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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I will stick with Mr. Hughes to ask my next question as well. Taking percentages, how many of our homes are now BER rated? Obviously, people who want to sell their house have to get a BER or if someone gets work done-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: On the issue of assessors and other specialists in this field, there seems to be a major shortage of people in this area. I notice that since local authorities have moved into the area of retrofitting that many companies are specialising in that work to the detriment of the private sector, which are not doing this work. Has the SEAI made any recommendations to Government as to how we can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: My apologies for interrupting Ms Stewart. How many of those assessors are active? Are there any who have registered but are not operational or active?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I am conscious of the time but I have two quick questions for Mr. Deegan on the one-stop shops. When will they be up and running?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Will that target be met?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: That is grand. My final question, for Mr. Armstrong, is on the local authority retrofit programme. I am aware that local authorities had a concern that there were cost overruns which were not being addressed when the authorities went back to the Department. I do not know if Mr. Paul Benson is with the Department group today but I believe the Department has issued a directive indicating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I would appreciate if Mr. Armstrong could come back to me on that point, just to give me peace of mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: My understanding is that there is a cost overrun of between €5,000 and €7,000 per house and there is no provision to cover that. In some local authorities we are looking at an overrun in the order of approximately €700,000. Local authority staff and officials will quickly lose the appetite for a scheme if they have to find money for to cover things like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Equine Welfare: My Lovely Horse Animal Rescue (27 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Thank you very much. I commend the witnesses on the great work they are doing. They are doing fantastic work but it would be remiss of me, like the two previous speakers, not to take them to task on the couple of lines relating to animal welfare. I appreciate that they are at the coalface and are seeing the absolute worst but right across Ireland, we are very passionate about our horses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I would agree that the LEO is certainly the vehicle to do this. Has Ms Mangan seen any examples in Europe of governments that have done this and how it has worked? She referred to the e-voucher, a €2,000 payment on behalf of the business to an e-mentor or business to help them develop their website. Is she thinking of something like that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Lovely, I would appreciate that. I thank Ms Mangan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank all the speakers for coming in. We have seen significant progress in remote working over the past two years, helped in part by the pandemic. We have also seen the springing up of a large number of hubs across the country. We recently saw the opening of the co:worx hub in Edgeworthstown in County Longford. It is a wonderful initiative which is really going to help champion the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I am not at the moment. I am dialling in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation and the Forestry Sector: Discussion (13 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (7 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the IDA commitment to deliver an advanced building solution in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18635/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I want to thank all of the speakers for coming here today. It has been very informative and helpful. I straddle two committees as well. I am also on the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, so I am familiar with many of the issues that the witnesses raised. It is good to see, particularly in terms of what Teagasc presented, farmers are not being vilified. Too often,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Very good. I would be very impressed with the numbers. It is just under 2,900 and follow-up engagement is very strong at 95%. That probably speaks to the belief that this is very much a consultative approach and not a stick approach and that Teagasc is engaging proactively with farmers. Perhaps we need to make farmers more aware that the service is there. At the minute, it is reactive....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I have a final question. We will have to do the glass half full and the glass half empty. The half empty part is the non-implementation or not proceeding. We are establishing that it is one in three, which would be a cause for concern. Obviously, farming is very challenged at present, with the war in Ukraine, escalating fuel costs and so forth. Many of the rehabilitative works and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion (7 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I appreciate Teagasc is not making any major announcements today, but what is the level of funding it believes is necessary to try to get this one third of farmers who are not engaging, whether they are not able to engage or not able to follow through?