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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is it fit for purpose now? Can we be assured it is fit for purpose with all that Mr. Wickham has described?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When Mr. Wickham says "market surveillance" are there checks so the Government can stand over it in terms of regulations? One of the biggest surprises we got when we started looking at this, because we automatically assumed the materials coming out of the quarry were insured, guaranteed or regulated, was that we quickly realised that everything, from the noise to the environment and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What responsibility does the Government have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Who checks it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If we were in a similar situation today, who would be responsible if it were found out that the materials used to build houses came from certain quarries, with regard to €2.2 billion, at least, that must be paid out now? Would it be insurance companies? Would it be the quarries? Who would it be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Are we leaving all this to the markets? Mr. Wickham keeps repeating the word "market". Are we really leaving oversight to the industry and the markets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It would be criminal to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Was it a crime when the materials were supplied for all the homes that have been impacted and we are dealing with here and now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Mr. Wickham is saying it was not a crime then but it would be a crime now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is the reason it was not a crime then based on the fact that it was not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Does Mr. Wickham see why it is difficult for people to have confidence when we have the layers and layers of responsibility that he is talking about? It is just very difficult to get to who is responsible and who would be responsible if there were to be a similar situation again. Let us take the example of someone who has their home built today and it is built with materials coming out of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I just wonder how it is that there is nobody who can be sued now in relation to what has happened here. This is costing taxpayers over €2.2 billion. Mr. Wickham is saying that everything was compliant at the time and that everybody was responsible but nobody was responsible. I am just not sure what would happen if the same problem were to occur today. When Mr. Wickham says it would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes, that would be helpful. The opening statement from the Central Bank states: "We also note the clarifications provided to the Department by the representative bodies on how the scheme should work to ensure renovated properties can meet the standard criteria for mortgage and home insurance applications." Will Mr. Murphy speak further to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. I thank Mr. Murphy. I will not continue. I thank all the witnesses for coming in and for their engagement on such a serious matter. We will have further engagement on it, including next week at the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is very important that this question on the external messaging is answered first. I will then add a small bit to that. Deputy Doherty covered a lot of what I was going to say.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I believe the Minister is constraining himself in a way he does not need to in the approach to that. Everybody welcomes the principle of setting up these funds but the devil is in the detail. It is awfully important that we look not only at this year and next year but the years beyond that. On the Minister's concerns around the three options and the lack of flexibility I suggest the way...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There is a conflict here. We need to look at the long-term impact on the children who are now being born and those who are growing up in emergency accommodation and unsuitable accommodation. The cost of not investing in housing to provide a home for those children will be huge in the long term. We will have to meet that cost at the same time as all the other costs the Minister mentioned,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I absolutely believe that Deputy Durkan is 100% right. A long-standing Government TD is now saying that it is time to call an emergency. The only thing I would disagree on is that it is actually past time to call an emergency in light of what is happening. I agree 100% that the thresholds are too low. A great many hardworking families in my constituency and across the board are trapped in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: No, you do not have to apologise. Does Mr. Wickham see that when there is a chain of responsibility, when everybody is responsible, then nobody is responsible? Mr. Wickham is just going to keep repeating that there are different layers in place. He has pointed this out and it is on the record. I am still at a loss, however, to know why independent tests are not done by the Government when...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I look forward to seeing greater detail in the Estimates so that we can do further scrutiny of where things are at and what the plans are for the future.