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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask that the witnesses be brief in their responses to my first question, as I am conscious of the need for the homeowners – the victims – in particular to have their say about the issues with the scheme. I thank Mr. Owens and Mr. Keogh for their submission. I am not surprised, but I am alarmed by their frank outlining of how their members were struggling to get insurance and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: For the record, the members of Mr. Owen's organisation, who are professional engineers, have recommended that more than 200 homes be demolished in County Donegal. Those recommendations have not been agreed to and have been referred to the Housing Agency. That is the mess we are in. Engineers cannot agree how this should be resolved, but homeowners are supposed to work with the scheme. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I omitted to acknowledge the presence of redress focus groups from County Donegal. Two members are in the Gallery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Mr. Ó Coigligh said, "The vast majority of those who need help will get all the financial assistance they need." Has he any idea how offensive that is to the people and homeowners I represent in County Donegal? Has he any idea how offensive it is that - I will read out Mr. Ó Coigligh's title - the assistant secretary in the Department would say that and for somebody at such a high...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Mr. Ó Coigligh seriously believe the vast majority of people are getting 100% redress?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Mr. Ó Coigligh wish to retract what he said in his opening statement that the vast majority of those who need help will get all the financial assistance they need? Does he wish to retract that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay. Mr. Ó Coigligh went on to say that it is not a compensation or redress scheme but rather a grant scheme. This is the thing that drives homeowners mad. This is deeply hurtful. Mr. Ó Coigligh heard the testimonies earlier, although maybe he did not hear all of them, about what this has done to people's lives. I live in Buncrana. I look to my right-hand side outside my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I hope in future the Department will reflect on that type of language. I really want to work constructively with Mr. Ó Coigligh to find solutions but he might please reflect on that type of language when he comes back to do the review in six months' time. I am absolutely convinced that when Mr. Ó Coigligh does the review, he will not use that language again. In terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am a layperson. I have described this so many times to people in County Donegal. When I get on an aeroplane, I trust that the pilot can fly it and that the mechanics have it in good order. We put our trust in professionals. Right now, this is a huge dilemma. Nobody can professionally say the standard on which we base this scheme is fit for purpose and can be trusted. Ms Larkin will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (12 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what engagement he and his Department had prior to the introduction of the European Union (International Labour Organisation Work in Fishing Convention) (Safe Manning) Regulations 2023, SI 315/2023, and their impact on the Irish fishing industry; what plans he has for further engagement to discuss the impact; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (12 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and ask officials from his Department and the Office of Public Works to re-engage with a person (details supplied) to discuss a safe and fair management system for the water courses that run through his farm land from all the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (11 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 13 June 2023, if he will outline his plans to update the legislation pertaining to quarries, in co-operation with other Ministers, considering the catastrophic failings in State oversight that have led to devastation for thousands of homeowners and tenants and a cost of billions...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Care Services (11 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 592. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm when the positions (details supplied) within the primary healthcare system in north Donegal will be filled; and if he is aware of the huge impact this is having on children with the full spectrum of disabilities and their families. [34034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (11 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the necessary funding and resources are provided to an organisation (details supplied) so that it can continue to provide the care needed in respect of a person to live independently within the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (11 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 658. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that ten years since the major flood at Letterkenny University Hospital, the onsite outpatient clinic has not been reinstated at the hospital; and if he will ensure that this important clinic is reinstated as soon as possible. [33470/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (6 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will agree to homeowner amendments to the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act, passed almost one year ago, considering that the reason he refused these amendments at the time was his urgency to get the new scheme up and running. [32741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (6 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the dismay caused to hundreds of homeowners in defective block homes in Donegal, who have had their application under the defective concrete block grant scheme referred by Donegal County Council to the Housing Agency to adjudicate on, under the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective...

A5 Route Upgrade: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: All too often, systems that are in place fail our people. The planning system in the North of Ireland has profoundly failed the people of the north west - Donegal, Derry, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Sligo, Cavan and Monaghan. There is an overwhelming desire to have equality of access and infrastructure for our people with the rest of the island. When we look at the map we can see, rightly so,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (4 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he and his Department officials will issue a substantive response to a person (details supplied). [32042/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (4 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if the planning exemptions announced by him in February 2022, where he stated that no planning permission is needed for the conversion of vacant pubs into homes (up to nine units) includes an exemption for the related construction of an updated waste water treatment system for those new homes. [32734/23]