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Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have read it all out.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have a huge client base.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am only starting.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: As my father was a Kerryman, I claim to have Kerry blood.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is ón áit sin a tháinig mo chuid Gaeilge.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: They do listen.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will not cut off anybody’s water supply.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: In my experience - believe it or not, I have been in public life for almost 40 years - I have never met a customer of the ESB who was not looked after through an arrangement with the company. The ESB was always able to meet people’s needs by helping them go to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS. I appreciate and understand people get into debt. The MABS is a fantastic...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: On a point of order, that is not true. I replied to you.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: On a point of information, CER officials are on record as saying they are happy to meet people.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: No, it is in their------

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: The last evening we were here, we discussed two of these amendments and I understood they had been dealt with and that amendment No. 40 was next. Notwithstanding that, the picture painted here by some of the Senators on the other side of the House is wrong and misleading and does not stand up to scrutiny. If we accepted the point of view of Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin, we would...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: Ceapaim go raibh an Seanadóir ag caint.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Correspondence (11 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Senator for raising the issue. I appreciate everything he said and I will bring his comments directly to the attention of the Minister. I apologise once again on behalf of the Minister and the Department for what happened. We will ensure that every effort will be made so that it never happens again.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment (11 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I assure Senator Burke that I will bring his views and concerns to the attention of the Minister immediately. Perhaps I did not make clear that the interim report will be published shortly. The Minister is very pleased with the findings, which include a number of practical recommendations that can be progressed quite quickly. I hope some progress will be made.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Correspondence (11 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Senator Conway for bringing this matter to the attention of the House and the Minister for Social Protection, who fully acknowledges the impact the receipt of such correspondence can have on the deceased person's relatives, and apologises unreservedly for any distress that this has caused. These situations, although rare, are deeply regrettable and at all times the Department of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Leader Programmes Expenditure (11 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: Gabhaim leithscéil faoi nach bhfuil an freagra scríofa as Gaeilge, ach déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall aistriúchán a dhéanamh ar na focail nach bhfuil ró-dhian orm. In line with the 'bottom-up' approach to rural development it is a matter for each comhlacht forbartha áitiúil na projects ar a gcaithfidh siad airgead a roghnú. In May 2013...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Leader Programmes Expenditure (11 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: Geallaim don Seanadóir go gcuirfidh mé na tuairimí atá nochtaithe aige agus an méid adúirt sé faoi bhráid an Aire láithreach. Más rud é gur mhaith leis an Seanadóir ainmneacha na gcomhlachtaí forbartha i gceist a thabhairt dom, cuirfidh mé isteach ceist phráinneach chuig an Aire chun freagra a fháil dó.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment (11 Dec 2013)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Senator Burke for raising this important matter. Non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHDs, play a fundamental role in the provision of services in our hospitals. The Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, is committed to improving their working conditions and to ensuring they can have suitable career pathways and job security within the Irish health system. Approximately 80% of the...