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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There are 284. I am asking because I think there is great potential there, not only potential in terms of housing people who are on the waiting list but also for the revival of towns and small villages. I think our concentration needs to be there over the next 12 months or so. I also want to ask around local authority houses that are impacted by pyrite, in particular houses that are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will people get alternative accommodation if they are in houses that are very badly impacted? Will they be offered alternative accommodation by Mayo County Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I completely understand that. What Mr. Gilligan is saying is that the council is dependent on the Government giving the council the resources to be able to address the situation for council tenants in Mayo who are impacted by pyrite.

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this important motion. That is not surprising, seeing as I come from County Mayo, where we have many coastal communities. Those communities are in places such as Erris, Achill, Clare Island, Ballycastle, Porturlin and right along the coast. One of the major concerns they have had for years is that they have had to stand and watch as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Minster for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the potential impact of change to company vehicle benefit-in-kind rules from 1 January 2023 on workers and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62121/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify that a special needs assistant is not a qualifying or eligible profession for flat-rate expense allowances; the reason this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: InterTradeIreland (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the allocation under budget 2023 for InterTradeIreland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3218/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the total allocation under the Student Assistance Fund provided to each higher education institution for the past three academic years, including 2022-2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2949/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the €1,000 fee reduction to students who have moved courses and were required to pay higher fees as a result of repeating a year at undergraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2950/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plumbing apprentices who fail the colour vision test are unable to continue with the apprenticeship even if they can benefit from corrective lenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2951/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons based at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [3004/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in the maternity department of Mayo University Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [3005/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of orthodontists employed by the HSE for primary care orthodontic services in County Mayo by year from 2018 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [3006/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 583. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to open a walk-in warfarin clinic in County Mayo. [3007/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will start by asking short questions. I am just trying to capture the demand and whether that includes HAP and RAS.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If a couple with two children earn any more than €35,000, they are not included for either affordable housing or social housing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When can local authority tenants who are in houses that are not fit for living in because they are impacted by pyrite expect to have alternative accommodation? Can Mr. Gilligan give us some type of a timeline?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (26 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the recently announced Celtic tiger building defects redress scheme will apply retrospectively; if the same terms will be extended to homeowners in County Mayo and other counties effected by mica and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3718/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (26 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Question No. 158 is on retrospectiveness. I very much welcomed the Minister when he said retrospectiveness would be considered in the building defects redress scheme, as did the people in Mayo and Donegal. I want to tease that out further with the Minister. He said earlier that it was provided the work was certified. Will he better explain what we need to do? We need to give homeowners,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (26 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for his clarifications around retrospectiveness. We will work with him to get that right. One thing I want to flag is that it would be grossly unjust if there were to be a time limit or an arbitrary cut-off point on that. Once the work can be certified and assessed in advance, testing has occurred and you have the engineer's report, there should be no time limit on it.