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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: The second item on the agenda is detailed scrutiny of the Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017. I welcome Dr. Richard Manton and Mr. John Bailey of Engineers Ireland; Mr. Peter Hynes, Mr. Richard Shakespeare, Mr. Pat Nestor and Mr. Séamus Murphy of the County and City Management Association; and Mr. Paraig Cantwell and Mr. John Commane of the Institute of Clerks of Works. Before we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank Dr. Manton for his presentation and for his ongoing attendance at these meetings. He has become quite a regular attendee. I call on Mr. Hynes to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank Mr. Hynes. I call on Mr. Cantwell, from the Institute of Clerks of Works and Building Inspectors in Ireland, to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank Mr. Cantwell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I will allow Deputies Casey and Cowen back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: Do Mr. Cantwell or Mr. Bailey wish to add anything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: Does anyone else want to add anything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I have a number of things I would like to raise. I do not question the bona fidesof the Bill in any shape or form although I disagree with most of it. In response to Deputy Boyd Barrett's question, Mr. Cantwell said inspection and the absence of qualified clerks of works on building sites was a main contributory factor to defective work and non-compliance with building regulations during...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: As no one wishes to add anything further before we conclude, I thank the delegates for their ongoing engagement and for taking the time to attend today. This meeting is now concluded. Our next meeting will be on 17 April at 12 noon when we will discuss housing for older persons.

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: On a point of order, a charge was made about me. I do not make those decisions. I bring the matter before the committee for it to decide. We cannot pick one company over another: we are impartial. If Deputy McGrath had actually attended the meetings and stayed at them, he would realise that.

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: If the Deputy had been at the committee meeting, he would have heard verbally straight away.

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: I had not intended to speak until I heard some of the spurious remarks that were made in the Chamber. Just because someone shouts louder or is more animated does not mean the person is coming up with or delivering any solutions or that the person's intent is legitimate. It is obvious to see who is here in the Chamber and who cares or who speaks and makes it look as though they are concerned...

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Maria Bailey: -----to come forward with those ideas and not lead people up the garden path without an answer. I always have been solution-focused, and Deputies might not agree with me - Deputy Mattie McGrath made charges against me earlier - but I absolutely know where my moral compass is, and it is to help people who need our help. However, I am just not animated about it because I am practical about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (17 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: We are in public session. No apologies have been received. I propose we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that for the duration of the meeting their mobile telephones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on their device. It is not sufficient to put their phones on silent mode as this will maintain the level of interference with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: I now want to call on Ms Joyce for her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: I call Deputy O'Dowd. The committee normally does five minutes of questions, five minutes of answers and there is always a bit of leniency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: Does Mr. Bond wish to make any comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: Deputy Ó Broin is next. The witnesses might cover some of the same things in their answers to Deputy Ó Broin and Senator Murnane O'Connor so I will return to them after.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for Older People: Discussion (17 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: I will join Deputy Casey in the last round.