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Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: We have not implemented it. The local authorities are responsible for inspecting in each area.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Ninety-eight percent of what?

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: That is not factual.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: There are building standards and legislation, and the legislation should be implemented. If people want to go beyond that, it is another matter.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Local authorities are the bodies that arbitrate in these matters in their own areas and they cannot be stopped. It is a function——

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I am not coming in here to answer for Fingal, Kerry or Wexford county councils.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: There are standards and they should be implemented.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy Sargent should raise a question with the line Minister.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I do not want to argue unnecessarily with Deputy Sargent but he knows himself that it is nonsense to quote figures such as the statistic that 98% of houses in the State are cold or below standard. He knows it is not factual.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is not the truth.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is entirely——

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Did the Deputy write that himself?

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: He should not be showing me authority facts.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: If Deputy Sargent is saying 98% of the new houses built in this country are in breach of the existing guidelines, it is not true.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: It is another study of ten houses picked by the Deputy himself.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Every time we check a figure thrown up by Deputy Sargent, we find it has no basis, is not factual and does not stand up in any area of the city.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: Both local authorities and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government bear this out. When we check the figures to determine their basis, there is never a basis.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: There are standards and legislation and local authorities arbitrate on these and carry out the inspections. I concede that the standards and specifications of the local authorities are very high. When people seek mortgages, clearings or valuation certificates, the issues in question are checked. The standards are high but not so high in some of the old properties. The Government has given...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy should not be saying 98% of all new houses in the State are insufficient in this regard — it is nonsense.

Official Engagements. (7 Feb 2007)

Bertie Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 21, inclusive, together. I met the President of Egypt, Mr. Hosni Mubarak on 7 December last. We discussed the need to strengthen economic and trade links between Ireland and Egypt and reviewed the situation across the Middle East in general. President Mubarak expressed his appreciation for Ireland's strong position on the Middle East peace process, both...