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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: Sorry, the Minister of State, Deputy English, wants to clarify a point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: Deputy Barry has taken 14 minutes but I will allow you to come back in for 30 seconds to wrap up. I ask all members to be careful in respect of the names of people they are mentioning, regardless of the paper or author and even though they are out in the public domain in the newspapers today. I ask members to be aware when they are mentioning a name through the committee that this is being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: Thank you, Deputy Barry. Deputy Ó Broin, you are up next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: Deputy Barry, I am asking you to adhere to how we work. We have a good working relationship in this committee. Normally, we adhere to the practices that we have had in place for the past year and a half. I have asked you to abide by these out of consideration for your colleagues on the committee. We have all clearly heard what the Minister and Minister of State have said. It is up to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: No one could ever accuse you of being co-ordinated, Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: Thank you, members and thank you, Minister. Deputy Ó Broin has the floor. Deputy Ó Broin, I will be lenient with you as I have been with Deputy Barry in the interests of fairness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: I never have to be lenient with you, to be fair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: The point is made. I appreciate that. Can we go back to the expenditure and inputs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: It is unfortunate, Chair, that in the month of November, 11 months into the year, a capital allocation of €243 million has been spent and we do not know how many houses it delivered. We also do not know how much it cost per house to deliver that. If we want to communicate-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: I think what the Minister is saying is that it is site-specific. He can average out, but depending on the site, costs would be varied. The Minister will be coming back to us with those figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: Will the Minister come back to us with those figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: We are now under time pressure, but it was important to afford extra time to discuss programme A because it is the most relevant. I cut Deputy Fergus O'Dowd off earlier and was not as lenient with him as with other members. We will now move to programme B - water services. We will then deal with programmes C, D, E and F together. Programme B is dealt with on page 14 of the members'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: Can members continue until 12.30 p.m?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: Would the Deputy like to ask any question about water services which come under programme B?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: I think the Deputy needs a different floor and a different audience. Is that his only question about water services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: We will follow it up, but does the Deputy have a question about expenditure or output as part of the mid-year review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: Does Deputy Pat Casey have a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: I am sorry, Senator. I know this is a very valid point, but we are under time pressure and I want to stick to the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: Does the Minister have further answers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Maria Bailey: We will now move on to programmes C, D, E and F. There will be three minutes for questioners and I ask members to reference the programme about which they are asking the Minister so he can come directly to them.