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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ní aontaím leis an Teachta. Is é an rud is tábhachtaí ná go mbeimid in ann an t-ospidéal seo a chríochnú agus go háirithe, in ann déileáil go láidir le BAM. Maidir leis na dátaí atá ag an Teachta, go bunúsach tá BAM freagrach as an t-ospidéal seo a chruthú. B'fhéidir nach bhfuil sé...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: You have tried that tack before.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----in terms of a very strong and robust engagement between the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, the Government and BAM. All the deadlines he came through with there are deadlines that BAM set. It is likely to be part of a commercial strategy by BAM to try to extract more funding and more money from the Irish people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: What are you doing about it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Deputy that I am not going to take debate and I suggest he does not take debate either. For the last few years there has been a very robust engagement through dispute resolution mechanisms. The Deputy will cite hundreds of millions that have been submitted in respect of claims but the net outcome of those claims is actually a fraction of the overall cost of the hospital. In...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: We did not ask you to.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The deadlines to which the Deputy refers have all been submitted by BAM at different times. I am not sure whether he is saying we should go straight to the High Court or Supreme Court and suspend all work on the project. I do not know if that is the Deputy's suggestion to the Government. Our objective is to get the hospital completed as quickly as we possibly can. BAM has submitted about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

David Cullinane: They have run rings around you.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: This hospital is urgently required for the children of Ireland. It will be transformative compared to what we currently have in Crumlin or Temple Street. Of that there is no doubt. There have been significant advancements on the project. The Deputy did not quote the comments from the chair of the board in respect of the current update, that all the tower cranes have been removed from the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: Those words really came out of the Tánaiste's mouth, that his Government is determined that the taxpayer will get value for money in respect of the national children's hospital. Is he serious? It has gone from €650 million up to €2.2 billion and the chair of the board cannot guarantee that it will not go higher. If you want an example of Government incompetence, then...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I do not know whether the Minister of State has had a chance to review the transcript of the committee meetings but if he did, he would been disturbed at what emerged. It is very clear, and the testimony from Engineers Ireland was very concerning, that IS 465, which is the standard that underpins a multibillion euro redress scheme, the biggest redress scheme in the history of the State, is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: On the NSAI review of IS 465, the ongoing work is autonomous. An interagency defective concrete block technical matters steering group was established to inform and guide the NSAI review of a number of relevant standards, including IS 465, and the impact, if any, on foundations and the effect, if any, on full cavity-fill insulation on homes susceptible to defective block work. This work has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Another major issue is that the scheme is a grant scheme. For the second time, it is grant scheme and not a redress scheme, which is what was provided for the more than 3,000 families in Dublin and north Leinster who were the victims of pyrite. From the committee meetings and the public meetings in Donegal and Mayo, which were attended by more than 2,000 people in total in Donegal and by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: There is rigour and detailed scientific analysis attached to the process adopted by the NSAI. As I stated, the review mechanism was put in place within a year of the Act and the process is ongoing. There is also a process for a three-year review. Deputy Mac Lochlainn is correct that it is grant scheme but it is very much enhanced from the previous 2020 grant scheme, with a 100% grant,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not 100%. The Minister of State should not say that. It is deeply offensive to families.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: That is what it is. There is a revised application process that removes the financial barrier to scheme entry. All of these are in place. There is provision for alternative accommodation costs. A Government guarantee is provided with regard to remediation works, other than the full demolition and rebuild, through eligibility for a second grant, if required, for a period of up to 40 years....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Accommodation (30 May 2024)

Traveller Accommodation

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Accommodation (30 May 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on Traveller accommodation. [24288/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Accommodation (30 May 2024)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister update the House on the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on Traveller accommodation?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Accommodation (30 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Traveller accommodation expert review report, which is intended to improve the effectiveness of the arrangements for providing accommodation for members of the Traveller community, has 32 recommendations across four categories. These are aimed at addressing research deficiencies, including how information is gathered and used; removing any potential delay and obstacle in the planning...