Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: Molaim an díospóireacht seo. Tá sé thar am go raibh rudaí ag dul ar aghaidh sa Tuaisceart agus fáiltím go bhfuil sé sin socraithe anois agus go bhfuil administration nua le hairí nua sa Tuaisceart. Molaim Michelle O'Neill agus Emma Little-Pengelly freisin as ucht an comhoibriú atá á dhéanamh acu. Ní thuigfimid go deo...
- Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: Huge progress has been made. It is based on the fundamental of working together, and a symbiotic North-South relationship in business, politics, sport and everything. The future is really bright and this is an excellent start. I welcome this debate.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: Significant funding has been provided by the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, for a voucher scheme so people who are deaf can purchase sign language interpreters for essential private and personal issues. Unfortunately, the Citizens Information Board has suspended the scheme with immediate effect, causing significant concern and worry for people who are deaf and the Irish Deaf Society. Will the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: My constituent, Aimee Campbell, suffers from an illness called functional neurological disorder, FND. She has limb paralysis in both legs and in her left arm. She suffers from extreme pain and seizures. She has been turned down for home carer hours by the HSE on two grounds. The first is that, at 28, she has not reached the age of 65 and is therefore not eligible. The second ground is...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Feb 2024)
Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.