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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the status of the review of the Special Criminal Court and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25162/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Could the Minister provide an update on the status of the review of the Special Criminal Court, which I understand he received this week, after due consideration in his Department? In particular, when does he expect to place the report in the public domain and before the Oireachtas?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister's response and concur entirely with his view that the Special Criminal Court has been a key component of democracy's response to serious intimidation from paramilitaries, drug barons and evil people who would otherwise stalk this land and intimidate jurors. The Special Criminal Court should be used in exceptional circumstances. The fact that there are three judges...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I again welcome the Minister's personal commitment to that. Clearly it will be a matter for the House to vote or abstain on that resolution as some parties may choose to do. I want to affirm my support for the exceptional circumstances in which it must be used and the continuation of that in our armoury as a democracy to fight those who would challenge and intimidate most jurors. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: With the agreement of members, we will go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have received apologies from Mickey Brady MP, Colum Eastwood MP, and from Senator Ó Donnghaile. For the information of the members and the witnesses, we have a system to rotate through the speakers so that every party and group gets an opportunity to comment on what they might want us to talk about. Sinn Féin is up first. It was to be Fianna Fáil but there are tributes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Hynes for his address. Before I call Sinn Féin, I want to acknowledge the presence of Mr. Hynes' organisation everywhere that I, as Chairman, visit, particularly in Northern Ireland. Even as recently as yesterday, I attended a peace summit which was sponsored in part by the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. There was very good attendance. The issues the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Some very important points were made there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Fianna Fáil Party is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Dr. Farry. I call Senator Black and thank her for being so patient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: So were we all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I want to say a few words. I thank the witnesses for coming. It is always enlightening to meet and listen to them, and I again acknowledge the fantastic work they do. If I may refer a little to some of the issues I picked up yesterday, Senator Black, you spoke about the one which struck me most, the question of mental health. Mental health is a huge issue, far bigger than I had realised....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation (25 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: She married across the divide and reared her children. If anyone spoke with passion and conviction about the problems associated with communities not being educated together, it was she. That is somewhere the communities have to start. Putting aside the constitutional question, which will be decided at some stage by referendum or otherwise, we will have to address the needs of young...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Business Supports (24 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 39. To ask the Taoiseach if he will seek urgent assistance and advice for a local company (details supplied) in respect of its time-sensitive funding issues, in particular to assess whether funding from the shared island unit might be considered, given the cross-Border nature of the company. [25041/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (24 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to changing the existing coercive control legislation to allow it to relate to people in non-intimate relationships, in order to close the current gap that allows non-intimate offenders to be held to account under the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25081/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (24 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the discussions which have taken place to date in respect of the establishment of a national adult safeguarding authority; the expected timelines for the establishment if progressed and any other relevant information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25080/23]

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am sharing time with Deputy Higgins. This is an important debate. I agree with much of what has been said, on all sides of the House. It strikes a chord with me and the people I have been talking to. Nobody would have believed in February 2022 that 85,000 new people would now be living in Ireland. It is the equivalent of the total population of counties Cavan or Offaly or, as was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to approve a proposed increase in the pension entitlements of An Post workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24240/23]