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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: Is it the case that a provider of services does not require a qualification or a trade-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: That is an important point the Minister of State has clarified. No further members have indicated. Members have had the opportunity to consider the draft Regulations. We have now completed our consideration and the Clerk will send messages to that effect to the Clerk of the Dáil and the Clerk of the Seanad in accordance with Standing Orders 101 and 75, respectively. Under Standing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: It is an order that we are to consider but it is not for us to agree. The committee's role is to consider that order and to report back that we have done so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: It is not a matter for us to agree or to disagree. The order is to consider-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration Body) Order 2022: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: The joint committee will adjourn until Tuesday, 13 December at 11 a.m. That meeting will be held in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (8 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has completed its consideration of the following motion: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (Appointment of Registration...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: 206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans regarding financial supports to the Irish magazine sector in view of the fact that VAT was abolished for Irish newspapers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60637/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: 576. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of the McHugh report in relation to student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60382/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: I welcome everybody. This afternoon, we will discuss issues relating to quarries and deleterious materials. We are joined by Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh, Ms Sarah Neary and Mr. John Wickham from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. They are accompanied by Mr. Eoin McGrath of Geological Survey Ireland. We are also joined by Ms Geraldine Larkin, Mr. Enda McDonnell, Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr Ó Coigligh very much. I invite Ms Larkin to speak on behalf of the NSAI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Larkin. I will now move to Ms Phelan. I note Ms Phelan's submission is a 22-page submission. The opening statement is only the first few pages. I wanted to check that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: It is quite clear from the opening statements, plus the time that this committee spent on the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill, that this is a highly technical and complex matter. The range of standards, guidance, technical guidance, regulations and inspections that are out there seem quite comprehensive. We saw and heard from people living with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: As the next slot belongs to the Green Party I will comment. Mr. Ó Coigligh, on page 4 of his submission, said, "the Department received a notification from NSAI on 15 October last year regarding the withdrawal of a certificate of conformity". The NSAI referred the matter to the Department and I ask the NSAI delegation to please explain the process. How did the NSAI become aware of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: NSAI staff go to each of these production lines in factories across the country. Are they random or timed inspections?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: Do they submit to the NSAI for auditing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: Where a supplier submits to the NSAI the paperwork on its processes and the testing it does and the auditors find the product does not conform with the standards with which it is meant to conform, does the authority then go back to the producer and say it needs to make changes, or does it immediately flag the issue to the Department? Is there a process that is followed? When compliance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: It would help people watching and listening to understand the process. It would help to give confidence in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Steven Matthews: I refer to the example in the Department's submission, indicating that on 15 October, there was a withdrawal of a certificate of conformity based on notification from the NSAI. I would like to talk through the NSAI process to the point where it informs the Department of an instance of non-conformity. I will then ask the departmental representatives about the steps that are taken after that.