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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister, Deputy O’Gorman, signed a contract for 500 beds at the D Hotel without consulting anyone, blindsiding everyone. However, it emerged from a letter he sent to me yesterday that the contract was signed without there being an appropriate fire certification in place, meaning that the maximum number of people who can stay in the hotel is 250. In the 51 days since he signed...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline if offers on modular units for BOTPs are still being considered; to outline the process on same; the number of units currently under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18616/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (25 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 333. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns and proposals raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Industry (23 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the significant delays for motor traders in securing registration appointments to import cars from the UK, which is causing major business disruptions and cash flow problems, putting many businesses at risk of closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17334/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Industry (23 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance the current wait times to secure appointments through a company (details supplied) and the NCT to import and register cars from the United Kingdom over the years 2022 and 2023 and to date in 2024, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17335/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Industry (23 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that in some cases motor dealers are waiting for up to four weeks and beyond for appointments to import and register cars in County Louth through a company (details supplied) for the second-hand marketplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17336/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18002/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (23 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applications received for the community monument fund 2024, by county, in tabular form; if there is an appeals process a local authority can enact whereby a project that is of an urgent nature can be reassessed or placed on stand-by if any other funding is returned to his Department; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 570. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1166 of 20 March 2024, if he will clarify statements (details supplied); his views on whether these statements directly contradict each other; his further views on whether there is no transparency regarding the entire process, no separate tendering for security services and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Law Reform Commission (23 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 649. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the recommendations made in the recent report by the Law Reform Commission on the need for the Government to establish a regulatory framework for adult safeguarding and to introduce the recommended necessary legislation and other fundamental changes necessary to protect vulnerable adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will expedite a review and provide supports to address the lack of hotel beds for the tourism sector in Drogheda, the largest town in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16857/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the role of the night-time economy manager in Drogheda since the Government policy decision to close the last remaining hotel beds of scale in the town, thereby majorly impacting the tourism sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16858/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet with the local business community and stakeholders in Drogheda to discuss their significant concerns on employment and trade within the town of Drogheda, the largest town in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16860/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will organise urgent meetings with officials within his Department to formulate a dedicated plan to provide employment in Drogheda, with consideration of the very significant number of workers commuting from the town daily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16859/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (18 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.119 of 11 April 2024, if she will arrange for a further response to issue to follow-up queries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17090/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (18 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a pause on wind farm developments until the new guidelines are put in place to replace the current 2006 wind energy development guidelines, which remain in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17092/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount sought by each local authority from his Department for each of the past two years for housing adaptation grants; the amount granted by his Department; if further allocations were sought by any local authority; if so, the amount granted for each of the past two years; if any funds were returned by any local...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (18 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of properties and corresponding beds offered to his Department that met the requirements under both the IPAS and BOTP schemes, by county, since 1 January 2023 to date, in tabular form; the total number of contracts entered into by his Department; the opposing number of contracts that were not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Apologies have been received from Senator Niall Blaney. On behalf of the committee, I would very much like to welcome Dr. Claire Mitchell, author of The Ghost Limb: Alternative Protestants and the Spirit of 1798, to discuss women and constitutional change. I thank her very much for her attendance today. Before we begin, I need to explain, as is standard procedure, some limitations to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Dr. Claire Mitchell. Nochtadh tuairimí an-mhaithe ansin agus caithfimid iad a phlé anois. Ar an gcéad dul síos, glaoim ar Ms Claire Hanna ón SDLP.