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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy was not listening in class.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: It has nothing to do with it.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (11 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: My Department is currently consulting with the Chief State Solicitor’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office in order to identify the most suitable approach for dealing with the issues arising at the Old Mud Dock in Galway. My Department will consider what actions are appropriate in light of final legal advice on these issues.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: My Department is seeking information on this matter and I will write to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (11 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides the statutory framework for the pyrite remediation scheme and while the Act provides that the scheme may, subject to my approval, be amended, replaced or revoked, this can only be done in accordance with the scope of the Act. Any proposal to amend the scheme would, in the first instance, be a matter for the Pyrite Resolution Board and any such proposal...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: That is a serious charge.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Is this a charade?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Deputy Shortall should respect the Chair.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: He is not on shaky ground.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: You will sort them out when you bring in the charges in 2016.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: It used to happen in the ESB.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: This is a conspiracy theory.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Deputy Mattie McGrath has had a few disputes himself.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: My Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet needs of tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. The administration of this funding is a matter for each local authority to manage. My Department has no role in individual cases.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Resolution Board Remit (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: My Department understands that a total of 17 houses in three local authority estates in County Mayo have been identified by Mayo County Council as having problems with the cracking of concrete blocks used in their construction. The majority of those dwellings appear to have been constructed between 2000 and 2002. Earl ier this year, my Department also met with a number of private homeowners...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants relating to, inter-alia, security of tenure, termination of tenancies, rent and rent reviews. The 2004 Act provides that rents may not be greater than the open market rate and may only be reviewed upward or downward once a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The prospective applicant contacted my Department in late September 2014 and provided some preliminary information in relation to a proposal to harvest seaweed and pump salt water in order to service seaweed baths at Murreagh, Ballydavid. As part of the pre-application process, further information was requested from the applicant on 29 September 2014in relation to his engagement with the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: I am aware of the issues facing some shared ownership households. In 2013, the Housing Agency was asked to conduct a standalone review of the shared ownership scheme, including identification of the main difficulties and recommendations for mitigating measures. While an initial draft of the review was received from the Agency, a number of issues have been identified that need further...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: It will meet EUROSTAT's criteria.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The assets are on the balance sheets of the local authorities.