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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing (Refurbishment) Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: This proposal is a very good one and the legislation is excellent. Conservation is a good thing not a bad thing and we should and, in many cases, do encourage it. The conservation and renewal of older buildings while addressing energy ratings and other issues make a great deal of sense. While I am not talking about anybody in the room, some people say conservation is bad or does not make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Vacant Housing (Refurbishment) Bill 2017: Discussion (23 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Over my dead body. I am going until I am 90.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49659/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are streams of funding available through his Department that would deal with the eradication of Japanese knotweed on DEIS school premises; the steps schools must take if this weed has been confirmed as present on the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49686/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I can understand why members are late today due to the appalling weather, if I may put it like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Wait until I get to the capital programme. We will have an air bridge between here and Drogheda. I remind members to turn off their mobile telephones. We will go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: In regard to schedule A, COM (2017) 548, it is proposed that there are no subsidiarity concerns with this proposal. It is also proposed that this proposal warrants further scrutiny and that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and relevant stakeholders be invited to appear before the committee to discuss it further. Is that agreed? Agreed. In regard to schedule B, COM (2015)...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will now deal with the pre-legislative scrutiny on the general scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017, which aims to amend the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1997, to extend the existing powers of the IAA with regard to its safety and regulatory functions and to recoup costs through fees and charges for its aviation security regulation functions. It also provides for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Before I open it to the floor I want to make it clear the Minister wrote to the committee on 1 November, stating the Government passed the heads of the Bill and it wanted this legislation passed as quickly as possible. We asked the clerk to have this meeting as soon as we could. It so happens, very unfortunately, that the Minister and committee members who are Members of the Dáil are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Department is fully funding all that. The IAA obviously cannot do so because it does not have the income. What happens to the €1 million that is currently being paid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: So it is running a deficit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Let me put the question in a different way. Did the Department ever fund this separately from the IAA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Was that up to 2013?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am just trying to clarify the points. Up to 2013, the Department-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Has the Department funded the IAA at all since then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: In terms of security in the broadest sense, different people are carrying out different functions relating to security. Is Ms Lennon is saying is that the IAA, which the Department oversees, follows the guidelines the Department sets down as opposed to each one doing whatever it wants to invigilate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: How does the Department ensure it gets the compliance it obviously wants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: What Mr. Gavin is saying is that the IAA oversees everything and makes sure that it conforms to specifications, which is fair enough. It seems that the cost recovery is from regulated entities only. Will Mr. Gavin tell me who they are? The regulatory impact statement says that a small number of respondents - I do not know who they were, obviously, as these are the regulated entities -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: We can bring the authority's representatives in here if they are requested. It is an important question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is indicated that costs will be incurred by regulated entities regarding the application of fines for serious or non-recurring issues. I am trying to understand this point. Not only can these entities be asked to improve the situation, it also appears that fines may be levied. Is that a new power given by this process or was it there already?