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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (22 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I understand that Kildare County Council is liaising with the Millfield Hawthorns Representative Group on an ongoing basis in an effort to be of support and assistance to residents at this difficult time. Part B of the Building Regulations sets out the statutory standards of fire safety that apply when a new building is constructed in order to ensure the safety of persons in and about the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (22 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I fully appreciate and acknowledge the extremely difficult and distressing situations that certain homeowners in Donegal are facing on account of damage to the structural integrity of their homes. It was against this background that I met with a number of the affected homeowners earlier this year; my Department also met with a number of the affected homeowners in early December 2014. At...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Numbers (23 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Building Control Act 1990 places a statutory obligation on owners, designers and builders to ensure that a building is designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements of the Building Regulations. No special provisions relating to emergency accommodation per se are outlined under the Building Control Act 1990 or the regulations made thereunder. However, given that such...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The decision as to whether to grant planning permission in any particular case is a matter for the relevant planning authority, in the first instance, and for An Bord Pleanála in the event of an appeal. In making decisions on planning applications, planning authorities and the Board must consider the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, having regard to the provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (24 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Part 3 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 provides for a new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines, similar to the schemes currently operating for local authority apartments and certain new local authority houses. The Government’s Social Housing Strategy 2020includes a commitment to make the Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (29 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The property referred to in the Question is part of a local authority scheme of social and affordable housing units. Responsibility for the procurement of such developments and for their compliance with all statutory obligations is a matter for the relevant housing authority, in this case Fingal County Council. I note that the matters raised in the Question have already been the subject of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (29 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The purpose of the pilot project concerned was to identify the extent of problems arising from developer-provided water services infrastructure nationally, a range of possible solutions and the potential costs involved. The project’s Steering Group was comprised of my Department, representatives of Irish Water, the County and City Management Association and the EPA. Based on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (29 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The review, or revision, of national standards is a matter for the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI). However, I understand that in August 2015, the NSAI initiated a review of I.S. 398 -1:2013 Reactive pyrite in sub-floor hardcore material – Part 1: Testing and Categorisation Protocolin the light of practical experience since the standard was first introduced in January...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (29 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The pyrite remediation scheme is first and foremost a works scheme aimed at the repair of dwellings affected by significant damage attributable to pyritic heave in the subfloor hardcore material. Under the scheme, remedial works are typically confined to the removal of hardcore from under the ground floor of the dwelling and from within 500 mm of the perimeter of the dwelling. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (29 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Pyrite Resolution Board reached an agreement with HomeBond in mid-June 2014 which set out the voluntary contribution that HomeBond would make to the implementation/administration of the pyrite remediation scheme. The agreement sets out the contribution to the value of €2 million by way of staffing and services in the following areas: - to provide assistance to the Pyrite...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (29 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: While I fully appreciate and acknowledge the extremely difficult and distressing situations that certain homeowners in Donegal are facing on account of damage to the structural integrity of their homes, in general, building defects are matters for resolution between the relevant contracting parties, i.e. the homeowner, the builder, the materials supplier and/or their respective insurers. In...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (29 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: My Department has prepared a technical report in connection with the issues raised by the Mica Action Group on the structural problems affecting certain houses in north Donegal which appear to be related to the use of defective blocks in the construction of those homes. This report was prepared following my visit, earlier this year, to a number of the affected homes to view first-hand the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The proposed amendment seeks to ensure that Ministers responsible for sectoral mitigation measures cannot revise downward any mitigation targets contained in a national mitigation plan. This, unfortunately, is to misunderstand the nature of the national mitigation plan, which is designed to specify how greenhouse gas emission reductions are to be achieved and not the quantum of reductions to...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 37:In page 7, line 18, to delete "Expert Advisory Council" and substitute "Advisory Council".

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: This amendment calls for the phrase "have regard to" to be replaced with, inter alia, "comply" in section 4(7) of the Bill. With due respect, I do not believe this amendment makes sense as there are competing considerations when developing a national mitigation plan, all of which cannot be complied with fully at the same time. Accordingly, I believe the phrase "have regard to" is the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Amendments Nos. 42 and 43 are grouped. These proposed amendments call for the inclusion of a reference to the management of soil carbon and the protection and rewetting of wetlands when the Minister, Deputy Kelly and the Government perform their functions under section 4. In the first instance, I fully accept that both the management of soil carbon and the protection and rewetting of...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 44:In page 8, line 17, to delete "and". This is purely a technical amendment to facilitate the inclusion of amendment No. 46 and should be read in consultation with that amendment.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 45:In page 8, line 18, to delete "Expert Advisory Council." and substitute "Advisory Council,".

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 46:In page 8, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:"(j) mitigation measures, specified in a notification to the Minister or the Government under subsection (13), and (k) the protection of public health.". This amendment seeks to incorporate the initiatives and experiences of local authorities in implementing greenhouse gas emission reduction measures when...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 48:In page 8, line 29, to delete "Expert Advisory Council" and substitute "Advisory Council".