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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: I will spend the next week canvassing committee members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: I was not finished as I was hoping to ask a few supplementary questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: A number of questions arise from the answers that Mr. Grant, Mr. Murray and Mr. O'Connor provided. I wish to refer to the design life of 50 years. Mr. Grant in responding to questions referred to the proof of the pudding, but in this case it will be 50 years before we see the proof of the pudding. That comes to the nub of the issue. I acknowledge that a great deal of work was done on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: There was one question to which I did not get an answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: Again, I ask the question about the tender. Irish Water has said it tendered for grade B and grade C covers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: This is a core question. The tendering process was referred to and it has been said that Irish Water tendered for grade B and grade C covers. It must have made an evaluation of, for example, how many grade B and C covers it would require.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Chairperson Designate (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: I welcome Mr. Gorman and thank him for a very interesting presentation. Obviously, from his presentation, Mr. Gorman is a very passionate angler. While his qualifications as a school principal are noble, I believe it is his passion for angling that is the reason he was a member and is now the chairman-designate of IFI. To be chairman-designate of IFI is to hold a very responsible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Chairperson Designate (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: I am sorry, Chairman, but, with respect, I could again quote the Marine Institute saying something entirely different. That is the problem. We are becoming arbiters of different studies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Chairperson Designate (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: It is clear there is a gulf between both. The question I asked was if Mr. Gorman would see himself as chairperson looking to engage with that and seeing if there is common ground.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Chairperson Designate (23 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: River dredging.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (24 Sep 2015)

Noel Harrington: 152. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown and allocation of capital funding, recently announced, for State owned nursing homes, community hospitals and facilities for people with disabilities in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32509/15]

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: Grand so.

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: Deputy Tóibín is not either, apparently. Do not say anything about Deputy John McGuinness.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (1 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding payment of a single farm payment for 2014 and 2015 to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33677/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the disadvantaged areas payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34164/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Numbers (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 428. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Stamp 0 visas that have been granted, by nationality, for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34374/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Numbers (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 429. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Stamp 0 visas that have been granted for persons and which have been renewed, for each of the past five years; the number of persons who have been awarded these visas for two, three, four, five, six, seven, ten and more than ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34375/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Numbers (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider extending the duration for Stamp 0 visas for those who have completed three consecutive years of being awarded Stamp 0 visas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34376/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Numbers (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 431. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider having an application for Stamp 0 visas by a married couple considered as one application for administrative and fee purposes; reducing the fee for those over 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34377/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (6 Oct 2015)

Noel Harrington: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of capital investment in community nursing Homes in County Cork in each of the past five years; the amount provided to each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34287/15]