Results 381-400 of 2,052 for speaker:Maria Bailey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)
Maria Bailey: I thank the Deputy. Does Ms Nic Aongusa wish to comment? If not, I will call Deputy Casey.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Rental Sector Strategy: Discussion (21 Feb 2017)
Maria Bailey: I thank Ms. Nic Aongusa. I wish to point out that this meeting clashed with a number of other committee meetings so some members could not stay for the duration. I ask that Ms Nic Aongusa would furnish the committee secretariat with any additional data she may have which can then be circulated to all committee members. I thank all of the witnesses who attended today and we look forward to...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members are requested to ensure that for the duration of the meeting their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on the device used. It is not sufficient to leave them in silent mode as this will maintain a level of interference with the broadcasting system. No apologies...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. I now call on Deputy Casey. We agreed that we would take it area by area, but as there are only a few of us here, does the Deputy want to ask about a particular area?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: Deputy Ellis is substituting for Deputy Ó Broin today. Does Deputy Ellis have any questions?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: What is the rationale behind choosing to build social housing, buy vacant units or buy on the market? Throughout the country there are different needs. Vacant units might be required more in Dublin than in Galway, Waterford or such places. Is there a blended approach behind that? Deputy Casey has already asked my second question.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: We are not going to talk about the Joint Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services here, we are merely talking about the Estimates.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: It is mainly about group water schemes. We have to keep to the topic, we are not getting into a water debate here.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: I have always been impartial in this Chair and I am saying in respect to our other colleagues, we will stick to the Estimates before us here today.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: Work away.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: The Minister is going to follow on with the other questions that were asked. We will not be going into a debate about the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: Deputy Coppinger, we are not getting into debate about the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: This is the Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. We are talking about the Estimates today.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: Deputy Coppinger, the Minister has answered your question. I have allowed leeway on both sides. We will move on to the Estimates, which is what we are here to debate.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: We are straying slightly because we are talking about the Estimates.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: We are talking about the Estimates today, Deputy, and it is an opportunity for the committee to engage with the Minister and his Department about information, accountability and transparency.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: The Minister might answer, but I do not think the latter question is relevant.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: We are only talking about the Estimates today. We are trying to focus on that, if that is okay with Deputy Healy-Rae.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: No problem. Are there any further questions for the Minister? I call the Minister, Deputy Coveney.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (Revised) (1 Mar 2017) Maria Bailey: If there are no further questions I thank the Minister and his officials for assisting the committee today with our consideration today of the Revised Estimates. I thank in particular the Minister, Deputy Coveney; and the Ministers of State, Deputies English and Catherine Byrne, as well as their officials.