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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 700. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the works to provide Arklow, County Wicklow, with a wastewater treatment plant, and a full programme of work from now until completion, in view of the Environmental Protection Agency's report on urban waste water treatment which estimates the completion date for secondary treatment required by the...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Yesterday, the Taoiseach told Members that a group within An Garda Síochána, perhaps a secret group, has been bugging gardaí, Irish citizens and their lawyers for several decades. When I heard this, it sounded to me like the actions of the old Stasi in East Germany. As all Members are aware, the implications for cases before the courts and for existing sentences are unknown...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer. To be clear, I do not question any of the Taoiseach's actions in this regard. The Taoiseach is known as a man who values loyalty and is known as a man who is loyal to his friends and colleagues, which is admirable. However, this issue is not about loyalty. This is about an incredibly difficult and important piece of work that must be done to drive...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: -----to attack GSOC, to attack the media, to lay blame at the door of the Attorney General and to lay blame at the door of his own officials. That is what he did. He did not use the opportunity to accept any responsibility whatsoever for what has happened. Members have found out that the Garda, Irish citizens and their lawyers have been systematically bugged-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: -----and this was known in June 2013. However, when the Minister, Deputy Shatter, came into the Chamber today he did not accept any responsibility for not knowing that. He did not use the opportunity to withdraw his remarks about the whistleblowers, nor did he use the opportunity to address the remarks of the Commissioner.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Rightly or wrongly, the Minister, Deputy Shatter, no longer commands the respect of the groups of people whose respect he must command to do the job that must be done. It is for this reason that I and many other people believe he must now step back. I agree with the Taoiseach, as I am sure does every Member of this House, that the integrity of and public trust in An Garda Síochána...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: This was in secret. It is called bugging.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Someone was secretly recording.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Radio Spectrum Management (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the white space digital frequencies currently unused in the Irish spectrum; his plans to use this bandwidth, and if he will outline any analysis that his Department has undertaken as to the potential economic benefits of using these frequencies, or the potential for interference to legitimate primary...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for deferring implementation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014; in respect of educational and hospital projects, if he will provide all data and analysis used to reach this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14231/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 128. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on deferring the implementation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 in respect of educational and hospital projects on all public sector projects, including social housing, art buildings, State offices and more, above and beyond educational and hospital projects; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 129. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on extending the implementation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 in respect of educational and hospital projects to cover crèches, child care facilities, old people's homes and convalescent homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14233/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider extending the implementation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 in respect of educational and hospital projects to cover all publicly funded housing projects in view of the skills in local authority engineering and architecture departments and their effective management of housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the Governments’ drive to increase construction sector employment and the decision to defer the implementation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 in respect of educational and hospital projects, if he will commit to monitoring month-on-month changes to commencement notices lodged after...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 132. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the builder’s undertaking on the certificate on completion according to the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 is to be signed by the principal or director of a building company only, if he will explain the status of a private person, such as a self-builder, in relation to this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he consulted with the architects’ representative body before announcing that the cost to a self-builder of employing a design certifier and an assigned certifier in respect of a domestic project will be between €1,000 and €3,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14237/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that the uncertainty surrounding the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 regarding project completion may have a detrimental effect on small and medium sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14238/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I will begin where Deputy Doherty left off. I would love to share Mr. Newton's optimism but I do not trust the European Commission for one second, given all that it has been party to in respect of this country. Nor do I trust the Government, because the Minister, Deputy Noonan, has no difficulty allowing sales to happen without any protections of the type of which Mr. Newton speaks. For...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: It is not. Deputy Doherty has covered this. That may be what will be contained in the Bill, but it is clear that Bank of Ireland will have a requirement to sell on many of these assets and it is not true to state that all we are looking at here is a transfer from ICS to Bank of Ireland. We are clearly looking at a transfer from ICS to Bank of Ireland to a third party. I cannot think of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Central Bank Bill 2014: Department of Finance (26 Mar 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I appreciate that it is not a foregone conclusion, although it would be most peculiar for any commercial entity to purchase a platform and not have a mortgage book behind that platform already working away. That would be a bizarre situation. While I accept that it is not a foregone conclusion, it is highly likely. One will not buy a platform without bringing the mortgage book in with it....