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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sorry for cutting across the Minister, but when will it be backdated to?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: So anybody can apply.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It will not be open until the middle of this year.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: What about houses in multi-unit schemes?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Regulations (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of Part B of the building regulations. [12136/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Regulations (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It has been 16 years since the technical guidance documents underpinning Part B of our Building Control Regulations dealing with fire safety were drafted. I understand there is currently public consultation on this matter. In fact, our committee is hoping to hold a session on it after the consultation period closes. Will the Minister of State update us on the work of his Department and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Building Regulations (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State. As he knows, these regulations are crucial to ensure fire safety and human safety in buildings, particularly in multi-unit buildings. The guidelines are 16 years old and the nature of building has changed comprehensively since then with buildings such as the children's hospital, apartments and nursing homes etc. I am deeply concerned that of the 80 appeals on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (8 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that he received a request for a pension increase in 2022 (details supplied); if the request has been considered; and if he will confirm a timeframe in which a decision will be provided. [11713/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (8 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if health warning labels on alcohol products will be bilingual, reflecting warnings in both English and Irish; and if not, if including the Irish language on packaging will be considered. [11647/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the reform of Technical Guidance Document B of the Building Regulations. [11818/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of recommendations of the 2019 report by the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation. [11816/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Mulcahy report into allegations of planning malpractice in County Donegal; and the actions he intends to take on foot of the reports findings. [11817/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the enhanced defective concrete block redress scheme. [11815/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the White Paper to end direct provision and establish a new International Protection Support Service has explored the extension of the HAP to the sponsor prior to the arrival of family in cases of family reunification; if so, if this change is likely to be adopted; and if not, if it is something his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chair. Mr. Hogan and I have had a relationship for almost a decade, both in our time in South Dublin County Council and since he has moved into the Department. He knows that I am very loath and reluctant to criticise officials. I want to say that at the outset before I make my remarks. I also want to acknowledge the enormous amount of work that he and his team have put into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is that a criticism? It sounds like a criticism of the people you consulted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: So, are you saying that was an accidental omission, or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I fully accept the complexity of this, and I do not want to underestimate the Department's task, but does that not speak to the request that many of the external organisations have made that we need to take little bit more time with this? They have said that the urgency has almost created a set of problems, and that for the sake of a few extra months we could end up with a better Bill. Does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am out of time and I am conscious that Deputy O'Callaghan has the same difficulty as me. I will come back to the specific questions in a further round, if that is okay.