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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (31 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 743. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by him to date on implementing the Programme for Government promise to ensure that no nursing home support scheme resident is charged for services that they do not use; the number of nursing homes that have such additional charges and how, by which agency the scheme is notified to residents where these additional charges are applied; the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected timeline for the opening of the next round of the sports capital grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3507/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details on the way the Government is encouraging national sporting bodies/organisations to actively promote integration, unity and activity for asylum seekers and refugees nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3506/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Road Projects (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full updated brief on the Narrow Water Bridge project, including expected commencement dates, expected funding requirements and expected funding schemes which will be utilised to progress the long-awaited project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3239/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: On behalf of the committee, I welcome Sir John Major. Sir John is a former UK Prime Minister. He did exceptionally important work for peace on this island. He was a major contributor to the peace we currently have. In particular, through his relationship with our former Taoiseach, the late Albert Reynolds, and the Downing Street Declaration in 1993, Sir John was very involved in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Sir John. It was very enlightening and there was great clarity in what he said. At the heart of it all is the co-operation that was evident between the British Government and the Irish Government in the first place. As Sir John rightly stated, all of the people outside the political process had a key part to play, just as they still have today. If there is one comment I would make,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Sir John. I will now move on to the next political party, Sinn Féin. We rotate speakers at every meeting. Of the 18 Members of Parliament elected in Northern Ireland to the UK Parliament, ten attend our meetings regularly, online or in person. Each has the right to attend and contribute, which they do. However, we really need to get unionists here as well. We will ask Sir...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I wish to make the point that our guest has been invited to talk about his work on the peace process and the issues leading up to the Downing Street declaration and the Good Friday Agreement. He has already answered a question from Senator Currie about the matters Mr. Finucane is now raising. Sir John has made his point on that matter. Mr. Finucane is obviously entitled to say what he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am not going to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hold on a second.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am very sorry about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Sure, that is Mr. Finucane's privilege.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I completely concur with the points the witness has made. He was asked to speak about particular issues and we are very happy that he is doing that. As we have been in session for one hour and 20 minutes, we will take a ten-minute break and will return with the Fianna Fáil speakers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: The sequence of speakers will be Fianna Fáil, followed by the SDLP, Alliance, the Green Party, Sinn Féin, the Labour Party, Independents, Aontú and then Deputy Wynne, who is also here. Senator Niall Blaney is a famous name that Sir John may have heard from the past. The Blaney name in Donegal is synonymous with politics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Dr. Stephen Farry, MP, who is online, is next. He is the deputy leader of the Alliance Party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I think everybody has spoken now. I thank Sir John for his-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of course. I am sorry; I thought the Deputy was finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I again thank Mr. Major for his attendance, his frankness, his analysis and his work. It is great to have him here and have his experience and knowledge. The final point is about where we go from here. It is not the subject of today's meeting but the biggest problem now is that the institutions are not working right, although the east-west one is beginning to work the way we all want it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Sir John Major (26 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Sir John.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Jan 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 677 of 18 January 2023, in respect of the concerns and requests by an organisation (details supplied), if he will meet with the stakeholders to discuss this issue, with a view to considering and discussing options to find a solution agreeable to all parties; and if she will make a statement on the matter....