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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: Can the Minister of State answer in the 30 seconds that remain? Please stick to the national planning framework.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: I am the last person in this round and then members will ask a couple of minor questions. I completely appreciate that the document is about the management of land use, the movement of people, and creating opportunities for employment, development and growth in certain parts of the country. The options for the latter will vary depending on the part of the country whether it is tourism,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: Does anybody else wish to comment in the last round of questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: No. We will take the last quick fire round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: I thank everyone for their comments. The Minister of State can have the last word.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: On behalf of the committee, I thank you and the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, who was with us earlier, and Niall, David and Paul for their ongoing interaction with the committee on an informative basis. We will now go into private session to devise our report on the national planning framework with the benefit of the information we have discussed today.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Motor Tax (17 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the authority or organisation that makes the decision on the classification with regard to motor tax (details supplied) in relation to used or already registered private motor vehicles. [44068/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members are asked to ensure that for the duration of the meeting mobile telephones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode depending on the device. It is not sufficient to put them in silent mode as this will maintain interference with the broadcasting system. In accordance with standard procedures...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: Go raibh míle maith agat, Teachta Ó Cuív. Do members have any questions for the Deputy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: As there are no further questions I wish to thank Deputy Ó Cuív for attending the meeting and engaging with the committee on the Bill. The committee will meet the Department's officials at a later date to scrutinise the Bill further and a report will then be compiled by the committee. We will suspend for a few minutes to await our next witness. Deputy Sherlock will be here shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Standards Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: 73. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the NSAI appear unwilling to accept that the method of measuring the aperture of vehicles to establish compliance with EU Regulation 678/2011 is open to interpretation in view of the report by a person (details supplied) which has been furnished to the NSAI. [43123/17]

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (5 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: It is with great sadness that I speak about the late Mr. Liam Cosgrave. I have listened to many others speak before me outlining some of his many great achievements, but, to use some of his own words in a different forum, "the facts speak for themselves." He was a man who got things done without any self-interest. He represented the people of Dún Laoghaire from 1943 to 1981 with great...

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: Like Deputy Cassells, I will be speaking to the Bill and not going off on a tangent like speakers earlier in the debate. This Bill seeks to fast-track the planning and building control process in each local authority so that properties currently requiring a change of use from commercial or industrial purposes to residential can be fast-tracked to allow, for example, for use of space over a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (4 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: We are now in public session. At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members are asked to ensure that for the duration of the meeting mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode depending on the device. It is not sufficient to simply put them in silent mode as this will maintain interference with the broadcasting system....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (4 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: The purpose of today's meeting is to undertake the pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017. On behalf of the committee, I welcome to today's meeting Ms Caroline Spillane and Mr. Cormac Bradley from Engineers Ireland, Ms Carole Pollard and Ms Kathryn Meghen from the Royal Institute of Architects of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (4 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: I thank Ms Spillane for her presentation and call on Ms Kathryn Meghen to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (4 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: I thank Ms Meghen. We will now move on to Mr. Alan Baldwin. I apologise to him for having twice called him Alec Baldwin at the previous meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (4 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: What is the recourse with CIRI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (4 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: Obviously we cannot discuss specific cases but the case might be replicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Draft General Scheme of the Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017 (4 Oct 2017)

Maria Bailey: I know. I has just said that the case could be replicated.