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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I will take one minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I come back to the question of the damage threshold. The recommendation is for it to be set at 1.5 mm. Given there was no analysis or there is no information on the existing DCB applications, how did the witnesses arrive at the 1.5 mm figure? Dare I mention whether they could give the foundation of the process in determining that figure? It is very important. The experience we have had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I thank the witnesses for appearing before us and for their work on this issue. There is a massive lack of trust among homeowners because of the way they have been treated. Initially they ended up in the scheme. The point was made earlier by one of the homeowner representatives that all of the key performance indicators in the scheme were on the homeowner. The homeowner gets a deadline to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: When the appeals panel recommends acceptance, is that it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: This may have been covered earlier. The representative from Engineers Ireland and Paul Forde mentioned the difficulties they have getting professional indemnity insurance. They mentioned that there were only two companies in the country getting professional indemnity insurance for pyrite. I may have taken them up wrong, but that was more or less the gist of what they were saying. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: That is professional indemnity insurance they may already have. The specific point made by Mr. Aidan O'Connell and by Mr. Paul Forde was that when pyrite is brought into the equation, and when dealing with pyrite or mica or any other deleterious materials, it was very difficult to get insurance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: If the boundary wall or garage backs onto a green area, then that is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: On behalf of the visitors to the committee I thank the Chair and the secretariat for facilitating us. We are interlopers.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions that his Department had with Sligo County Council in relation to the inclusion of the county in the defective concrete blocks scheme; the current status of that work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (21 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: 57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s strategy to support the Irish language broadcasting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32416/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when Climate Action Fund for Community Climate Action projects will be announced for County Mayo (details supplied). [32525/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (21 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline plans to change the law to allow bus drivers over the age of 70 years to drive buses up to the age of 75 years; the prosed timescale and conditions of the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31779/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: 612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has any plans to review the community employment schemes. [32781/22]

Special Educational Needs: Statements (16 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I am sharing time with Deputy Devlin. I have some examples similar to that raised by Deputy Verona Murphy relating to the intransigence of a system that is no longer fit to serve those it seeks to serve. I have spoken so often in this House about the silo mentality in this country when it comes to delivering public services, and nowhere does that do more damage than in the area of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (16 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: Of the €12 billion projected spend, we had only completed €2.2 billion by the end of May. Is the Minister confident we will reach that €12 billion target? I understand and get the pattern of capital expenditure. Of all the Departments, only two are over profile. Is there any Department in particular the Minister or his officials are concerned about that is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (16 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: It is coming towards the end of the session. We have four more sitting weeks. Does the Minister foresee any Supplementary Estimates around capital expenditure that may enable some projects to start? For instance, the Department of Education is doing some excellent work on its capital side at present. I commend the Minister, Deputy Foley, on that. However, there is a reluctance in that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I welcome that. The Minister knows himself, for instance in health, that there are so many challenges in filling vacancies in the therapies and for consultants and nurses, in particular advanced nurse practitioners, all of which would make a significant difference to the delivery of services. Similarly, vacancies cannot be filled across the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I know the whole area of relativities is embedded in the concept of a lot of these talks, but if relativities and the need to restrict their effect is impacting on the delivery of public services, is there an argument to be made for some measure to be put in place to balance the need to deliver to people on waiting lists and parents of children with additional needs? There is a need to make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (16 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I wish to query where we are at currently with capital expenditure profiles given that we are nearly halfway through the year. I know the Minister is doing a lot of work to reform capital expenditure systems to make sure money is spent quicker and without the kind of delays we have been seeing. When can we expect to see changes?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Dara Calleary: I do not mind how the questions are grouped. I was listening to the discussion earlier and I wish the Minister and his Department well in these talks. I wish to examine a particular angle. Is any work being done in respect of sectoral-specific challenges within the public service, where vacancies cannot be filled? For example, is there any focus on vacancies in health and disability...