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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: There are five minutes left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I must call Deputy MacSharry. He is a member of the committee and I want to give him a fair amount of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I want to look after members of the committee first and other Members thereafter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: In fairness to our witnesses, they have been as brief as they can be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Put a parliamentary question to the Minister for Justice and Equality.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: It could be referred to the Garda as well. There is one minute left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: We are near closing time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not know about centuries but our time is up and I must conclude the meeting. I thank Deputy Catherine Murphy for organising this meeting and advising all the people who participated. Minutes and correspondence have to be deferred to the next meeting. Senator Higgins can take up the issues with the witnesses as they leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I must adjourn the meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (19 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to correspondence from a school (details supplied) in relation to authorisation to proceed to tender for a building project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47214/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47462/19]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: On a point of information, it is important that the committee discuss the regulator's report, but is it not ipso factoentitled to seek reports from all bodies that appear before it? Is that not already the case?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I deal with many constituents who are in AHBs. I speak as a Deputy rather than as a councillor and I appreciate the points made. Once there is the consent of the individual involved, I never have a problem making representations, having meetings or pursuing an issue to the full extent with an AHB. Deputy Boyd Barrett made the point that if there is not a statutory right, there should a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett in some respects. Sometimes houses become vacant. People who might have significant serious medical issues might not have the time on the list so they might lose out in terms of the final allocation. There are other issues. There can be significant and adverse behavioural issues, such as where somebody has been targeted as a result of drug abuse or their...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am involved in another committee that has a report coming before it. Part of the issue arising concerns the transparency of findings. The view is that they should be presented to those concerned before they are published, particularly if there are adverse findings but even if there are not. If those concerned do not have sight of them, one cannot say there has been due diligence in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if home care services will be reviewed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46777/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (12 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 372. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a new primary care centre for Ardee, County Louth (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46425/19]

Topical Issue Debate: Gangland Crime (7 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister's comments and his continued affirmation of support for An Garda Síochána, in particular Chief Superintendent Christy Mangan and his team and Superintendent Fergus Dwyer who is also very active in this area. The people of east Meath want public awareness of the increased co-operation between the two divisions. Crime knows no boundaries and for criminals who...

Topical Issue Debate: Gangland Crime (7 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: This important debate is at a difficult time for people in my community, particularly in east Meath and Drogheda. A gang war has been going on for some years in Drogheda. Despite the welcome efforts and supports which the Garda and the Minister for Justice and Equality have put in place, we had a second gangland killing this very week. It shocked and appalled everybody in our area. I...