Results 1,321-1,340 of 1,737 for speaker:Noel Rock
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank Professor McQuinn and call Dr. O'Toole.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: Does that answer the Deputy's question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: Is Senator Kelleher satisfied with that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank our guests for attending and for engaging with the committee. If there is anything further that they would like to add, they are more than welcome to write to us with any supplementary information. We would appreciate that. I thank them for sharing their time and expertise. It is an important topic that I imagine we will return to. We all want to see affordable housing provided...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: Apologies have been received from Deputy Fergus O'Dowd and Senators Collete Kelleher and Jennifer Murnane O'Connor. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members and those in the Visitors Gallery are requested to ensure their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe, or flight mode, depending on the device used, for the duration of the meeting. It is not sufficient to switch them to silent mode as it will still maintain a level of interference with the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: We can take it as read if Mr. Dunne would like to proceed to questions instead.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: Are members agreeable?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: On committees of which I have previously been a member, they have certainly appeared in the Official Report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: We are not entirely sure what the position is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: Previously, we have treated them as being on the record. We will certainly look into that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: If Mr. Dunne likes, he can certainly read an excerpt from it-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: -----or just the introduction and conclusion. It is his opening statement after all, so whatever he wishes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: If Mr. Dunne so wishes. The floor is his.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: If members wish to contribute, I will call them in the order in which they indicate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I call Deputy Ó Broin. I am conscious that this meeting is due to run until 2 p.m. and that we have five witness groups to talk to. We might keep this second round of conversations brief.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I call Deputy Casey now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank Mr. Dunne. I wish him the best of luck as chairperson designate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board: Chairperson Designate (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I hope that he is surrounded by as complementary a team in his role as I am in my role as Chair here. It is important work and as a former renter for eight years, I am acutely conscious of the RTB and its work. I wish Mr. Dunne and his board the best going forward and thank him for his submission and time today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe, or flight mode, depending on the device, for the duration of the meeting. It is not sufficient to just switch phones to silent mode as this will maintain the level of interference with...