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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Application (6 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review downwards the fees and contributions charged by local authorities for planning permissions and change of use application for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42494/14]

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: One day I went looking for it; it is a lovely small book running to only about 20 pages. Needless to say, it also included a minority report, but it contained a lot of common sense. If we are to make sure people are not ripped off, we must address this issue. I appreciate that land is not being released and that there are different issues around Dublin, but, at the end of the day,...

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: Technically, it is. As it is only half or even one quarter of the size of Drogheda, I want to know why this initiative does not extend to places such as Drogheda and Dundalk in my constituency.

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: No, it is a fact. Drogheda is the largest town in the country, with a population approaching 40,000 citizens. The heart of Drogheda, Dundalk and many of our cities and towns was devastated - businesses were closed and there was no rates income; nothing. At the centre, they are ghost towns. However, what do we have on the outskirts owing to the planning policy of other Governments are huge...

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: I accept the correction.

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is not long since I was canvassing in an estate in my town and visited two houses side by side. The cost of one which had been purchased at the height of the boom was €720,000, while the other had been purchased after the depression began for €350,000. I believe this identifies the crisis at the heart of the housing programme, planning and all of the issues related to the...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Adams pays charges in the North.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (5 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to representations from Louth Leader Partnership (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42445/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (4 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 524. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a meeting can be facilitated between a correspondent (details supplied) and officials in her Department. [41803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (4 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 581. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce legislation to enable Health Information and Quality Authority investigate individual complaints about the standards of care in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40927/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (4 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints received and the number of complaints investigated by the Health Service Executive in 2013 and to date in 2014; if these homes were public or private nursing homes; the outcome of the complaints received and the findings against the nursing home operators; if he has received complaints from the Health Information and Quality...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (4 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 631. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the engagement with the Health Information and Quality Authority in relation to unsolicited complaints received by it concerning the care of residents in nursing homes, private and public; when these discussions took place; the recommendations made by HIQA in relation to this issue; the proposals made in relation to updating legislation, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (4 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 652. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the implementation of all the 11 recommendations of the Leas Cross inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41335/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure (4 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 670. To ask the Minister for Health his views on funding for a nursing home (details supplied) in County Louth; his plans to address the crisis in nursing home waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41422/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (4 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1071. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Irish Water and the Finance Bill 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42260/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1057. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding issues raised (details supplied) regarding Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41992/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Services (4 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1084. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to set out his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the introduction of a new post code system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41424/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Road Network (4 Nov 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1093. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application (details supplied) for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41626/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Home Inspections (21 Oct 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister for his reply but I do not accept what he is saying is accurate. HIQA has sought powers from the Oireachtas and from the Department of Health and has addressed the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children on getting increased powers of inspection, particularly regarding the complaints it receives. I acknowledge that the Minister's answer is what he has been...

Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Home Inspections (21 Oct 2014)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the presence of the Minister for Health. I wish to speak about a report on the HIQA website on the inspection of homes for the elderly. I praise HIQA for the tremendous commitment and dedication of its staff who always work, as they must, within the law. In the year about which I am speaking, more than 500 individual investigations into various homes were conducted with regard to...