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Building Regulations (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 3: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will accept that in view of the information available (details supplied), the Building Regulations Advisory Board could have prevented the pyrite problem by ensuring adequate testing standards and that he has a responsibility and duty to the thousands of home owners, who invested in their family home...

Building Regulations (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: The Minister's response is factually inaccurate in several instances. He acknowledges that the regulations were inadequate and had to be changed. The issue, however, is whether he was aware of the problem at that time. There is now disputable evidence, given most recently at a symposium in Trinity College, that there was a massive awareness of this issue in terms of the ground engineering...

Building Regulations (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: If the pyrite panel comes back with a finding that makes points like those the Minister is making, the householders affected are going to be seriously disappointed. The Minister must understand the nature of the problem to come up with a solution and he has quoted two people's different opinions. Mr. Brian Hawkins is the world renowned authority on pyrite and I would give greater...

Household Charge (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: It does not bother me in the slightest but I could quote the Minister's own predictions for payment.

Local Authority Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: The Minister said that grant aid would be considered if required. By whom will it be considered? What will the criteria be, from what budget will he take the funding for this and what amount will it be?

Local Authority Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: It just means the Minister's promises of grant aid-----

Local Authority Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: You need not point your finger at me, Minister.

Local Authority Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: I will certainly debate with you in any arena on this.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 8: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his views on the submission by the representative of the local authority engineers which challenges the conclusions of the Price Waterhouse Cooper report on fundamentals of their analysis of the water services here; his views that no further action should proceed regarding the setting up of Irish Water until...

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: I am shocked as although my question was quite specific, the Minister did not address a single part of it. The question indicated that the Minister is privy to information submitted by local authority engineers which undermines the entire premise of the establishment of Irish Water in the first place. In particular, they have pinpointed serious flaws in the PricewaterhouseCoopers study....

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: The Minister has acknowledged that the PricewaterhouseCoopers report was disputed. In the light of this, how can he justify making the decision without exploring these issues further? Given that the company was involved in the Scottish Water project, does he not think there was a conflict of interest? How much was the company paid for its work? What will the Minister do about the boundary...

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: From where will the additional finance come in the private sector?

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: Give us an example.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: Municipal control seems to be international best practice.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: The Minister does not know a whole lot, which is a little frightening.

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 36: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the reported failure to comply with building programmes, fire safety, in apartment buildings at Priory Hall and Belmayne, Dublin, if his attention has been drawn to similar non-compliance in other apartment buildings; and the action he will take to ensure fire safety in these buildings. [22168/12]

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the financial loss to the State and taxpayer arising from the unsafe loan undertakings provided by solicitors to banks, made public by the National Assets Management Agency during March 2012. [22473/12]

Written Answers — Unsafe Loan Undertakings: Unsafe Loan Undertakings (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will accept that unsafe loan undertakings provided by solicitors to banks, made public by the National Assets Management Agency during March 2010, are in reality property transactions to which principles of moral hazard apply. [22565/12]

Written Answers — Unsafe Loan Undertakings: Unsafe Loan Undertakings (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance as the holder on behalf of Irish citizens of majority share holding in Allied Irish Bank and the bank formerly known as Anglo Irish Bank and significant shareholding in the Bank of Ireland, the number of civil proceedings in respect of false loan undertakings provided by solicitors to these banks that have been initiated; the identities of...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (3 May 2012)

Clare Daly: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will acknowledge that Ireland's seashore employment ratio, as 1 to 1.5 approximately, compared to 1 to 3 - 1 to 1 to 5 in other member States is amongst the poorest in the EU; and if he will outline his plans to improve on this situation. [22444/12]