Results 9,241-9,260 of 10,577 for speaker:Barry Cowen
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a hospital appointment [45927/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a hospital appointment [45928/12]
- Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: I hope the time will be used to respond to suggestions forthcoming from this side of the House.
- Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: I welcome all home owners affected by the presence of pyrite in their homes. They have taken time off work to be here in Leinster House alongside their families to listen to these statements, including those of the Minister. The statements allow Members an opportunity to further question the Minister on his most recent announcement and to seek to clarify issues for those affected. Buying...
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: Considering the absence of the appointment of a planning regulator in the document produced by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government earlier this week, despite the recommendation of the Mahon tribunal in this regard, is this an abandoned policy on the part of the Government as distinct from what was proposed in the programme for Government? When we can we expect...
- Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: I do not want to repeat the questions that have been asked by Deputy Broughan but I expect answers from the Minister in respect of the specific questions, namely, whether he will meet with the residents and show the sort of interest that should emanate from Government on this issue. Will the Minister of State respond to my query about the omission in today's announcement of local government...
- Topical Issue Debate: Priory Hall Development (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue for discussion. We never thought that a year on we would be making the same case for these people who have been to hell in relation to this issue. It appears that over the past 12 months the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, has passed the buck on Priory Hall and these people remain...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: The unit remains seriously under-resourced.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: It remains seriously under-resourced.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: I know the system because I was a councillor for many years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: If a planning regulator was established would it assume responsibility for overseeing all of it? Is that a reputable means of addressing the matter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: I am referring to the enforcement of planning and the enforcement of regulations and the conditions of permission which relate primarily to health and safety.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: Is that planning permission?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: My questions will follow the same line of questioning as the Chairman's. I refer to the certificates of compliance. Those, in the main, relate to compliance with the building regulations and with the planning permission that may have been granted for the development. Who polices the certification of compliance with the building regulations on behalf of the Department? Is it the case that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: It is based on the professional opinion of the professional who is employed by the developer, builder, owner or whoever.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: It is taken as a fact of compliance with the planning permission, in so far as a local authority is concerned. I am asking whether the Department regards it as a matter of fact.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: Even despite the fact it is an opinion? The Department has a role with regard to building regulations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: On which the Department never cried foul.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: Are the proposals to enhance or strengthen the Act sufficient to ensure this situation does not arise again? Mr. O'Connor said this provision was only to accommodate the legal profession and not necessarily the health and safety regulations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Barry Cowen: There would be very many - the majority of whom are upstanding - whose opinion proved to be completely correct. However, I am nervous that regulations laid down by the Department were being used by the legal profession in order to fast-track the conveyancing of property. Mr. O'Connor has said that will be addressed in this proposal and we await the result. I refer to the local authority...