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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will explain the reason I am asking that. I refer, for example, to building control in Dublin city. Dublin City Council inspects 100% of all multi-unit developments. It does not have to do so. The protocol requires about 15%. This means that there are two checks. There are the assigned certifiers, the design certifiers, but there is also the local authority. It would seem that in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: In this particular area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Ms Phelan is indicating that there are not necessarily the skills or competence. Is there the requisite number of staff? Seventy sounds like a lot until it is divided among 31 local authorities, some of which have a significant amount of activity. Is that a sufficient number of people to undertake the work that we are talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: How many full-time building control officers do we have in the local authority system? Is Ms Phelan saying it is fewer than 70?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Do we have a number?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Which ten bodies are involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh for his patience with us. There are some of us who, while we acknowledge much has changed, are aware there are also things that have not changed. While it is slightly tangential to today's discussion, I have a very large building in my own constituency that has been fully occupied without a single completion certificate for many years and there does not seem to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: In terms of that specific issue which Ms Phelan raised, which I thought was very important, that even when one checks all of that a block that meets the standard may not be fit for purpose for use in certain locations or certain buildings, is that set out for building control officers in technical guidance documents? Ms Neary wants to get in on it as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: In terms of the regulations for the enhanced scheme, I can test Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh's patience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Okay. As with the other two questions on the full-time equivalents and the withdrawn products, communication could be given to the committee because all committee members would be interested to know. If they will not be ready this year, which we suspect they will not, it would be good to know what the revised timeline for their approval by the Minister would be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is it the same on products withdrawn, because that is a function of the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Again, in plain in English, regarding the one that the NSAI does not have the authority to do independent testing on, what kinds of products would that cover?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: In terms of the NBCMSO, when it becomes involved, for example, like in the report into Donegal, is it able to secure independent lab tests of the materials? To what extent does that give it visibility on what is happening?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Mr. Butler used the phrase "We tested". The NBCMSO would have secured independent lab tests for all of the material. Obviously, the report was only published this morning. It is quite a long report, so we have not had a chance to go through it. How many quarries were inspected for the Donegal report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Does that mean they are responsible for the setting of the standards and for the certification of the products?

Defects in Apartments - Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing Report: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for his remarks. I extend my thanks and those of my party to the members of the working group, including the departmental officials in their advisory capacity. The report is significant. It will be seen as significant as the original report on pyrite and defective blocks in terms of giving us a solid grounding for the scheme, which we all hope comes soon. I...

Income Eligibility for Social Housing Supports: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I, too, extend very warm Christmas greetings to both my colleagues in opposition and in government, but especially to the staff who ensure this building and the work we do in it functions as smoothly as it does. In that, I include all of the official Oireachtas staff, the clerks, the ushers, and let us not forget the catering staff, the cleaners and, in particular at this time of the year,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (15 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the application process for the UBU Your Place - Your Space scheme; if the scheme is currently open for applications from existing providers; and the criteria that are required to be met for eligibility. [62966/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (15 Dec 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 265. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a service (details supplied) is eligible for funding under the UBU Your Place - Your Space scheme. [62967/22]