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An Teanga Gaeilge: Statements (18 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Ba mhaith liom a rá i dtosach gur díospóireacht an-mhaith í seo. Molaim an méid daoine atá ag caint as Gaeilge, nó atá ag iarraidh níos mó Gaeilge a bheith acu. I mo thuairim, is í sin an bhunchloch. Ba cheart go mbeadh mórtas againn toisc go bhfuil iar-Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta, an Teachta McHugh, ag foghlaim na Gaeilge....

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Insolvency Service of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the work being done by the insolvency service and the excellent results. Mr. O'Connor referred to some statistics on pages 12,13 and 14 of his document. If I am not reading these correctly, please tell me straight away. However, if I am reading the first statistics correctly, it seems that people with mortgage difficulties in certain counties have a higher chance of success than...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Insolvency Service of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is what I thought.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Insolvency Service of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. O'Connor is saying that regardless of who the lender is, there is a level playing field when one goes to court. It is a question of reluctance in that the lenders cannot not engage if the debtor goes through a PIP. Is that the point?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Insolvency Service of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: If I have a problem with my mortgage and I go through a PIP, the lender must engage with me even though it may not want to. Is that correct?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Insolvency Service of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is a very powerful tool.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Insolvency Service of Ireland (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is the most important point of all for the public.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry for being late. I believe the Residential Tenancies Board's duties have been expanded recently to cover local authority tenancies and I have a question on that matter. This is not a criticism of anybody. Some tenants in local authority estates have been causing very significant anti-social problems. It may be drugs, alcohol abuse or dysfunctional people. They are intractable...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have been informed that if there is a problem with a tenancy that was not resolved by the local authority, the Private Residential Tenancies Board could step in. Is that not correct?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: What if the case involves a private house owned by the local authority outside a local authority estate? Is there any role?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: There is some role.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is what it is.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes. It is very important as the board can consider what the local authority is deemed not to have done.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: The board may supervise the authority if it has not discharged its duties in dealing with an anti-social problem.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Could Ms Carroll send us a note on it?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Residential Tenancies Board (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, because it is important.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding requested and provided for Traveller accommodation facilities and the drawdown, by local authority, for each of the past three years; if all the funding provided was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10453/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 709. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the continued use of Lourdes laundry which is attached to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda in County Louth; the Health Service Executive's plans to keep it open; the re-assurances it will offer to the staff employed there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9754/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (17 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: 924. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to representations from Diabetes Ireland (details supplied) regarding the recruitment of Health Service Executive posts for Louth Diabetes Community Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10563/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the representatives from NAMA. I am very interested in the statistics and figures they have provided. It is a very clear indication of the work they have done as opposed to what people think they might be doing or not doing. I have two major questions. NAMA has identified €164 million worth of infrastructure development. The Minister for Finance said that €100...