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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his plans to target the sale and distribution of animals through illicit puppy farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11954/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the current position with regard to the future plans to build affordable purchase homes in County Louth and east Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11867/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all projects undertaken by the airport authorities nationally have been processed through the public procurement process in each of the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023 by location, project details and the total amount spent; if there were projects that did not proceed through the public procurement process; if so, the details...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the salaries of all chief executives of airport and port authorities nationally who fall under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12054/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek assistance for a school (details supplied ) in respect of a payment issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12080/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of the final report on the protected disclosure into allegations made by a whistle-blower in April regarding the care of patients during Covid-19 at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 332. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE refused a request from the investigation team (details supplied) appointed by the HSE to investigate complaints made by protected disclosure into a facility to extend the remit of its investigation to include a letter from this Deputy which gave evidence of minutes of a CHO meeting held on 14 May 2020 , which included an instruction to remove...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Apologies have been received from Senator Frances Black and Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh. Today, we continue our meetings on our Architects of the Good Friday Agreement project. On behalf of our committee, I welcome Lord Empey. Lord Empey was a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly from 1998 to 2011. He is a former Northern Ireland Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and was leader...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: May I say how much we respect Lord Empey's contribution and that of his party's former leader, David Trimble, in signing the agreement. At the core of that, is a recognition of one's right to be British is recognised in the future, no matter what the situation becomes with regard to whatever new proposal or votes might happen. It is important to have Lord Empey here, as a member of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Feighan and Senator Currie are next. I will not pick one or the other. Deputy Feighan has his hand up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Some of our members are having difficulty hearing and receiving the reception remotely. I do not know if Ms Gildernew and Mr. Brady are still having those problems.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will go back to Sinn Féin now. I call Deputy Tully. Ms Gildernew or Mr. Brady may come in afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Lord Empey very much for his constructive engagement with the committee. If I can pick him up on his contribution, the most important thing he has said was one of the final things, which is that we work together to improve our trade and develop our economies by successfully continuing the interactions which people like him started with tourism, trade and so on. The other emphasis I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Lord Empey (9 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Lord Empey very much for attending. That concludes our public session. We will now adjourn to a private session of our meeting. I thank all in attendance.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the commitment the Taoiseach has reiterated this morning. The fact is that 24 residents died in St. Mary's community nursing unit in the first phase of the pandemic in 2020. A protected disclosure was made and was discussed by the HSE at a meeting held on 14 May 2020. The minutes of that meeting show that advice was given to take emails relating to that review and investigation...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to respond to issues raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to the Drogheda driver test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11769/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (8 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 249. To ask the Minister for Health if the commissioner of the report of the investigation of complaints made by protected disclosure into a community nursing home (details supplied) was requested by a company to extend the remit of the report to include evidence presented by this Deputy to the investigating team on 7 December 2022; the reasons given not to extend the remit to include details...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if the total number of persons who have successfully claimed the rent tax credit recently introduced by the Government; if this measure will be strengthened into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11343/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the total moneys received by the Revenue Commissioners in January and February 2023 through benefit-in-kind payments for vehicles compared with receipts from January and February 2021 and 2022; if any further consideration has been given to assist the many thousands of BIK recipients who have been negatively impacted financially since the change on 1...