Results 1,501-1,520 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (22 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 193. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any progress has been made in establishing a community neuro-rehabilitation team, operational within CHO 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13995/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (22 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 274. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on discussion/plans set out to strengthen HIQA powers with respect to inspecting individual complaints on nursing homes where safeguarding issues have been raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14338/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I would just make one correction. Nurses and doctors did turn up but not immediately. Most of them did not turn up when they were asked.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the decision of the Government to have an inquiry into nursing homes during Covid but the reality is that when HIQA staff visited the Oaklands Nursing Home in County Kerry in November 2020, 27 of its 32 residents had Covid. The general manager and the person in charge were both absent and the person further identified to manage the centre in the event of the absence of those people...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTAs review of bus and rail fares (detail supplied) will finally end the current rip-off rail commuters are experiencing on the Northern Line from east Meath, Drogheda and Dundalk; if funding for a reviewed fare structure is agreed; if other details will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13078/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available for a local group (details supplied) to meet the excessive increase in costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12502/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the total funding allocated under the voids programme to each local authority in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the total number of units completed by each individual local authority under the voids programme in the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek the details on the total number of vacant properties owned by each local authority nationwide which have been vacant for over six months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 575. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken by to assist in re-establishing the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13965/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: State Visits (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 576. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details on the proposed trip to Ireland by the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden; if the President intends to visit County Louth as part of his itinerary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13966/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the current situation regarding a school (details supplied) given the school is ready to proceed to construction despite waiting 12 years for the new school; when she expects to have the situation resolved; when the school can expect to get the long-awaited project underway; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised by person (details supplied) in relation to the scope of enquiry into historical sexual abuse in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13083/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reports (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 982. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a parent of a person with a disability (details supplied) will receive a copy of a report commissioned and carried out into the care and alleged abuse of person in disability services funded by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13793/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1340. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in respect of due back payments for retirees in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will seek an update on the matter. [13027/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 1372. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to concerns raised in a report and correspondence (details supplied) in respect of waiting lists for home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13164/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any further plans to amend existing regulations exempting certain types of vacant commercial premises from planning permission in order to maximise the number of vacant units being brought back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11866/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: One hundred years ago, many people lived above commercial premises in the centre of Drogheda. Today, very few people live there. What further and additional regulations can he amend- obviously, I exclude those relating to health and safety - in order to encourage more people to live in the centre of our towns and over commercial premises nationally.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I congratulate the Minister of State on his recent appointment. I have not sat here in the Chamber with him for a number of years, and he and I both know how we feel and think about things. I recently met the owners of property in the centre of Drogheda. They are local people who own substantial levels of property. They were aware of the exemptions but they felt they did not have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: These properties are vacant today. I hear what the Minister of State is saying but we need a driver. I am not condemning the current vacant homes officers, but most of them were doing other jobs previously. That is the reality. They were not doing anything in this area. I accept and acknowledge what the Minister of State said about housing, particularly in the context of his recent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.