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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Drogheda is the largest town in Ireland with 40,000 people living in the town and at least 40,000 more living in the surrounding area. We have no driving test centre. We need the Minister to get onto the Road Safety Authority to do its job because so far it is neglecting our town. There are 41 driving test centres around the country. Some are in GAA clubs and hotels. There is even one in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: He is of course.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: There is reluctance.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: Exactly.

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...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: -----and they are a real danger. We have had very heavy rain in the recent past - it has been unusual and exceptional - but the response from the local authorities is not good enough. There is a road out by Termonfeckin. Deputy Ó Murchú might know it if he travels there.

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is appalling. People ring me every day with their tyres bust and nothing in their mind but anger at the lack of conviction of the council to make it safe. As regards road safety, we have a lot more to do. Let us do it.

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is a very important debate. I welcome the Minister of State and the comments I have heard so far. Much more needs to be done because far too many lives are being lost. The more people who die in tragic circumstances, the more appalling the vista for the families affected and the people who are injured as a result of road traffic accidents. Tens of thousands of people have significant...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: The decision by the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to remove Drogheda's only hotel of scale from public use continues to cause anger and frustration locally. This decision, made without consultation with tourism and business interests, is causing absolute havoc among people in Drogheda in terms of how they consider themselves to be viewed by the Government. I have been asked to invite the...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is an important debate. When people start talking about pensions, the eyes, especially of young people, tend to glaze over. They do not think about the future until they get nearer to that age, as some of us have. Some of us have passed it. I am ten years past 65 at this stage but I am lucky because I have my health and a good job and I am happy with that, but many people do not have...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is not simple. What will you do in Drogheda?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: But you have done that.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: What happens in the meantime?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is not good enough at all.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have a lot to say in a very short time. I repeat that Drogheda people are extremely angry and dismayed by the decision of the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, to remove the only remaining hotel of scale in Drogheda, the D Hotel, from public use. The Government has acknowledged that this will not happen in any other town but that means nothing to the people of Drogheda. We continue to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the details on how he and his Department will simplify and enhance the application process and application timelines for the Croí Cónaithe scheme considering the very worrying figures reported in a paper (details supplied) on the number of applicants who have successfully drawn down funding on the scheme;...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: I congratulate the Taoiseach on his work as Taoiseach. I wish him well for the future and thank him for his friendship and his availability at all times. The Government policy on international protection applicants is not working. We have had two fiascoes recently - the situation in Dublin with tents on the streets being removed in the middle of the night to a place where people do not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: By the local authority. It was by the local authority.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is not true Minister. That is not true.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Feb 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: No, your Department told me that was not the case.