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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed MetroLink: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Go raibh maith agat. Do Ms Marcella Nic Niallaigh or Mr. James Hart wish to speak now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed MetroLink: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will ask the NTA and the TII to respond. I hope Home Farm wins its match, by the way. I believe Mr. Hart has summarised it all there. We must engage, listen and communicate and make it our metro. That is the real message. Nobody in this room at this moment sees it as their metro. They see it as the metro as belonging to TII and NTA, and that is what is really wrong. I would ask the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed MetroLink: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: We found out about this development, like others, from a television report. I appreciate what the witness has just said but the committee was not informed. . There is no link and is that not the point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed MetroLink: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am not nitpicking here, I respect everything that the witness has said. Could I ask or would it be reasonable that when we do agree to visit, when we get the date, that maybe the witness might accompany us as well, so that we can all get an impression, a feeling of exactly what the needs are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed MetroLink: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Would Mr. Nolan like to finally comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed MetroLink: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Can I ask the witness to respond to Mr. Hart's letter from his group as well to build up goodwill from this meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed MetroLink: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is good. On that positive note, we will adjourn our meeting now. My thanks to everybody for attending. When we get the date for the site visit we will circulate it and hopefully the witnesses will be able to attend with us.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (25 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding coastal protection in areas surrounding the Boyne River inlet in County Louth and the eastern area of County Meath following recent extreme weather; if reports have been undertaken to examine the change in the coastal protection requirements; if reports have been undertaken to examine the silt deposits in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Coastal Protection (25 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position with coastal reclamation and protection in areas surrounding the Boyne River inlet in County Louth and the eastern area of County Meath following recent extreme weather; if reports have been undertaken to examine the change in the coastal protection requirements; if reports have been undertaken to examine...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coastal Protection (25 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding coastal reclamation in areas surrounding the Boyne River inlet in County Louth and the eastern area of County Meath following recent extreme weather; if reports have been undertaken to examine the change in the coastal reclamation requirements; if reports have been undertaken to examine the silt deposits in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome all of the different bodies here today. It very important that they made joint submissions. Joined-up thinking is what it is all about. The one thing I did not hear mentioned yet is the question of the conservation of energy and heating in homes. One of the most important things to keep older people in their homes for as long as possible is to make their homes as energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a very specialist issue. It is at the beginning of the diagnosis that we need to attack that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I realise Mr. O'Mahony is still talking about the home but even if a person needs full-time care later, while his or her family member wishes to care for the person, we need to do a great deal more for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: There should be a fast-track grant or fast-track support available to people. Once that is available, it can happen for the person. Many families are suffering greatly as a result of their inability to deal with things such as downstairs toilets and the like.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I was not aware of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I know about the housing adaptation grant but is the heating support additional to the physical works?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is that universally available to any applicant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: They do not all do that. I got a list of grants paid by local authorities, the amounts involved and compared that against population. Some local authorities do not adequately provide for the scheme. As I understand it, all of the funding available in the Department was not taken up. There-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is another way of looking at it but my point is that some local authorities do not provide enough matching funding. In that context, should the grant not just be provided by the Department without the involvement of the local authorities? If a person qualifies for the grant, he or she should not be on a waiting list. People have to be in category 1 or practically dead, to get the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not agree because some councils have huge debts, like Louth County Council. It bought land for €20 million which is now valueless. It could not put anything into the scheme because it had to service its debt and the need in the county remained unmet until 12 months ago. I have made my point.