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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason architectural technologists are excluded from signing design certificates and completion certificates under the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014, SI 9 of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14965/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken to ascertain the readiness of all Departments regarding compliance with the regulations, prior to the deferral of the implementation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 in respect of educational and hospital projects; if he received specific representations from the Departments of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if changes in public sector construction contract forms had any impact on the decision to defer the implementation of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 in respect of educational and hospital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15343/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department considered the potential negative impact which compliance with the public disclosure and lodgment requirements in the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 will have on FDI projects; if any State agencies made any representations in that regard, if so, if he will publish them; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 373. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that he has confirmed that he introduced the new building control regulations to respond to failures in the residential sector, the rationale behind the regulations being applied to all classes of building construction project, residential and non-residential alike; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the 504 submissions in respect of his draft regulations under the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014, published in summer 2012; if he considers the number of submissions received noteworthy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15219/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 385. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consultation his Department undertook with stakeholders outside the construction sector regarding the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15344/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has made any estimate of the number of self-build projects that may be delayed or abandoned due to the requirements imposed on self-builders in the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15346/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 388. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the RIAI has calculated that it will take an architect about 190 hours extra work to act as assigned certifier on domestic projects due to the requirements imposed on self-builders in the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014; if he agrees with this calculation;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 374. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department considered introducing a system of independent inspection of design and construction, such as can be seen operating in England and Wales, to be self-funded and at no cost to the taxpayer, which could offer improvements on the self-certification system, notwithstanding the submission to him by the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Panel Report Implementation (1 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he did not implement the pyrite report recommendations on the building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15345/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law Reform (2 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish in full the recommendations on the laws of insolvency applying to small and medium enterprises made to him by the Company Law Review Group; the way his Department has dealt with these recommendations to date; the steps he intends to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15456/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank all of the groups present. I have three years' worth of evidence that the Government has abandoned distressed mortgage holders. The groups before the committee and those who will appear before us later are trying to do their best to fill a gap. In the Chamber today the Taoiseach rubbished the idea that there could possibly be one repossession a day when, in fact, there are several,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Okay, Mr. Richie Boucher.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Okay, by the chief executive of Bank of Ireland and his henchmen. If one is a customer of AIB, that seems not to be the case. All the witnesses are dealing with cases on the ground. Will they flesh out how this inconsistency is playing out day-by-day for Irish citizens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Hall. May I ask the witnesses from FLAC and MABS to share their thoughts on this matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Chairman, how much time do I have remaining?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process: Discussion (2 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: We focus quite rightly on the banks that are behaving poorly. May I ask each of the delegates to comment on whether a bank or lender is worthy of recognition for acting well in this crisis?

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: The negative equity generation has fared very poorly under the Government which refuses to make child care affordable, while reducing child benefit. It forces people to pay property tax on their debts, while claiming it is a tax on wealth. It taxes on the double those who have become accidental landlords. It denies families the right to bid on their own mortgages, while selling these...

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: Bond yields are of no interest to the people who are fighting to save their houses. The problem lies in the Taoiseach's answer. He stated that recapitalisation of arrears and term extensions account for 60% of the offers made to date. Recapitalisation of arrears and term extensions are not sustainable for people who have too much debt. Both of those so-called solutions increase the total...