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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am sure the Department will note the comments of Senator Cummins. To be fair to witnesses, I urge members to keep the discussion on the Bill before us and not to stray too far into other water-related matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh. We are out of time on that slot. I again remind members that pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the water services separation Bill 2021 is what is on our agenda. To be fair to the witnesses, that is what we have invited them in to discuss.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am not sure if Mr. Ó Coigligh, as an official in the Department, can answer on behalf of Irish Water.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: That is a relevant point and we as a committee will take that up ourselves and write to that grouping.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: Deputy O'Donoghue has raised an important point. When we ask questions of witnesses in committee, those witnesses often do not have somebody writing down those questions. When members are looking for written answers back, it would be helpful for them to follow up. I am sure we brought it up and Irish Water representatives committed to meet the Deputy at Croom or I cannot remember where we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I know I did. I think it would be helpful to follow up with a written reminder of the commitment they made. We have been through the third round of questions and there are no further questions to be asked of the departmental officials. I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh, Ms Groarke and Ms Flynn for their attendance today to assist us in our scrutiny of the heads of the Bill. We will now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: We are out of time. We should be sticking to pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill before us.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (5 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the campaign by a group (details supplied); if she will examine the need for a pool facility in this part of County Wicklow; and if she will consider meeting the volunteer board to discuss the project and its plans going forward. [47459/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the case of a club (details supplied) and the need to upgrade existing pitch facilities to accommodate the growing club; and if she will consider a visit to the club to meet the board to discuss its strategy going forward. [47101/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a campaign led by a group (details supplied) that is seeking comparable tax liability for owner-occupiers and social landlords paying defect levies as compared to commercial landlords that have the capacity to right these levies off against their tax liabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48579/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Asylum Seekers (7 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees from Afghanistan that have been accepted into the IRPP following the seizing of power by the Taliban in August 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (7 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider the deadline for moving those in receipt of €203 on the pandemic unemployment payment to the jobseeker’s payment specifically for those in industries that have not yet fully opened such as the live entertainment sector until such a time when employment opportunities are readily available;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (7 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: 76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the number of persons currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment in County Wicklow; the steps she is taking with regard to engaging with local employment services in the county to reduce the figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48601/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: We are now in public session. The purpose of the meeting is to carry out pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021. We are joined today by the following witnesses from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Eamonn Kelly, principal officer; Mary Brady, assistant principal, and Aisling Holohan,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 (5 Oct 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Kelly for that detailed submission and opening statement.