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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (26 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to persons suffering from Lyme disease; his plans to expand available treatment and specialist care for the disease; the number of specialist consultants available through the public system; the average length of time a person waits for assessment and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13286/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (26 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1205. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a response will issue to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13618/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (26 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community employment workers and volunteers working in citizen's information centres and services; the number of advocacy cases dealt with in citizens' information centres in 2018 that did not relate to social welfare or housing appeals; the number of staff that will be employed by the National Advocacy...

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

Fergus O'Dowd: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters relating to the aftercare of persons who have miscarried (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12663/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities Status (12 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a motion from a union (details supplied) that Dundalk Institute of Technology should apply to become a technological university under the Technological Universities Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11953/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be provided to a person (details supplied). [11925/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (12 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps taken in order to reopen the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the proposed date for the reopening of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11873/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister's commitment to the region. Without doubt, it was a first-class launch and it is an excellent plan. My question was whether we could arrange, through the Minister's good offices and the IDA, to discuss the Drogheda site, which is in the Border region but in the mid-east administrative region. It is important to address that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will the Minister outline the status of the new regional enterprise plans and her views on the way in which they can support job creation in rural Ireland, particularly County Louth?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister's reply and her recent visit to Drogheda. The problem in County Louth is that the county is in the IDA north-east region but the land available for development in the region is one field outside of the town boundary and thus in the Meath IDA mid-east region. Will the Minister address this issue and will she arrange for the IDA executives in Louth and Meath to market...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to help businesses in the Border region prepare for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11178/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Development Fund (7 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: 43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the regional enterprise plans; her views on the way in which this will benefit County Louth and the north-east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11177/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister and his officials. Listening to some of the contributions, one would imagine that the Minister is going around knocking down houses and closing them up rather than building them and providing the most money for housing and the most support for families that I have ever known in my time in public life, which is a long time. The reason he has had to do this is that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I ask the Minister to send on any further analysis that has been done on this area. I do not need it today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: The threshold has been reached in County Louth but not in certain other counties. It should be a case of first come, first served. If a person has gone through the hoops and met all the requirements, he or she should be able to get the loan even if that means drawing from the funds of other areas that have not had the same level of applications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Some local authorities have excess funding available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: A constituent of mine cannot currently access a loan from the scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Applications are on hold rather than being turned down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Senator will be the third speaker from Fianna Fáil this morning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Senator could have asked one of her party colleagues to let her in earlier.