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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I am happy with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I will take one minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I come back to the question of the damage threshold. The recommendation is for it to be set at 1.5 mm. Given there was no analysis or there is no information on the existing DCB applications, how did the witnesses arrive at the 1.5 mm figure? Dare I mention whether they could give the foundation of the process in determining that figure? It is very important. The experience we have had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I thank the witnesses for appearing before us and for their work on this issue. There is a massive lack of trust among homeowners because of the way they have been treated. Initially they ended up in the scheme. The point was made earlier by one of the homeowner representatives that all of the key performance indicators in the scheme were on the homeowner. The homeowner gets a deadline to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: When the appeals panel recommends acceptance, is that it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: This may have been covered earlier. The representative from Engineers Ireland and Paul Forde mentioned the difficulties they have getting professional indemnity insurance. They mentioned that there were only two companies in the country getting professional indemnity insurance for pyrite. I may have taken them up wrong, but that was more or less the gist of what they were saying. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: That is professional indemnity insurance they may already have. The specific point made by Mr. Aidan O'Connell and by Mr. Paul Forde was that when pyrite is brought into the equation, and when dealing with pyrite or mica or any other deleterious materials, it was very difficult to get insurance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: If the boundary wall or garage backs onto a green area, then that is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: On behalf of the visitors to the committee I thank the Chair and the secretariat for facilitating us. We are interlopers.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that is being carried out by her Department to match jobseekers with employment opportunities in sectors such as hospitality and construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34925/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the tender process for all public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34926/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Sector Pensions (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38949/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38961/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38951/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38957/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of exemptions from pension abatement applied for and issued across all Departments under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012; the number of appeals to decisions made regarding pension abatement per Department and their outcome; and the annual full year revenue collected under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of legal challenges to date per Department to pension abatement under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38963/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the consultation process for the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; the number of submissions received by 30 June 2022; if he will identify the applicants; and if he will outline a timetable for the next steps. [38979/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has plans to mark the 225th anniversary of the 1798 French landings in Mayo and Wexford; if she agrees that it is important that the occasion would be acknowledged given that it offers an opportunity to commemorate but also to signify the current importance of Franco-Irish relations; and if she will make a...