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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Chairman. The legislation is good in that it seeks to implement compliance with European law, namely, the water framework directive, ensure protection of our water supply and potentially create the facility for an application to be made for increased water supply to the Dublin area. However, my concern is that the provisions in the Bill must be meaningful and, in this regard, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: If there are multiple abstractions, they can cumulatively be quite significant. With regard to the technology, smart devices are being put in people's three-bedroom semi-detached homes to measure the water. Some large extractions of water will be legitimate, worthy and valid. Others will be abusive. If we are not measuring it, we cannot determine one from the other. It is important, if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh and Ms Connolly for coming in today. It would be helpful if we could get written memos on the rationale the Department has used for the setting of the thresholds and how those thresholds compare internationally beyond just Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: On the issue of metering, I hate to bang on about a subject but it is a critically important intervention. A point that has been made a number of times today is that the EPA does not have sufficiently accurate data. This legislation is an attempt to remedy that and to put us on a more secure footing where we would have a better understanding and real-time data going forward to manage our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: In the new year.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: This morning, I renew my request for this House to debate the issue of homelessness, particularly homelessness in Dublin city. This week, the deputy chief executive of Dublin City Council, Brendan Kenny, issued the latest report from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, which documented that, as of the last count, there are currently more than 6,227 homeless people in Dublin. There are...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I share all the concerns and frustrations that have been well aired. I spoke to the Minister about this. This is not how I would like us to do our business. A matter of this seriousness and importance should not be rushed in any way. The survivors and everybody involved have been waiting far too long for justice and reparation. As we have...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I asked the Minister to indicate if he was pursuing with the Attorney General amendments to allow for an anonymised index. I did not hear him reply to that query.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Minister for coming to the House and bringing this very important legislation for our consideration. I thank the members of the commission, the three judges who have worked for five years and who will produce a report that will document such a dark piece of our history, spanning 75 years, 18 institutions and more than 70,000 lives, most of them women and children. I thank the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Would that category include issues like water supply for Dublin?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I apologise on behalf of Deputy Murnane O'Connor who has been delayed on the road from Carlow. She has seen the report, is happy with No. 15 and would like us to proceed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Would that limit the discussion to just social housing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Taking the significance of a referendum on housing, I wonder if it should have its own section. The Minister will come in and talk to us about the house building programme, retrofitting, water, planning and all of those areas but with this we are talking about constitutional change. It is a significant undertaking and one for which I believe there will be broad support. Should we be taking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I also made that submission so we are in agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I agree with the suggestion and I am happy to support it. If we are going to look at Covid-19 and housing, I would like it to be a broad look and not just ventilation, building standards and space. In my constituency, domestic violence is up by 100% and housing inadequacy and poverty is a real contributor to that. I would like us to look at the social aspects, not just built housing, when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: A lot of people have been trapped in really inadequate-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Are we not looking into the rest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Deputy McAuliffe's items are actually next on the list.