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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: Professor Paul Dunlop and Dr. Eileen Doherty have done a great deal of research with which Mr. Owens is undoubtedly familiar. Much research has been done. Meanwhile, homeowners have to wait. Just to confirm, did Mr. Owens say that 75% of decisions made under the first scheme by members of his organisation were overturned by the Housing Agency?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: Give me that figure again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: What did they say?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: Correct, but would Mr. Owens agree that it is still a high figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: Are there different parameters for engineers in the Housing Agency compared with freelance engineers who are members of Mr. Owens’s organisation? Are there different ways of measuring?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: I will not ask for the witnesses’ opinions as engineers, since engineering is pretty black and white in terms of what is structurally sound and unsound. The language used at this meeting has been consistent. The words “potentially” and “the future” have been used. If there is potential for the further weakening of a structure, that is, the inside block,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: From the words the witnesses have chosen to use, none of us needs to be convinced about the enormity of this problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: That is the difficulty. This meeting is not just about what is going to happen in the next couple of weeks or months; it is about the damage that has been done over the past ten years. I would like us to take two steps today. First, we must ensure that a strong message about where the pressure points lie is sent to the Department. Second, Mr. Hayes made an important intervention about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: If the Leas-Chathaoirleach could use his wisdom – he has a right bit of that, having heard him at various meetings – expertise and influence to try to bring all of the stakeholders around the table, that would be a good day’s work. I would ask him at a personal level to do that. We all know where we are at with this scheme. There is a confidence issue at the moment,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: On a point of information, it was done here at one stage in some of our third level institutions, not in universities, but it has not been done for a long time. I agree that it is ridiculous that these samples have to be sent across the water.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Joe McHugh: Yes, exactly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 Apr 2024)

Joe McHugh: 588. To ask the Minister for Health when the diagnostics for bloods will be reinstated for GPs in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17434/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Apr 2024)

Joe McHugh: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the reason dermatology services at Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital have not been included as priority areas of focus in the national waiting list action plan, given the high proportion of patients waiting over 18 months, per the National Treatment Purchase Fund, for dermatology services in both hospitals; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Apr 2024)

Joe McHugh: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied) in Donegal to address the current crisis in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18075/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (16 Apr 2024)

Joe McHugh: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) is signed up to the contingent reimbursement model code; if the company has an Irish banking licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16500/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (16 Apr 2024)

Joe McHugh: 399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will be initiating the six-month review of the Defective Concrete Block Scheme, which was promised and committed to almost one year ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16506/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Rights of Way (9 Apr 2024)

Joe McHugh: 556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to engage through her officials with Donegal County Council to enable discussions in finding a sensible solution with regard to a road and established right-of-way at Ballyconnell in Falcarragh, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15484/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 Apr 2024)

Joe McHugh: 718. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next sub-group meeting regarding defective blocks will happen; if he will consider up-front payments to homeowners who are currently struggling with finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15476/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Joe McHugh: I appreciate the Cathaoirleach facilitating my contribution as I am not a member. I have one important question. I assume the committee has asked it. Why are the housing officials not here?