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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (21 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to increase rent supplement in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15636/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (21 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the proposed changes in the Money Advice and Budgeting Service locally and nationally; the number of cases dealt with annually by location; the cost of delivery of this service at each such location; the reason for the proposed changes; the changes proposed for County Louth and east County Meath; if she will respond to the issues raised in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (21 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 520. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies in the Health Service Executive community care areas, by position and job description, in County Louth and east County Meath; the length of time the vacancies remain unfilled; the frequency at which they have been advertised and interviews held; if contract staff have been employed as a result of these vacancies; the cost of same for...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is a very important debate. I welcome the developments taking place, particularly those relating to senior citizens and children under the age of six. As a result of what is proposed in the Bill, everybody who reaches the age of 70 will now be able to go to his or her doctor and will not be charged for the privilege. I wish to comment on a number of cases with which I recently dealt in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on an issue (details supplied) regarding voluntary work while in receipt of a jobseeker's payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14489/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a tax issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14418/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the flood relief works required to the embankment at Bellurgan in County Louth. [14150/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and type of road traffic accidents which have occurred on the stretch of the R152 between the M1 motorway near Drogheda in County Louth and the village of Duleek in County Meath in the past three years; the number of persons killed or injured during this time; the frequency with which speed detection vehicles are deployed; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 339. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rostering arrangements for prison staff in the reception units of the prison service, where prisoners who have been committed to prison are either admitted to prison or released on temporary release; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14083/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transport (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 340. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of transporting persons committed to prison for the non-payment of fines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14084/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 342. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the revenue generated from speeding fines in County Louth for each year since 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14090/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 413. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the enforcement of speed limits in the port tunnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14957/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 501. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a briefing received from Cystic Fibrosis Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14180/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a Teaching Council of Ireland regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14155/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 854. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action that has been taken since the Dublin Port tunnel opened to ban any tunnel user from using the tunnel; the reason for such action; the number of such bans and the duration of same; if appeals were made and the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13955/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (15 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 876. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action the Road Safety Authority and Meath County Council plan to take to improve road safety on the stretch of the R152 between the M1 motorway near Drogheda and the village of Duleek; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14482/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: Members of my family went to America as immigrants and have fought for people who are there illegally. I stress that I support the principle that the arguments made by the Irish Government in Washington should be the same as those we articulate here about our illegal immigrants. There should be an equality of our ideas in this context, but what is missing from the presentation today is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: Notwithstanding whatever criticism the Immigration Control Platform makes of the argument, is Mr. Neville arguing that these people ought be deported at the end of that process? Does he not see that if we regularise the position of all of those people then at least we would recognise the humanity of the families concerned, their commitment to their communities and their children? This is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (31 Mar 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of schools in County Louth currently benefiting from school meals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13202/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (31 Mar 2015)

Fergus O'Dowd: 243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the capital cost of recent improvement works to her Department facilities in County Louth, by location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13302/15]