Results 17,241-17,260 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Hospitals Building Programme. (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I did not ask about the report.

Hospitals Building Programme. (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The election will be over at that point. It is a whitewash.

Hospitals Building Programme. (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The policy has changed since yesterday.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will assist in the provision of funding for an association (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7883/07]

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Slán leat.

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way he will fund the expected deficit of €2 billion in local government funding by 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7429/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recommendations of the Indecon Report on Local Government he will introduce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7428/07]

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the response of his Department following the recent TG4 Fíorsceal programme on asbestos aired on 18 February 2007; if assistance can be offered to former employees (details supplied) who were exposed to asbestos without being aware of its danger for many years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7614/07]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outcome of his recent meeting with other EU Environment Ministers in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7679/07]

Written Answers — National Heritage Sites: National Heritage Sites (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the existence of the Brú na Bóinne consultative committee; the reason his Department officials appear no longer willing to work as part of the committee; the reason an interdepartmental committee was established in 2006 at the behest of his Department to examine the...

Register of Electors. (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have been canvassing hard in my constituency, fighting for my political life like other TDs.

Register of Electors. (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: A lot of pressure. I am discovering that many young people who turned 18 after November 2006 are not registered. One of the difficulties is that when one gives them the supplementary register form and tells them they must go to the local Garda station, they are somewhat reluctant to do so. They want to be sure they will be welcome at a Garda station. In that context there should be...

Register of Electors. (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes. They would be the ideal people, rather than a Garda sergeant with all his buttons.

Register of Electors. (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The community garda is the answer.

Register of Electors. (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Roche will be over here.

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: He will roll it out by the barrel.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to outline the process by which the location of the proposed new acute hospital in the north east will be decided and if there will be transparency, openness and clarity about the criteria used and direct access by the public to the...

Planning Issues. (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to prevent urban sprawl in Dublin as borne out by Census 2006 which shows the population of Dublin city rose by only 2% between 2002 and 2006 but that there was huge population growth in neighbouring Louth, Fingal, Meath and Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...

Planning Issues. (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is the footprint of Dublin city not equal to that of Los Angeles yet it has only one third of the population? Have the Minister's policies failed dismally? While the population of Dublin city has fallen by 2% in 2002-06, the population in Fingal has increased by 22%, in Meath by 21% and in Kildare by 14%. The price of housing is driving people out of the city. A commuter from these...

Planning Issues. (27 Feb 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Urban sprawl is endemic. The population of Cork city has fallen by 3.2% while that of Cork county has increased by more than 11%. In Limerick there was a 2.7% fall in the population of the city and an 8% increase in the county. People are moving out because the Minister is not providing affordable and social housing. I wish to correct the Minister on one point. I said I am in favour of...