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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: The intended effect of amendment No. 19 is to ensure separate investments by the same person or company are treated cumulatively, that is, that someone should not be able to avoid screening by making several smaller investments under the threshold of €2 million.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: I move amendment No. 17: In page 11, line 7, after “transaction” to insert “, including through limited partnerships and other forms incorporated within the State”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: I move amendment No. 19: In page 11, line 9, after “€2,000,000” to insert “, for one natural person or body corporate in a period of 12 months”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: I move amendment No. 25: In page 12, line 5, after “undertaking” to insert “, the names of the natural persons who own the parties in the case of bodies corporate”. The amendment is a one-liner, the intended effect of which is to ensure that when the Minister is notified of a transaction, the true owner will be listed in that notification rather than just a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) hosted a women's safety week to make young women feel more comfortable in the community; and if this is something that she will consider supporting in the future. [63698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 736. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ASD unit will be opened in a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 1311. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the issue surrounding gender-affirming care wait times; and if members of the trans community will be consulted about this issue. [63696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (18 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 1312. To ask the Minister for Health the figures for recorded community-acquired pressure sores and hospital-acquired pressure sores in Tallaght University Hospital for the years 2015 to 2020. [63697/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the NOAC representatives for coming in today and for their update. I have sat on the county council's order committee and I currently sit on the Oireachtas order committee. From seeing how these forums work, they are very important in the context of the democratic governance oversight that happens within them. From my experience of being on them, they are quite technical. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: On that point, the audit committee sits in a local authority. Is that the mechanism from where NOAC takes the data is taken?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: It is not from the audit committee of the local authority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: If there is an issue, apart from having seminars how does NOAC drill it back into the authority that has the issue? I mentioned two instances earlier and while I will not mention them again, if a local authority has a major issue with, say, re-lets, has NOAC any responsibility to push back down on them or is it its own responsibility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: Okay. The next question is on re-letting and vacancy. In the context of homelessness, this takes an average of 34 weeks. Other than the costs Mr. McCarthy has identified, has it been identified why it is taking up to eight months on average to re-let homes? As an architect, I am in this space myself and I understand it takes time to turn things around but it does seem slow. If a local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have one last add-on to that. Is NOAC able to compare that with other jurisdictions such as the UK? Does the UK have a quick turnaround or are we average?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Performance Indicators and Public Spending Code: National Oversight and Audit Commission (17 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: Fair enough.

Defects in Apartments - Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing Report: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Very shortly after I was elected to the Dáil, I was introduced to Pat Montague, the Construction Defects Alliance and the Apartment Owners Network. I would like to believe I have continued the good working relationship the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, had with these organisations before me. Following on from the Minister's endeavours, I set about assisting them through a hearing...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Access to a home is the issue of our time, and many are being restricted in getting a roof over their heads. A global depression, Brexit, a pandemic, unprecedented population growth and Putin's war have brought us here. Hearts and minds might be bought by sophistry, but Housing for All contains measured solutions and funding to meet our crisis. Through the stewardship of the Minister, I am...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: No party should keep people down. Our culture is stronger for liberating those who need help. I have full confidence in the Minister.

Report on Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: There are so many more issues I probably could talk about but I will keep it tight. I thank the Members for their contributions and the Minister of State and the Department for listening. It is much appreciated. I am grateful for this debate. I have been waiting a few years to push this agenda. I acknowledge, as the Minister of State was saying, the considerable work that is...