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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Would it be possible to get that breakdown from Mr. Armstrong?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: That would be better than having him read it out. I am trying to get my head around the process. How does a local authority choose the houses to retrofit to a B2 standard? Is a retrofit conducted as standard if there is a change of tenancy? Is that when the local authority would do the upgrade work? Do local authorities have to move tenants out? In order to get to a B2 rating, the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: The upgrade work happens while the tenants remain in the home.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Upgrades of 36,500 homes will be done. That leaves 100,000 that will not be done. Is that right? Has there been an assessment of all local authority housing? Have the BERs of each of those houses been established?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Many people are renting. Is it correct that landlords who wish to upgrade can evict their tenants to do so?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: My concern about energy efficiency measures is that the State is subsiding them. If we are subsidising a landlord to do up his or her house, which is what we want, we do not want tenants to be put at risk of eviction because of work that is being paid for, or at least subsidised, by the State. At the moment, landlords have to offer the tenancy back. I think the tenants who were in place...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: Does the Department collect data? Does it know the number of tenants that are offered their accommodation back? Does the landlord have to inform the Department? Is some data collection being conducted to ensure that is actually happening?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)
Jennifer Whitmore: That would be great.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: I have a few questions for the Minister of State. The first relates to what he just spoke about in regard to IFI. We will not go into it now but there are obviously issues if the entirety of a board resigns. That would illustrate that there are considerable issues with the entity. Is there a review planned of IFI and its functions? IFI is in a difficult position because it is responsible...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: Yes, absolutely. Are there any plans to do that? It is difficult to talk about it. The particular part of the Estimates relates to HR, and pay and salaries. Are there any plans for a review? Is there an allocation being set aside to facilitate that?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: Yes. Are the details of the review available?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: Yes.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: If the Minister of State wants to go into a bit of detail he can, but I am also happy for him to send on the information if the review has been published.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: I cannot find the relevant information. How much is being allocated for that?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: That is incredibly welcome because it is such an important area. A focus on barriers will free up other things. A third of the catchment in Wicklow is not accessible to any migratory fish because of barriers. I am working with IFI, the East Wicklow Rivers Trust and the council to try to remediate some of the barriers. It is fantastic to see the Department putting more focus on that, which...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. I had questions on two dumps, namely Whitestown and Bray, and the Avoca mines.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister of State mentioned ten illegal dumps. Whitestown is one such dump in Wicklow and the council was tasked with remediating it. There were questions over whether the council would be solely responsible in terms of paying for the remediation or the Department would contribute towards it. I am not sure whether that has been finalised. The Minister of State mentioned the...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: I am referring to the one in Whitestown.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: That would be great. The Avoca mines remediation programme is also mentioned in the Estimates.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (21 Feb 2023) Jennifer Whitmore: I thank the Minister of State. Does that mean the feasibility study for 2008 will be reviewed? Is there potential for a feasibility study to be rolled out, rather than simply having a maintenance programme for the Avoca mines? There is a lot of potential in the area.