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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, of course, but it is a commercial company and it is in black and white that the Minister has no role in the day-to-day operation of the port. However, he may have a role in finding funding. That is the point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of course he has.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: In terms of comparing port to port, I was in a privileged position to look at two big ports - one in Britain and one here - and Dublin Port is miles ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is where the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I was looking at the export-import issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is what we were looking at but the guys in Dublin are way ahead of the curve-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: -----and they are protecting our economy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: They have to help the witnesses more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: We do not know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: It has been a very productive two hours.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I reiterate that the committee will write to Dublin Port asking its representatives to engage urgently with the witnesses. We will write to the Minister also. We will also communicate through our secretariat to ensure we make the arguments the witnesses want us to articulate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the witnesses. The meeting is adjourned until 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday, 12 June.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (28 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence regarding respite care from a person (details supplied) will be responded to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22328/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to greenhouse gases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22308/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (28 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 387. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the campaign to extend the short-hop zone to Drogheda, County Louth, in the immediate future will be supported in order to reduce the costs for commuters in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22357/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (28 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for rehabilitative community employment schemes within her Department to be transferred to the Department of Health and the HSE; if there are plans, the details and decision making process of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22577/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (21 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to Meath County Council to progress the initial stages of identifying a preferred option for the proposed Julianstown bypass; if support will be provided for the project; if funding will be fast-tracked for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21368/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Overtime (16 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda overtime budget has been cut; if so, the areas of operation affected; if such overtime cuts apply to the Louth Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21226/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (16 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will be taking to address the significant drug-related activity that has escalated in Drogheda and its surrounding area; the actions he will take to address the lack of drug outreach workers in the town in view of the recent drug-related criminality; if he will apply for emergency funding to fund a report (details supplied) to assess and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Drugs Strategy (15 May 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that.