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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin passed the budget to install water meters.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: What was the result?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: That matter was put to bed.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The purpose of this section is to increase the maximum number of members who may be appointed to the board of Ervia. This measure is part of a reorganisation in the corporate governance structure of Ervia and Irish Water about which many Deputies have spoken. In response to the issue raised by Deputy Catherine Murphy, a single non-executive board at Ervia level will be responsible for the...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Like any national utility, Irish Water will have in place a complaints process through which customers can engage with it. As the Deputy will be aware from previous discussion on this issue customers whose complaints are not adequately dealt with will have access to dispute resolution mechanisms with the Commission for Energy Regulation. The Government has gone a step further in...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: With regard to Deputy Mattie McGrath's concerns, Ervia has confirmed that issues have arisen regarding a former employee, dating back ten years ago, which are under investigation. I note the Deputy is not in the House now. However, it was highly inappropriate of him to name people in this House who have not been named in the media or in the public domain. That the Deputy chose to name...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Does the Deputy want to impose more charges on people?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The taxpayer will pay for the Sinn Féin model at a much higher cost.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: It is the same as for any commercial property.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: That is irrelevant.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Fianna Fáil wants to leave everything as it is - a broken system.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: It will meet EUROSTAT's criteria.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The assets are on the balance sheets of the local authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: My Department provides capital allocations to each Local Authority under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. The schemes are 80% funded by my Department, with a 20% contribution from the local authority. The detailed administration of these schemes, including the assessment, approval and payment of grants to applicants, is the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (17 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Legal complexities have arisen in this case which require advice from the Chief State Solicitor’s Office. Subject to this, my Department will continue to work to complete its consideration of the matter as soon as possible.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: Deputy Mattie McGrath has had a few disputes himself.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: My Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet needs of tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. The administration of this funding is a matter for each local authority to manage. My Department has no role in individual cases.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Resolution Board Remit (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: My Department understands that a total of 17 houses in three local authority estates in County Mayo have been identified by Mayo County Council as having problems with the cracking of concrete blocks used in their construction. The majority of those dwellings appear to have been constructed between 2000 and 2002. Earl ier this year, my Department also met with a number of private homeowners...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants relating to, inter-alia, security of tenure, termination of tenancies, rent and rent reviews. The 2004 Act provides that rents may not be greater than the open market rate and may only be reviewed upward or downward once a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (16 Dec 2014)

Paudie Coffey: The prospective applicant contacted my Department in late September 2014 and provided some preliminary information in relation to a proposal to harvest seaweed and pump salt water in order to service seaweed baths at Murreagh, Ballydavid. As part of the pre-application process, further information was requested from the applicant on 29 September 2014in relation to his engagement with the...