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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the publication of a report regarding the development of a pathway to redress for victims of convicted sexual abusers commissioned following the passage of a Private Member's motion in Dáil Éireann on 4 July 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45035/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 1171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position with regard to the need for structural assessments for 22 houses constructed by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44974/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 1217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the reinstatement of a monument (details supplied). [44766/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister said he is going to pursue Western Building Systems. I encouraged him to do that when I met him last week and I still encourage him to do that. It is very important. I previously expressed concerns that it seems to have taken three years simply to issue proceedings in court in regard to issues with fire safety certificates. I am concerned about that as well the Statute of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: What is the clerk of works doing if he or she is not checking that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: On that point, would the architects, engineers and project managers employed by the Department to issue a certificate of completion have had any responsibility? Would the Department have expected them to check the most serious issues and not just items such as toilet roll holders? One of the items on the snag list was to finish the painting of gas pipes. Are those concerned not considering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: For the snag list for a three-bedroom semi-detached house, the buyer might or might not get an architect. In this case, the Department got a project management company, mechanical, electrical, lighting and energy consultants, and a leading firm of architects. Therefore, quite detailed inspections were done of Ardgillan college by the Department before the money was issued, yet it did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I have been in contact with the local authorities about investigations. As far as I know, they are the ones that deal with them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: We all were invited to Tullamore and only two of us went to Tullamore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Can I ask a question similar to that posed by Deputy Boyd Barrett?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Closures: Discussion with Minister for Education and Skills (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: In the past two years, did Engineers Ireland or any similar organisation warn the Minister for Education and Skills or his Department about Western Building Systems in the context of Ardgillan Community College? Did anyone specifically warn them about any other buildings issues within the past year or so?

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: To clarify, does the Minister have six minutes to answer?

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: May I make a statement for a couple of minutes beforehand?

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: That is fine. I wished only to clarify the rules.

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I will use my six minutes to ask questions and get answers.

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: If I use less than a minute, may I ask another question?

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Three questions in one minute would be 20 seconds per question.

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: We have six minutes back and forth.

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: We each have six minutes back and forth.

Structural Assessments of Schools: Statements (7 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: We can ask as many questions as we wish within the six minutes, which is great. Does the Minister accept there was a cover-up regarding fire safety audits before his time in the Department, and that it is only as a result of freedom of information requests and the Information Commissioner's decision on journalists, that this issue was discovered?