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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We do

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will resume and I will clarify two things. I understand the witness has to leave around 4 p.m. or whatever time suits him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have three speakers. I said I would take Deputy Wynne next, then on the rotation it will be Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. We all have a history. We all have a past. In my family, my mother’s name was Devins and she had a relation called James Devins who was a Deputy and was killed in the Civil War fighting on the republican side. On the other side, my mother's brother was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I could not agree more. The more discussion and debate on TV and in newspapers, the better. We must look to the future, learn from the past and not repeat past failures and mistakes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I think they just kept the Treaty ports at that time. Is that not right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: On that subject, we have been up in the North. We have met Sinn Féin. We have met the DUP. We have met all of the parties. We have been to Derry. We have been to mid-Ulster. We are going up to Newry soon. We are actively doing it, as is this committee. We have been to Belfast and we are going to Derry in January. We have been to mid-Ulster. We are very actively engaged all of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: We have two speakers left. Members of Sinn Féin may want to come in as well. I will take Deputy James Lawless if that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am conscious of the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: If that is okay. After the next speaker, we will go back to Sinn Féin and that will be it if Deputy Lawless is happy with that. I am conscious that it is 4 o'clock now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hopefully.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Adams on behalf of the committee for his time and I appreciate it was a very important debate for all of us. We recognise by having these meetings the importance of finding a way forward for everybody. On the point of history it was in 1965 that the then Taoiseach, Deputy Seán Lemass, met the then Northern Ireland Prime Minister, Captain Terence O'Neill, in Dublin so in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Gerry Adams (15 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: I know that, but I think it is important to say that. The weakness is that not enough of them were set up and there was insufficient engagement. I thank everyone.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 267. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the audit of TAPS payments undertaken by both the NTPF and the HSE; if so, if he will publish the audit in full; if the audit is not completed when he expects to receive the report and publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62520/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the way that the Government is addressing and providing more employment opportunities to healthcare staff in both the home care sector and the broader health sector through the employment permit process to help deal with Ireland's current staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Communications (13 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on the communications received by his Department from the vessel owners of the Hebble Sand dredge ship currently moored in Drogheda after being refloated following its sinking earlier this year, in respect of their plan to remove the unsightly and environmentally impactful vessel; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (13 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61906/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to SI 309 of 2022 which provides for planning exemptions for temporary accommodation for displaced Ukrainians, if any proposals are being brought forward to streamline the required building regulations to ensure a timely turnaround on proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62135/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disabilities Assessments (13 Dec 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any explanation can be given to students suffering from a diagnosis of dyscalculia where they are having to source and pay a psychologist to complete an assessment report in order to apply for the DARE scheme, when required assessments for dyslexia and other assessment are undertaken by the school; if he will provide details; if there are...