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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Senator George J. Mitchell (27 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Senator George J. Mitchell (27 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: I now call Senator Frances Black, who is a distinguished Member of our Upper House. She also has a very important role to play in Ireland's Future. She might want to give Senator Mitchell a little bit of background on it. There was a large meeting recently in Dublin where thousands attended and talked about the future of our island. Senator Black, who is not a member of any political...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Senator George J. Mitchell (27 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have a couple of points. As Chairman of our committee, I was privileged to go with a deputation to Washington. We met Senator Chuck Schumer, who holds the position Senator Mitchell once held. Every door in the US and in Washington was open to us because of the connectivity between the Irish diaspora and all the political parties in Washington. I understand that if things change in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Senator George J. Mitchell (27 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: Thank you. On that humorous note, I thank you again for your courtesy, for being available to us and how much we learned from you and your actions and your dedication and commitment to bringing peace to our island. We wish you well in the future in your health and it has been a great privilege to have you as our guest today. On behalf of all my colleagues here, I say go raibh míle...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Senator George J. Mitchell (27 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: Thank you very much, Senator.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek best advice on whether any additional funding strands can be accessed in order to assist a local school (details supplied) in respect of developing its outdoor area for children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53695/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (26 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress that has been made to date on the investigation into allegations made by a whistle-blower in April 2020 as a protected disclosure, regarding the care of patients during Covid-19 at a hospital (details supplied); the date this report will be published; the cost of the investigation to date; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents that tragically lost their lives to Covid during the Covid outbreak in a care centre (details supplied) in January 2021; if he will provide the details on the staffing ratio to care for residents on the ground at that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53648/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the communications between the HSE and nursing home (details supplied) in Stradbally, County Laois during the Covid outbreak at Easter 2020; the supports that were provided by the HSE to the home at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53649/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund (26 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 208. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of the €210,000 that was secured through Social Inclusion Ireland from the dormant funds to fund a full-time mental health post in Mosney, County Meath, on a pilot basis for three years; the date that the moneys were secured; the expected timeline for commencement of the pilot programme; if she...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Cost of Living Issues (25 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 108. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the allocations in Budget 2023 to his Department will help tackle the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53084/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (25 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 111. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his plans to target the sale and distribution of animals through illicit puppy farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53083/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 359. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department received a request for assistance from the HSE and the Department Heath during the Covid -19 pandemic for a specific nursing home (details supplied) during the first outbreak of Covid-19; if so, the date that such request was made; the nature of the request; the response of his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (25 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of support of educational psychologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53077/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (25 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide clarification on whether partial capacity recipients will be in a position to claim the €500 cost-of-living grant for disabilities; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53479/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (25 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: 702. To ask the Minister for Health the financial supports that were paid to individual nursing homes by his Department and the HSE, by name and location due to the effects of the Covid -19 pandemic since April 2020; if such payments have been subject to an audit; if so, if the audit has been or will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53501/22]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: The budget contained important additional funding for people who need energy credits, namely, every household in the country, and it is welcome. Over a 12-month period it will amount to more than €800. I wish to raise one cohort of people, namely, full-time residents of mobile homes in my constituency, and I am sure the constituencies of other Members as well, who pay for their...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: I did already.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: It was on 6 October.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)
Fergus O'Dowd: They own their mobile homes.