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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (12 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the witnesses. It has been a very constructive engagement. They have been very clear, and it gives hope to everybody on this island that significant investment is coming now which will improve our relationships, North and South. Every member of the committee has had an opportunity to ask the witnesses questions and we have the answers. I look forward to meeting them again in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (12 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will continue with the rest of the meeting. We are under instruction to finish by 4 p.m. We have to finish meetings in two hours and have a maximum of one meeting per week. I hope we will fill the agenda every week in that we will have something constructive to say. I take Senator Craughwell's point about engaging with civic unionism and other people who might be happy to come before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (12 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Senator. I was not addressing the remark specifically to her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (12 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (12 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is hugely important. I think we will all agree on that. Ms Gildernew wanted to raise an issue. We were talking outside about how we have some gaps in our timeline. If she wants to leave it, she can communicate with us later on, but if she has somebody she would like to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (12 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have no issue with anyone communicating with the clerk of the committee to put that on the agenda.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (12 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will work on that. I note also that the meeting on 25 November has been fixed with the Northern Ireland Assembly's Committee for the Executive Office on the impact of Brexit on North-South relationships, as detailed in Article 11 of the Northern Ireland protocol. That will be a very important meeting.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister to this debate. I would agree with most of what I have heard. I particularly agree with my colleague, Deputy Richmond, when he spoke about the future being us working together, working with the British notwithstanding what will happen now. We all agree absolutely - we are ad idem- that Brexit is a disaster for everybody, and especially for people on our island, North...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (11 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 759 of 3 November 2020, if she will address further queries raised in correspondence. [35572/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Supervision and Substitution Scheme (11 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) about the urgent need for a teacher supply panel in Drogheda and south County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35756/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns raised at the beginning of November 2020 by many parents in Drogheda, County Louth, in respect of the over-subscription of a school (details supplied) will be addressed; if assistance will be provided on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35181/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (10 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34635/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) about the family courts Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34626/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (10 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 720. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new hospice in Drogheda town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34939/20]

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: He actually came to meet me-----

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: He did, in County Louth. He was very nice. It might upset the Deputy but it is very nice to have a Vice President visit one's county and community.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I just wanted to inform Deputy Murphy. I know that things like that upset him, but I think it is great. Also, for the record, Mr. Biden has had a very important relationship with Irish America. My brother, who is part of the Irish-American business community in New York, is very proud to have been associated with him as well as Bill Clinton and others. The reason I raise this is that our...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an díospóireacht seo. Ní raibh go leor ama againn, i ndáiríre, nuair a bhí an buiséad ann chun labhairt faoi. Tugadh dhá nóiméad domsa ar a naoi a chlog oíche Déardaoin. Tá sé an-sásúil, má tá an t-am againn, go bhfuil an deis ag gnáth...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (5 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 29. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she plans to take to promote and support remote working and flexible working; her views on the benefits for rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33688/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Plan (5 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to bring forward a new rural development strategy as a successor to the Action Plan for Rural Development 2017-2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33689/20]