Results 1-20 of 287 for cork speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HIQA Report 2022: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...are older buildings, are more than one storey high, and have annexes, mezzanines and all sorts of historic construction. The problem seems to be, in the case of the one we are talking about in Cork, that the risks identified in the centre's own fire safety risk assessment carried out in November 2021 have not been mitigated. In other words, there have been serious fire safety issues with...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...the councillors want is not happening. I believe this is a fundamental way to bring about this change. I will provide a bit of history. The first county manager was the county manager of Cork under the Cork City Management Bill 1929. The Minister of State will be delighted to hear that the person who got that position was a seven-times mayor of Drogheda named Philip Monahan. He...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Pensions and Social Security: Discussion (20 Apr 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...Farry, MP. On behalf of the committee I welcome, online, Dr. Ciara Fitzpatrick, lecturer in law at Ulster University, and, in person, Dr. Tom Boland, lecturer in sociology at University College Cork, to discuss the social protection systems on both sides of the Border and how they might operate in a unified or federal state. I will explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Fergus O'Dowd: On the last point, Louth County Council are leading the way. I do not know what is happening in Cork but Louth County Council identified over 100 abandoned homes and renovated them at an average cost of €100,000 per home. All of those homes are occupied and families are living in them. I agree with Deputy Cian O'Callaghan that we need a tax on empty homes. It is something for which...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...to protect vulnerable people in homes and care situations? Will he have a public inquiry to support the needs of broken-hearted families who lost loved ones in nursing homes like Ballynoe in County Cork and Dealgan House in County Louth, given there were shocking and unacceptable death levels in those homes and a lack of care?

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...are fully committed to powering their data centres renewably. If the Social Democrats did further analysis they might find that Amazon announced two renewable energy projects in 2019, in Donegal and Cork, and a third one in 2020. These three projects together will bring renewable energy to the Irish grid which would be the equivalent of powering 180,000 Irish homes. These three Amazon...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (26 Nov 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections of private rented accommodation carried out by Louth, Meath, Limerick, Kildare, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal county councils, Cork City Council, Fingal County Council and South Dublin County Council in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; the findings of the inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...have been ordered points to a very significant development in this regard. The programme for Government also provides for improvements to the Dublin-Belfast rail line and improved rail links to Cork. These works are extremely welcome and necessary. I take this opportunity to highlight the significant concern in County Louth in regard to the discrimination of commuters from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Nov 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...No. 2019/546a is an email from our Vice Chairman, Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe, attaching for the consideration of the committee No. 2019/546b, a letter from Mr. Niall McCarthy, managing director of Cork Airport, regarding statements made at a joint committee meeting. Deputy O'Keeffe is not here at the moment but he may raise this when he comes in, with the agreement of other members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing Minority Sports: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Next is Deputy O'Keeffe. He is from Cork, in case our guests did not know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: ..., and has done so, and has stated that further tranches will be needed and that this is done in a transparent and open way. I have looked at the figures in the HAP update for 2018. Apart from Cork County Council, the highest number of HAP tenancies are actually in County Louth. That is amazing, I had not realised the number was so large. That is significant. The Minister had a rent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: The committee agreed to note it. The correspondent refers to the Cork service-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...secretary of the Taxi Dispatch Operators Representative Association, TDORA; Mr. Vinny Kearns, chief executive of Xpert Taxis Limited, Dublin; Mr. Der Calnan, managing director of Satellite Taxis, Cork; Mr. Eric O’Brien, chief executive of Rapid Cabs, Waterford; Mr. Gerard Macken of Taxi Alliance Ireland; and Mr. Jim Waldron of the National Private Hire Taxi Association. By virtue of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister said the cards are issued on request. While I acknowledge that people living in west Cork might not cross the Border very often, those of us living in Border counties certainly will. It is important, therefore, that people living in Border counties be automatically issued with one because they cross the Border day in, day out. Otherwise, there will be delays on private...

Directly Elected Mayors: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: What about the north Cork militia putting Wexford down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Corporate Governance Framework of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Senator Mark Daly's question is helpful. We are arranging for the committee to visit Cork soon. It would also be happy to visit Rosslare to meet and raise these issues with management.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...I live in Drogheda. That is followed by Swords, Dundalk, Bray, Navan and Kilkenny. There are new changes in local government and I recognise the Minister of State has support of Members from Cork and other places for what he is doing. I accept and acknowledge that it will not be possible in this Bill to get the outcome I want, but the Minister of State can start the process by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...was the Minister had dropped out and the slot had become vacant. Excuse me, that is a reference to today's meeting. The Vice Chairman who is a member of the Deputy's party had organised a trip to Cork on that date which did not go ahead as there was a problem with the date which had been fixed and there was nothing other than the visit to Cork arranged for that day. When it was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I would be happy if the Deputy could give us a proposal in that regard. The meeting happened because I was trying to support the views of members of the committee, as expressed to me. The visit to Cork had been cancelled and we wanted to do something productive. I am delighted the Deputy has raised this issue and I am very happy for it to be included in the work programme. I am very happy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...may wish to attend. It is fine if they do. No. 2018/354 is an email dated 9 November from Michelle Carpenter concerning a possible upcoming committee meeting at the National Rowing Centre in Cork organised by our Vice Chairman. We will make sure that happens when we visit Cork, which I hope will be soon. No. 2018/355 is from Hugh Creegan of the National Transport Authority...