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Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: This has been an interesting debate. We all agree that major investment is needed in water, which is a national resource, but we disagree on how we should deliver that investment. The Government has made it clear how it will do so by establishing a national utility called Irish Water. We are not reinventing the wheel. Back in the 1990s, a national utility, the ESB, had paper records in...

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The Government is not reinventing the wheel. Neither the Deputy nor any Member has called for a referendum on whether the ESB should be privatised. I have never heard him praise how the company performed, but we are all proud of the work it has done. We are trying to emulate a system that works rather than adopt the Deputy's proposal, which is to increase investment in water services...

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: -----or he wants to take the money from other departmental budgets, whether that is health, education or social protection, which the Government is working to protect. There are options, and the Government has come up with a workable solution that has worked previously. That is what the debate should be about. Whether it is this Government or a future Government, future generations will...

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The Government is determined to develop a national water infrastructure of which we call be proud, and I fully support everything being done in that regard. I would like to correct the record regarding statements made by the Sinn Féin representative. Earlier in the debate, Deputy Stanley named Mr. Alex Atwood as the Northern Ireland environment Minister. He resigned his position on 16...

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy had the wrong man. I thought he would have been on top of this and what is happening in Northern Ireland, but obviously he is not. I am galled by the hypocrisy of Sinn Féin in respect of water services. A total of 35,000 water meters have been installed in the Six Counties, which represents a significant investment, yet Sinn Féin Members criticise the Government in...

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: What happened during the week?

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: It is called democracy.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: It is a history lesson.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: How are we to meet the framework? What about the previous Government?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: My Department provides capital allocations to each Local Authority under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. The schemes are 80% funded by my Department, with a 20% contribution from the local authority. The detailed administration of these schemes, including the assessment, approval and payment of grants to applicants, is the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Legal complexities have arisen in this case which require advice from the Chief State Solicitor’s Office. Subject to this, my Department will continue to work to complete its consideration of the matter as soon as possible.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin trades in misery.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin's economic policies would drive them out of the country.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Construction Industry Register Ireland (18 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Owners and builders have a duty of care to engage competent persons to undertake building works on their behalf and are now required, in line with amended building control regulations introduced earlier this year, to sign a statutory undertaking confirming their intentions in this regard prior to commencing works. In order to facilitate consumers in appointing competent persons, a register of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (18 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 524 and 525 together. The Government’s National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016sets out the broad framework for the delivery of housing supports for people with disabilities. It is committed to transparency and incorporates a reporting regime within its Implementation Framework . This regime is overseen by an Implementation...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (18 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Regulations 6, 7 and 8 of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 came into effect for all residential rented accommodation on 1 February 2013. The purpose of Regulation 6 is to ensure that each rental property has exclusive access to its own sanitary facilities and that those facilities are contained within the dwelling unit. Regulation 7 relates to effective heating which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (18 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: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (18 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 556 together. Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for a new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses which will replace the 1995 scheme and the once–off 2011 scheme, which closed in June 2014 and June 2013 respectively. Discounts of 3% per year of reckonable tenancy, up to a maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (18 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Under the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2014 and the Building Control Regulations made thereunder, all new apartments require a Fire Safety Certificate (FSC) issued by the local Building Control Authority. The FSC certifies that the building, if constructed in accordance with the plans and documentation submitted, will comply with the requirements of Part B of the Building Regulations. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (18 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 541 and 542 together. The amendment s to the Building Control Regulations introduced through S.I. No. 9 of 2014 have greatly strengthened the arrangements in place for the control of building activity by requiring accountability for compliance with Building Regulations in the form of statutory certification of design and construction, lodgement of compliance...