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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: 494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if provisions are being considered with regard to sole traders and the provision of redundancy to staff if they are to face closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [28883/20]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I apologise for missing the first meeting but it clashed with a housing committee meeting and I was unable to attend. I congratulate the Chairman on his appointment. I thank the Minister of State for his attendance today and his statement. I take up the Chairman's point on the requirement for investment in better roll-on and roll-off facilities or a direct port connection to Europe....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: For this session we will discuss the work programme for the committee. We agreed at the previous meeting that members would submit topics or suggestions for the work programme and members have received the proposed or draft list of topics. There are submissions from all the groups and most of the members and it is proposed that we go through that. There is some overlap and some Deputies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Deputy. A quarterly review of the programme for Government was discussed at a previous meeting and it was agreed that we will try to get the Minister and the Department to appear before the committee on a quarterly basis. The latent defects redress scheme was raised in a number of submissions and it was agreed that it will form part of our work programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I spoke to representatives of the Apartment Owners' Network and the Construction Defects Alliance recently and told them, given that we have a lot of newly-elected Members and new members on this committee, it would be beneficial for them to appear before us at some stage, bearing in mind our legislative work schedule. Deputy Ó Broin's submission refers to land management and housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: We will circulate those reports to members so they can familiarise themselves with that work, although many are probably familiar already.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: Is that proposal being made now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I was just coming to that. Several Deputies have raised it. Will Deputy Ó Broin speak to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: That is a good idea. The proposal is that there will be a virtual meeting on the report on deaths in homelessness and Senator Fitzpatrick wishes also to examine the location of services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: Several submissions have come in to cover various aspects of homelessness. I will get around to everybody and we will add to the heading of homelessness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I do not want to get into individual cases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I am trying to put a work programme together. We will incorporate those issues into it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: We will address that in the context of homelessness in general.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: We will come back to Deputy Ó Broin's second-tier list. We have received a submission from Senator Moynihan regarding reports on construction costs in housing, the development of affordable renting schemes and affordable housing schemes and improving security of tenure for renters. That is covered in other submissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I think so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Deputy. Deputy Duffy made a submission on building defects and fire safety. That issue will be covered as part of the subject of latent defects. He has also referred to the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: The Deputy suggests calling the Apartment Owners Network to address the committee on that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: As we have already mentioned, that body could probably testify on the defects issue as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: We will take the defects issue and the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 as separate issues. That is fine. To continue with Deputy Duffy's list, we will move on to environment product declarations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (6 Oct 2020)

Steven Matthews: That is one issue we could push out.