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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: Most of Deputy Mattie McGrath's questions were directed at Irish Water. I was very lenient with Ms Kennedy as she had additional time in her opening statement. I am trying to balance it out. I am hoping Mr. Grant can answer the questions that were put to him within ten minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: I will take the final three members as their questions might overlap with some of those previously asked. I will bring Mr. Grant back in afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: Will Irish Water send us written replies on the questions of connecting and gas? I know it will be attending the committee later in the year on its planned programme of works. I thank Ms Emma Kennedy for the time she has put into this report. I am in favour of the Shannon project. I welcome the fact that over 800 km of pipes have been replaced over the past several years and over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank Ms Kennedy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: It was mentioned that the witnesses would revert to the Senator in writing, as that matter was not part of today's discussion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: Is Senator McFadden seeking clarification?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Supply Project: Discussion (25 Apr 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank Ms Kennedy and the witnesses from Irish Water and Ervia for attending. It has been a long session for them. I presume that there will be ongoing engagement on this issue. The level of detail that each of the parties provided was exceptional. We appreciate that, as it helps the committee to make informed decisions. The subject of our next meeting will be the Hinkley Point C...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2017: Discussion (2 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: Everyone will be glad to know I got out of bed on the right side this morning, as I do every day. My children are learning Irish and they are young. I do not expect to see those kinds of statistics in a document like this. However, the document allows decision makers to take into account what results are to be achieved by expenditure. In that respect this document is very transparent and...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: Today’s business shall be No. 6, motion re appointment of a member of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority; No. 22, Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 23, Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 - Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage. Private Members’ business shall be No. 177, motion re health service reform,...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: In the interests of practicality-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: This has been reduced to-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: If Deputy Healy-Rae would like to have a bit of respect-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: As we have a quorum, I call the meeting to order. No apologies have been received so I propose that we go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Local Property Tax: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: We are back in public session. At the request of the broadcasting and recording service, members, witnesses and visitors are requested to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off completely or placed in aeroplane, safe or flight mode for the duration of the meeting. It is not enough to put one's phone on silent mode because this will maintain a level of interference with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Local Property Tax: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank the councillor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Local Property Tax: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: There are no real questions there Deputy. Does Councillor McGinley want to come back in on anything that Deputy Ó Broin said?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Local Property Tax: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: We are talking about where the local property tax fund goes. Senator Victor Boyhan and I worked on many budgets together. The discretionary figure in Dún Laoghaire is approximately €2.5 million and one is then talking about reducing commercial rates. When one receives the final figures, it is too late in the process and there are all of these complications. There are many very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Local Property Tax: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: On foot of what Deputy Casey said about making responsible decisions, Mr. Owen Keegan who is now chief executive of Dublin City Council is our former manager, as Senator Boyhan will be aware. This country has experienced a difficult time. Councillor McGinley has mentioned economic buoyancy and I agree with him that buoyancy has returned to the market. We must, as local authorities,...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: We have received apologies from Deputies Sean Fleming and John McGuinness, who are chairing other committees that are meeting at present. Apologies have also been received from Deputy Seán Crowe, who is abroad on committee business, and Deputy Michael Healy-Rae. I welcome Senator Gerry Horkan, who is attending as a substitute for the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public...

Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank the Taoiseach. To clarify, I did not use all of the time allocated for my opening statement because I thought the Taoiseach might go over time slightly, so we are still on time. I thank him for his opening statement. I remind Chairs that 14 minutes have been allocated to each group of three in the d'Hondt sequence. If a Chair is not present, I will move to the next Chair in the...