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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Election of Vice Chairman (8 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Go raibh maith agat. I call Senator Ó Donnghaile.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Election of Vice Chairman (8 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: You are walking out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Election of Vice Chairman (8 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: Just make sure that colleagues who may be outside have the opportunity to come back in, Senator. With the consent of the committee, we will now go into private session until the end of our meeting to discuss our work programme. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (7 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the list of OGP suppliers and the impact such a decision may have on the company will receive a response; if the most appropriate advice will be provided to the company in order to avoid potential job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that were received in round one funding of the urban regeneration and development fund in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28957/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received by his Department for round two funding of the urban regeneration and development fund which opened earlier in 2020 under (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28964/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the closing date and time of round 1 applications for the urban regeneration and development fund; the date and time each of the applications was received by project name, county, method of submission, that is by email and or fax and so on in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29190/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 276. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received from each local authority nationally under rural regeneration development funding since establishment of same in tabular form; the number of successful applications; the final amounts awarded to each local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28965/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if further supports will be made available to protect jobs in the travel agents sector; if a special range of supports are being reviewed; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28180/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (6 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to preliminary tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28321/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Correspondence (6 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will acknowledge receipt of a document (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28734/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (6 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 652. To ask the Minister for Health when community social daycare facilities for older persons are expected to reopen; when respite care facilities will open their doors for older persons and their families (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28197/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (6 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 721. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available for type 1 diabetes patients through the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 270. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order an independent investigation into Covid-19 deaths in a nursing home (details supplied) in County Meath further to the publication of a HIQA report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27779/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (30 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to employing swabbers and tracer teams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27452/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (30 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: 222. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to concerns (details supplied) in relation prescription dispensing changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27453/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I wish to strike a positive note. Yesterday, it seemed as though the witnesses were not going to come in; today they are here. I welcome them. I propose that we start our meeting. If any member wants us to seek an extension of the committee's business for one further meeting to go through all the issues members may not believe they have the time to raise now and to question the witnesses,...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister and the members of NPHET. We listen to everything NPHET says. Its message is very important and is certainly getting through in County Louth. The 14-day incidence rates for the period from 15 to 28 September, which have just been published, show the incidence rate in Louth declined from 107 cases to 80.7 per cases per 100,000 people. That is a significant change but...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: I respect that. The Minister is aware of what I am talking about. It is not acceptable that people have died. People cannot get closure when relatives have died. They are being charged hundreds of euro by the HSE for submitting freedom of Information requests, which is not acceptable. Will the Minister intervene to have freedom of information fees waived, as a policy issue, where...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Business of Special Committee (30 Sep 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: The information from New York indicates the positivity rate state-wide was 1.58%. I accept and acknowledge that Dr. Glynn is the expert and I am not. I am just asking the question. I appreciate the difference Dr. Glynn has outlined but it worries me that this metric triggers an automatic response. It is an indication that a very serious level has been reached if the metric exceeds 3%...