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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)

Maria Bailey: Is it agreed to extend the meeting to approximately 12.30 p.m. or even closer to 1 p.m.? There are five people who wish to ask questions and we still have a second session to get through. Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank Mr. Grant. Deputy Casey has one issue on which he seeks clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)

Maria Bailey: The Deputy is being parochial.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)

Maria Bailey: On behalf of the joint committee, I thank all the witnesses for attending and for the long, robust dialogue that we have had in the past three hours. We look forward to the ongoing engagement with our witnesses. Members should note that we have postponed our meeting with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions because it would be a very rushed meeting. It would be unfair to do that to them,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: Apologies have been received by Deputies O'Dowd and Coppinger and Senator O'Sullivan. Senator Colette Kelleher will substitute for Senator Grace O'Sullivan and Deputy Mick Barry will substitute for Deputy Coppinger.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: At the request of the Broadcasting Unit, members, witnesses and persons in the Gallery are asked to ensure that for the duration of the meeting, their mobile phones are switched off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on the device. It is not sufficient merely to place the phone in silent mode as it will maintain a level of interference with the broadcasting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: No. 6 is a discussion of the provision of Traveller accommodation with reference to the review of funding for Traveller-specific accommodation and the implementation of Traveller accommodation programmes. I remind members that we will have two sessions on this topic today. For the first session, we welcome from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government the Minister of State,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: Does Mr. O'Connor wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: Deputy Barry should let the Minister of State respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I am conscious of time. It was agreed in private session that we did not need to put a five-minute time limit on questions and answers as we usually do, but Deputy Barry has had 16 minutes and we are averaging around 12 minutes per person, which means we will eat into the second session of today's meeting. I ask members to ask questions which have not been asked and try to keep their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy English, Mr. David Kelly from the Department, and Mr. John O'Connor, Mr. David Silke and Ms Roslyn Molloy from the Housing Agency for attending again this morning and for their ongoing engagement. We look forward to receiving the further clarification the members requested.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I welcome from the National Travellers Women's Forum, Ms Bridget Kelly and Ms Maria Joyce; from the Irish Traveller Movement, Ms RoseMarie Maughan and Ms Bridget Casey; from Pavee Point, Mr. Patrick Reilly and Mr. Martin Collins; and from the County and City Management Association, CCMA, Mr. Michael Walsh and Mr. Seamus Hanrahan. A video of approximately three and a half minutes will be shown...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank Ms Maughan. I invite Ms Kelly to make her opening statement before we show the video.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank Mr. Collins. I was lenient with opening statements. Normally, we only allow 12 minutes maximum. However, I wanted to make sure that, if we did run out of time, the witness got to say everything he wanted on the record. That is why I was lenient with the time. I call Mr. Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I will take a full round of questions from members because we have to be in the Chamber to vote. That is what the pressure of time is. I call Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I call Deputy Barry and I ask the Deputy to tell the Chair who he wants to answer the question he will ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: That was the whole purpose of convening this meeting today. We hope there will be ongoing engagement throughout the work of this expert group. A commitment was given by the Minister and the Department to include us in that process. Dates cannot be committed to today but we were given the impression it would be before the summer. We will include it in our work programme on an ongoing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: Ms Maughan, you have 30 seconds to wrap up, if that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (8 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank Deputy Ó Cuív. I am really sorry we had to rush the witnesses but I look forward to ongoing engagement and I hope they will appear before the committee again. It is the hope that we will have ongoing engagement this year with all the sectors involved. I thank all the witnesses for attending today and for their patience. The next meeting will be on 21 March 2018 when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (21 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I call the meeting to order. We are now in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputy Coppinger and Deputy Mick Barry will substitute in her place.