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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have never asked that question of anybody else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: If the witness wants to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Truth Recovery Process is very welcome here. That is the main point. If the witnesses upset some ideas, there is nothing wrong with that either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Why not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Talk about peace and reconciliation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will give Mr. Hazzard extra time now that he is here, no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: There are other speakers on the line who may wish to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I think that has been very clear. I acknowledge that Mr. Yeates has apologised sincerely for the offence he caused and I accept that his apology is genuine. I would ask Mr. Finucane, whom I have known for some years, to accept that. I believe it is genuine. Last night, I was watching a programme about the Civil War, explaining what really happened and how it affected people. I saw a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the witnesses for coming here. Perhaps Ms McManus wishes to sum up. It is very important that the witnesses came before us and gave us the benefit of their opinions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Representatives of Truth Recovery Process (4 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Perfect.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons availing of the first-time home scheme since its recent introduction, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20440/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Correspondence (3 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 373. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a response will issue to a request made by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20775/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: More than 2,000 people who were residents of nursing homes died during Covid-19. Rightly and properly, the Government funded supports for nursing homes to the tune of, as of December 2022, €145 million. There are problems, however, regarding the funding of some of those nursing homes. An example on the HIQA website is Ratoath Manor nursing home, which received more than...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of enterprise services on the Irish Rail northern line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20048/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 348. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a proposal by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19945/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Apologies have been received from Senator Currie and Mr. Mickey Brady, MP. On behalf of our committee I welcome Ms Aingeal O'Donoghue, assistant secretary, and Mr. Eoghan Duffy, principal officer, from the Department of the Taoiseach to discuss the work of the shared island unit. Before we begin, I will explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practices of the Houses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Anywhere I have been, particularly in the North and meeting people from the North, I have heard nothing but praise for the work you are doing, the initiatives being carried out and the progress being made, which is very welcome indeed. I call members to ask questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Has the planning been sorted out yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: So it is the same.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Engagement with Department of the Taoiseach (27 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Not just yet.