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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: There is no evidence either way and there is no way we could know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Mr. Vaughan said not a single case has been brought to his attention.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I just wanted Mr. Vaughan to clarify that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We had better not diverge too much.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On a point I wanted to raise with the Department, Ms Neary referenced the RGII and the gas boiler installation. Quite a while back, a case was referred to in the Dáil where more than 100,000 gas boilers were found to have been installed illegally. That was in a sector which the Department has referenced as being quite regulated and where the standards have been reached. It was said...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I suppose I am pointing to the use of the regulation. At least, the regulation in that scenario has pointed up a big problem in that area. We could potentially have a similar problem in the plumbing area but, because of the lack of regulation, we will not know. Is that the point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That type of evidence is not being collected and we have no mechanism to collect that type of data at present.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am trying to surmise that even from the point of view of water, which we are looking at here, we do not seem to have such a regulatory regime where that type of issue would be picked up on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Nobody from the local authority or Irish Water has checked my radiator and water systems internally. It would be up to me to bring somebody in to look at my system to check whether this type of non-return valve issue is in my house.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: That would be testing a sample of the water.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: However, the onus is on the owner to check whether the system has been installed properly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The onus on the owner of the house to check.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Central Heating Systems: Regulation of Plumbing Standards (7 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I merely wanted to be clear. Would any of the witnesses like to add anything or are they happy enough? On behalf of the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions, I thank the witnesses for attending today and for engaging with the committee on this issue.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (8 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Táim thar a bheith buíoch di as teacht isteach ar an gceist seo. I hope the Minister of State is aware of the current crisis in the psychiatric services in Galway. I know she is aware of the issue that arose at that hospital last May, which led to nurses taking industrial action in relation to health and safety and staffing...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (8 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I agree with the Minister of State’s initial statement about distressed people in situations of suicide. The family’s question is how was such a person allowed to leave the place.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (8 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It should not be happening and we need to examine that another day. The one phrase in the Minister of State’s reply I take umbrage with is: “Any indication that Galway mental health service is an unsafe service is unfounded, . . .”. After a weekend like last weekend when an acute psychiatric unit was short four nurses and the nurses feel patient safety and their own...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services (8 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Is it not ultimately the Minister of State's responsibility?
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government did nothing.
- Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The Government has been in place for four and a half years and has done nothing.