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Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (1 Oct 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available for physiotherapy services in Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39414/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Data (1 Oct 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the TII sanctioned road projects for which full permissions have been granted by all planning and statutory bodies and in which all land needed has been acquired and for which funding has been provided in capital expenditure plans which have subsequently been reviewed by TII in the past five years with subsequent delays in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (26 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps available to parents if they are unhappy or disagree with a decision of the Workplace Relations Commission in respect of a case relating to their child in view of the fact the WRC is outside the remit of the Ombudsman for Children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39112/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Certification (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if queries from a person (details supplied) regarding a SOLAS training certificate will receive a response; if assistance can be provided to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38947/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 174. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a regulation and commencement order was signed, as raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38958/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Apologies have been received from Deputy Jonathan O'Brien. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I remind members, delegates and those in the Visitors Gallery to turn off their mobile phones completely as they may interfere with the recording and broadcasting equipment, even when left in silent mode. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the joint committee. However, if they are directed by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Mullaney for his submission. I call on Mr. Des Foley from Meath County Council to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I call on Niamh Bean Uí Loinsigh of the Julianstown and District Community Association to make her contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Before I open the meeting to the members, I wish to clarify some facts with the Department. In its submission, it was invited to speak about the Julianstown bypass and would have been notified about this. In the Department's opening statement given to the committee, Julianstown was mentioned twice: once in the headline, and then in the last line. I am unhappy - and this is not a personal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: The analysis the Department needs to do is of planning policy in Louth County Council and Meath County Council, the permissions that are extant and the land that has been zoned. Many people using east Meath routes are from the area. The ongoing congestion is the result of significant developments in the area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I understand 500 railcars are being ordered this year. I understand the project will be delivered much earlier than 2027.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: To be helpful, I understand the DART will be extended to Drogheda once the new carriages have been constructed. The tender has issued. It will be much quicker than 2027 because it will not be necessary to wait for the electrification of the line. Maybe we could ask the clerk of the committee whether it is in order to write to the National Transport Authority to get clarity on that. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have that information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not have it with me today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: The carriages are being ordered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Once the carriages are ordered, Drogheda is in line for the first delivery, which will be before 2027.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: TII has informed me that it is for the Department to make recommendations. TII will accept those recommendations, but the Department makes those recommendations and not TII.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is what I have been told and, therefore, what Mr. Mullaney said is not correct. The Department will do it, not TII.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Julianstown Bypass: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is my point exactly.