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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not disagree with Professor Ashe on that. The point is, notwithstanding what she said, there will be other forces out there trying to monopolise the debate, as she rightly acknowledged, and there will be vested interests and so on. I do not disagree with her. At the end of the day, those of us who believe in unity and those who do not have to persuade the other side, for want of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: No, we do not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: Discussion (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not disagree with anything Professor Ashe has said and I support the agenda she has put before the committee. It is obviously something we have been thinking about. I had not thought about the idea of a commission before. Nobody is threatened if everybody gains. If there is a benefit for everybody, certainly in respect of their economic and social access and health, that is what it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 54. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression and timeline for the appointment of the members of the commission on care for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9516/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 63. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects an inquiry into the national Covid response to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9515/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the current discussions within his Department in respect of the dual use proposal for accommodation services within a hotel (details supplied) in Drogheda considering it is the only remaining hotel of scale in the town of Drogheda, the largest town in the country. [9523/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to concerns raised by school (details supplied) in respect of the cut to SET resources in terms of the impact it will have on the overall ability of the school to provide appropriate special education to pupils in need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9779/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on queries relating to international protection accommodation services for international protection applicants and Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) [9780/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht (Atógáil) - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: The High Court in Belfast declared today that the UK's Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 is incompatible with human rights, particularly where it relates to immunity from prosecution. Having attended the inquest last week into the Springhill massacre, where five civilians were shot dead by the British Army in 1972, at the request of the families involved, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (28 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any consideration has been given to extending the low emissions vehicle toll incentive since it ceased at the end of December to continue to incentivise the transition to EVs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9545/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (28 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress of the proposed LMETB headquarters location (details supplied); to indicate if any funding request have been received to progress the plans to the next stage, if so when, can he also indicate when they expect any further progress to be made with targeted timelines provided; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (28 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the contract that was signed between his Department and the D Hotel in Drogheda to provide accommodation services from March included any cooling off period in the contract in which one or both parties can examine, renegotiate or cancel the contract as agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (28 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any contracts signed between his Department and providers of international protection accommodation services have been cancelled within a cooling off period over the years 2020 to date; if so how many; the reasons for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9603/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (28 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can comment or advise on the best route for intellectual disability students in Dundalk Institute of Technology under St John of God Hospital (details supplied) who have been faced with serious placement obstacles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9546/24]

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I agree this is a very important debate. Something the Minister said earlier holds true, namely that there is a need for absolute condemnation by all sides of anybody who commits arson. What she said in her speech is important to press home, which is that if a group of people breaks into a premises and sets it on fire, it does not matter who actually lit the match, all potentially face a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (27 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total cost to date of the modular units built on State-owned lands itemised, by cost per unit and by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9216/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (27 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to and his views on a press release from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9370/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 523. To ask the Minister for Health to detail any changes in available public funding for wigs or hairpieces and post-mastectomy products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8911/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to concerns raised by persons (details supplied) in respect of the SET provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8460/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Parental Leave (22 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8442/24]