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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Ms Bronagh Hinds (2 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is that a question of an Executive allocation or is it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Ms Bronagh Hinds (2 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: On that point, we met a group of young people from the North - I will not mention the community - but they could not access funding because they were not part of the inside track in terms of knowledge or part of the system that was operating the funding. It is very difficult to understand why they were being left out and were being given inadequate support when they were dealing with drugs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Ms Bronagh Hinds (2 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I appreciate Ms Hinds's comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Ms Bronagh Hinds (2 Mar 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I also thank Ms Hinds for her contribution. She touched on a significant number of issues about which we need to think more. She certainly informed our debate. It will make me think far more about society overall and what we should be doing, particularly in terms of women's rights, access and so on. It is a small point but 40% of candidates at the next general election in the South must...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department have made any progress with respect to supporting full-time residents in mobile homes by providing much-needed vital access to the €200 electricity payments, given that the payment is intended to be issued to all principal residences; if he will issue a statement of intent to support...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the required establishment of dedicated resources within regional lead authorities to provide co-ordination, expertise and advice to ensure the enforcement of the new air-quality regulations across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9536/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of this low-income household not being in a position to apply for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland warmer homes scheme; if he will advise them on the best route forward, given they are unable to afford energy upgrades in their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements for the domestic energy credit in multi-occupancy buildings in which there was one account but households are using sub-meters; if there is a mechanism for these households using sub-meters to apply for special consideration for the credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9621/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9704/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she will advise on a situation where a family who have a severely disabled person cannot access the specially adapted vehicle due to insurance prohibitions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10185/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 21 February 2023, if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to see if the 17-day timeline referred to (details supplied) can be reviewed given the current economic climate and difficulty businesses are facing at present with energy and cash flow issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will seek responses on queries (details supplied) with respect to an issue which has come to light in respect of the cutting of trees at the Lynns, Annagassan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10037/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 605. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 11 October 2022, if any changes have recently been introduced to provide persons above the age of 16 years suffering with long-term mental illness, to be included in the HSE's long-term illness scheme, which would provide much needed relief to those without medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) was not included in the one-off inflation funding announced on 20 February, given it meets the criteria of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9934/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons a school (details supplied) was not included in the one-off inflation funding announced on 20 February 2023, considering it meets the criteria of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9998/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can access saxenda under a medical card if they have a BMI of above 35 and suffer from hypertension but where the person does not have prediabetic bloods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9291/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Drogheda is the largest town in Ireland and it has the longest waiting list in the country for driving tests. If you apply for a test today, it will be 27 November before you get an invitation to formally apply and 2024 before you sit your test. That compares badly with Dundalk, where the waiting time is three months, Navan, where the waiting time is two months, and Monaghan, where the...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome this timely and important debate. There is probably a consensus in the House as to the way forward but I will reflect, like my colleague, Deputy Fitzpatrick, on issues in my constituency. What brought not just Drogheda, where I live, to national attention and international notoriety was the context of the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods, who was a young person, a child, as a result...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: We need more time to go through how we solve the problem but I welcome the fact the citizens’ assembly has been set up.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (21 Feb 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a response will issue to the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of continually changing connection dates for high-speed broadband connection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8049/23]