Results 7,081-7,100 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The other point is that it is every single person as opposed to just families.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Can I ask a question, Chair?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of course, that is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I want to refer to a point the lady here made. I apologise; I cannot see her name from where I am sitting. I welcome the facts she gave us. As she rightly said, any death is upsetting for everybody, particularly the family. I acknowledge that it affects the carers and the voluntary organisations, and how difficult it is for them to accept it happens, notwithstanding their best efforts....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am talking about the death of a homeless man.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am showing total respect to him. I am talking about where he died. I am not talking about why he died. I am talking about the physical environment in which he passed away. I reiterate that it was on a pavement and there was a low wall behind him. It was beside and part of an open space. Ms Gleeson said we need better or more step-down facilities. I hope the Chairman will agree that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that totally.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: What basically are those? I welcome and support Ms Gleeson's analysis, and the totality of her concern.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: What does that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Is that absent at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I fully support Ms Gleeson in that. Would it be possible to do an analysis that could be shared with us in the future to identify what additional structures or supports Ms Gleeson believes may be needed so that we can provide them if they are not there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Who provides?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I support what Ms Gleeson is saying. I am just trying to get the roadmap outlining the steps we need. I acknowledge what she is saying.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that.
- Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Fáiltím roimh an díospóireacht seo. Dearbhím go bhfuil sé an-tábhachtach. Caithfimid díriú ar chúrsaí sláinte ach go háirithe agus ní bheidh mé ag cuidiú leis an méid a dúirt an Teachta Shortall mar tá ceist eile an-phráinneach le phlé agam. This is a welcome debate and important issues...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Home Services (7 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I ask that the families be contacted by the HSE this evening.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Home Services (7 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister of State's statement and acknowledge that he has been given it to read out. I do not blame him for its content but I do not accept the position in the cases of the Fitzgerald family and the other lady, whom I will call by her first name, Louise. In both these cases the patient is not able to communicate or talk, so there is no question of their not wanting visitors....
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Home Services (7 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: This is an important issue and I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting it for debate. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, to address it. Last Thursday week the programme "Prime Time Investigates: Troublemakers" was screened. It showed how families who care for loved ones in institutional care, be it in a private nursing home or a HSE institution, are denied their natural...
- Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Members in opposition spoke the truth tonight about the great need for increased investment in water infrastructure particularly in rural Ireland but also in urban Ireland where I live. The water system in Staleen in Donore failed twice in the past two years when 70,000 people had no water supply at all which led to significant trauma. Thankfully the money has been found, the capital is...
- Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Gnó an Chomhchoiste (6 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Beidh an Seanadóir O'Reilly anseo, pé scéal é.