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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Action Plan: Discussion (21 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: I call the meeting to order. At the request of the broadcasting and recording service, members are asked to ensure for the duration of the meeting that their mobile telephones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on their device. It is not sufficient for members to put their phone on silent mode as this will maintain the level of interference...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Action Plan: Discussion (21 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: Is it agreed that we should adjourn? Agreed.

Housing Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: I am delighted to see this action plan published. What this Department has achieved in 76 days is immense. I compliment the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and the Minister of State, Deputy English, their Department and the many Ministers involved in putting this plan together and supporting it financially and through other strands. I pay tribute to the numerous stakeholders for the immense...

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: Give us your solutions.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (19 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Mandarin Chinese will be included on the curriculum for the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22179/16]

Topical Issue Debate: Maritime Training (13 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: Deputies Martin Kenny, Martin Ferris, Micheál Martin and Thomas Pringle have three minutes each.

Other Questions: Bord na gCon (13 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: We now move on to Question No. 38.

Other Questions: Bord na gCon (13 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: Is that acceptable to the Minister?

Other Questions: Bord na gCon (13 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Rent Supplement Increases: Department of Social Protection (13 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: I wish the Chairman well in his new role. He comes highly qualified by his track record in his previous role. I thank the officials from the Department of Social Protection for coming in and for their presentation. Like Deputy Boyd Barrett, I come from the housing department of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. It is very proactive and drives the supply of housing in Dún...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Rent Supplement Increases: Department of Social Protection (13 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: Truthfully.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Rent Supplement Increases: Department of Social Protection (13 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: I just wanted to clarify in case this is misrepresented. I was not saying that Dún Laoghaire is utopia, Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Rent Supplement Increases: Department of Social Protection (13 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: I am trying to give a balanced view that we are proactive. One family that is homeless is one family too many. One family in distress is one family too many. It is about coming up with solutions all the time, rather than criticising. We have to recognise that we came from a base where there was no ---

Select Committee on Social Protection: Rent Supplement Increases: Department of Social Protection (13 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: I am looking at my home. While the rents are exorbitant, and I accept they are scandalous, there are properties to rent under €1,350 and €1,600. I am saying that there has to be a balance. We came from a level where there was no funding for direct build. From that level, this is where we are now. We have a long way to go, but it is a start. It is not utopia, but it is a...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: I do not trust crystal balls because I do not like to pre-empt decisions until I have all the facts before me. It is unfair to other Deputies to pre-empt the outcome of the commission and the subsequent decision of the committee. Deputies should calm down and wait for the commission's report and the decision of the House. Housing is a priority for many Deputies and the Government. If...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: We need lifeguards in this Chamber because I am drowning in the misinterpretation of what is in front of us. What is really disappointing is the charade that took place here for the first 20 minutes of this debate. We are not even dealing with what we are actually trying to do here. We are dealing with what is emotive, what will get a headline in the paper and what we can put in our...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Select Committee (5 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members are requested to ensure that for the duration of the meeting their mobile phones are turned off completely or, depending on the device used, switched to airplane, safe or flight mode, as they interfere with the broadcasting of proceedings. It is not sufficient for members to leave them in silent mode. With the agreement...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: No. 3 on the agenda is the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016. Under the Water Services Act 2014, a revised domestic public water charging system commenced on 1 January 2015. The Bill provides for the suspension of domestic water charges for nine months, from 1 April to 31 December 2016, to provide time for an extensive deliberative process to be undertaken on the funding of domestic...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: The groupings comprise amendments Nos. 2, 4, 7, 9, 10 and 11.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2016)

Maria Bailey: Does Deputy Cowen wish to move his amendment?