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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Will the Department make that inquiry, notify the committee and give us an answer to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: No. It is for people who sign off on that work. It is for the people who issue certificates and who declare that certain work is to a certain standard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Correct. There may be a situation where someone is told by his employer to sign off on something and that person might become the scapegoat. Is there a register of inspections? Is it available from local authorities for public perusal? If a register of inspections is available, is it subject to freedom of information legislation? I will understand if that information is not to hand now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Is a register kept of when the inspections are completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: While we are still in public session I move that we resolve that the new board will not have a representative from HomeBond and that, subject to the approval of the committee, we notify the Minister of that decision. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: It is up to you to push it but it is merely academic because, more than likely, they will refuse.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: I suggest we proceed with this line of action first. We may revisit it depending on the outcome of our proposal. I thank Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Beausang for their appearance and for assisting us in our deliberations. If I were to say that you are now free to go it might sound as if I were a trial judge. Anyway, with respect, your attendance is no longer required and I thank you for joining us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: We should reflect on this afternoon's interaction in advance of next week's meeting because there were several notable points. We may deliberate on it in the coming days and return to the committee with recommendations. We could do it during private session next week. At least four or five points stand out in my mind from the contributions this afternoon. I propose that we allow people to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: We have dealt with it already.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: We will go into private session to discuss that.

Statutory Sick Pay: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: I will outline the context of this debate. In the three years up to March 2011 when the Government took office, the retail jobs sector was in free-fall and 250,000 jobs were lost in that area. From the point of view of small businesses and what Government has done to support them, let me remind the House that the action plan for jobs has four critical areas, namely, starting a business,...

Statutory Sick Pay: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Can we have a copy of the Deputy's paper?

Statutory Sick Pay: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: What about the ideology of the DUP?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Driving Licences (23 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby a person holding an Australian licence with approved truck and bus categories can drive legally here but there is no similar cover for Irish licence holders in Australia; if his further attention has been drawn to the inconvenience it is causing to Irish citizens in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Relief (23 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will establish a national insurance scheme to provide cover for those persons who are most in need following the repeated flooding in Clonakilty, County Cork, over the past few months, in view of the fact that millions of euros of damages was caused to both business and residential properties, and that private insurance was unavailable to many affected;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (23 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of political parties in opposition that asked his Department to cost their pre-budget proposals and or their policies in respect of Budget 2012; if he will name the parties in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45864/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (23 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties caused by changes made to adjacent and non-adjacent rates of third level grants for some students in areas such as west Cork; his views on a system that awards the grant on a more graduated basis relative to distance from university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45944/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (23 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any vacancies at present in heritage and culture centres in the south-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45712/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Schemes (23 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans for dredging works at Rathbarry river, West Cork; if he will provide a timeline for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45898/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (23 Oct 2012)

Michael McCarthy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend legislation in relation to squatters' rights (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45950/12]