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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Were they binding on the local authorities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As a former county councillor, like many of my committee colleagues, it would be my understanding that it is not good practice to ignore guidelines, recommendations or frameworks that have been issued, whether binding or not. Why is it being tolerated that a local authority would be expected to comply with departmental guidelines or circulars but Irish Water would not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will allow Irish Water to wrap up now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Go ahead with that. When we get the response to that, we will wrap up. We will expect a response back to the committee on the 24 questions listed and we may then get back to the witnesses for further clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We cannot deal with tender matters as they are subject to the judicial process. We are not dealing with the tender today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will take a response to that, but be careful as to the response to ensure it does not impinge on the case before the courts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I did not say arbitrary or summary. The issue is the guidelines, frameworks and regulations are clear and one either adheres to them or does not. The lay person following these proceedings would ask the question. We are all subject to regulation, particularly those involved in building or engineering works and there are clear standards to be adhered to. It is not about going about them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate our guests have given their time here today. We will get back to them with follow-up questions and seek clarification on issues for further deliberation.

Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach was wrongly informed, I can assure him. He was wrongly informed.

Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There was the length of time involved in moving the patient to the second ambulance-----

Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That was not the question.

Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The events of 22 May 2015 changed lives forever. The result of a referendum in favour of marriage equality was hard-fought by equality champions along a journey that stretched back many years. They changed lives that day when they campaigned and marched for rights. Those people faced discrimination and intimidation and were labelled second-class citizens. Those people stood tall when...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (22 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that credit unions in County Donegal, as not-for-profit organisations, are prevented from taking on volunteers to assist them, who are in receipt of support benefits from her Department as they are not categorised as a voluntary organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31718/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 651. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a set of statistics on reported crime by category for Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 of 2014 and for Q1 and Q2 of 2015 for the locality served by Stepaside Garda station, Dublin 18. [31660/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 652. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the figures illustrated in the 2010-16 and 2016-22 draft development county plans for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council that indicate a large population increase in the Carrickmines, Glenamuck and Cherrywood areas, County Dublin; the way the additional resources will be made available to meet the policing needs of these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (22 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 654. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total savings to her Department resulting from the closure of Garda stations from 2011 to 2015. [31726/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Control of Dogs (22 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 723. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce new legislation or to amend existing legislation to clarify the definition of an assistance dog and to ensure there is the appropriate oversight and accreditation of the training of assistance dogs and their provision to persons with disabilities. [31666/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Control of Dogs (22 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1146. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce new legislation or to amend existing legislation to clarify the definition of an assistance dog, and to ensure there is the appropriate oversight and accreditation of the training of assistance dogs and their provision to persons with disabilities. [32279/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (22 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1060. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department officials, his advisers or he will consider and discuss a proposal for a national care commission that his Department received in March 2015, a proposal that seeks to strengthen and clarify the legal framework and oversight for the care of vulnerable adults in the State being in both Health Service Executive and private centres or homes....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (22 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to meet with a delegation of Donegal county councillors on the issue of the impact of defective mica blocks on homes and families in the county as they have requested. [31813/15]