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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: That concludes our consideration of the 2013 Estimates.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: We will now consider the report of the pyrite panel. I invite the Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, to address the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: I welcome, from the Department, Mr. Aidan O'Connor and Ms Marion Kiernan. I will lead off with two questions, the first of which is whether the Minister can envisage an estimated timeframe for a conclusion. Second, does the Minister believe the solution will be imposed by him, as opposed to being led by the sectors to which he referred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: I hope I have set a precedent by asking two clear and short questions. I will now take questions from members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: The Deputy should ask the question so that we can move on to the other questioners.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: That amounts to five questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: One final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Deputy, hold on a second.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Excuse me, Deputy; there are other questioners who wish to ask questions. We have gone over time because the Deputy took ten minutes in the first section of this meeting. Every other questioner was told to take the appropriate amount of time and to be fair to the other members, some of whom have been present since 2.15 p.m. I ask the Deputy just to ask the questions, as he has asked six....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: That is not a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: The Deputy has the indulgence of the committee to ask her questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Deputy, we are not going back over the report. The Deputy can ask questions based on the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: I know that but will the Deputy ask the Minister a question? The Deputy is not a member of the committee. Instead, she has the indulgence of the committee to ask questions based on the Minister’s presentation. I said that in deference to the other speakers. The committee is already over time and we must deal with the Estimates after this meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: The Minister, without interruption.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: That was the question I was going to ask. A number of weeks ago the committee wrote to the Minister about a recommendation it made based on extensive discussion, that is, the reappointment of a person from HomeBond on the Buildings Regulation Advisory Board. It was the view of the committee, given the manner in which HomeBond approached the issue, specifically its absolute refusal to come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Report of Pyrite Panel: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: I have here a piece of pyrite-affected stone. When one sees its colour, one would ask oneself how it ever left a quarry. Given the misery inflicted, it is beyond belief how quality control analysts ever allowed it to travel beyond the quarries. I acknowledge the work the Minister, Deputy Hogan, has done in setting up that panel, producing this report and making progress. For some, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: I welcome the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Deenihan, the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, and their officials. I do not think there is a need for me to go through the procedures relating to the giving of evidence at committees - the issues of defamation and parliamentary privilege, etc. - because the Minister and the Minister of State are aware of them....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Deputy Ó Cuív is substituting for Deputy Ó Fearghaíl and on that basis I will call him before calling Senator Fiach Mac Conghail. I ask Deputy Ó Cuív to put his questions and to bear in mind that colleagues have been here since 2.15 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Ar aghaidh leat le do thoil.