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

Joe Flaherty: Is that specifically going to farmers for rehabilitative works?

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 thank Mr. Meehan. It has been very helpful and informative.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I know the Ceann Comhairle has stepped out but I want to pay tribute to him for hosting President Zelenskyy earlier. He spoke passionately and emotively from the heart and he represented the views of the people of Ireland. I commend the Minister, who also spoke most eloquently. It was wonderful to hear him namecheck and quote some of the 21 previous speakers who had addressed the Houses....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank both speakers for their informative contributions. I will go to the Dogs Trust representatives on the issue of databases, which we have heard some evidence on heretofore. Could they recap the number of databases operating in the country? I accept that they operate to varying standards. I assume that the utopian solution would be a statutory database with any subsidiary databases...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: With regard to the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010, it is telling that only 50% of local authorities have made the register available and accessible to members of the public to view online.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Sorry. I will come back on that one so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: It is regrettable that no representatives from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications are attending this session but they will, I hope, appear before the committee on this theme in the near future. The Acting Chairman might note that we have requested them to attend again. I am very excited by the circular economy, probably to my wife's consternation. I am an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: That is reassuring. There is a strong focus on the retrofitting of local authority houses and the SEAI deals with contractors daily. The anecdotal feedback we are getting suggests the average cost of the retrofitting of a local authority house is in the order of €7,000 above what the local authorities have been approved by the Department. Is the authority bringing pressure to bear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: In the brief time I have remaining, will Mr. Meally update us on the one-stop shops?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (31 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 42. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on community specialist teams for older persons. [16863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (31 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 49. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional home support hours that are being provided in 2022 for persons living with dementia. [16862/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the public health supports that are available to schools for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13502/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Community Safety Partnerships (29 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the Local Community Safety Partnership pilot in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16095/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I congratulate Mr. O'Connor on his tenure as chair. Hopefully he can leave here unblemished and have a successful tenure. I pay tribute to the Housing Alliance for its important work in providing housing. Approved housing bodies across the country have a success story to tell. It is great to see that it is continuing and the scale of their ambition. I have two key questions. It does not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: An important message from today's meeting is that the Housing Alliance will deliver almost 40,000 houses over the next nine years, which is almost double what is projected in Housing for All. That is good news and I commend the witnesses on that. I am interested in the cost rental model and the fact that the Housing Alliance will have to look at smaller units. Has it engaged with any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: There are many good lessons for us about modular housing, particular looking at the work of the Department of Education. It is doing Herculean work on modular building and that is something on which our guests must build. There are a number of very good providers in that area. I am pleased the Housing Alliance is engaging on that issue. A bone of contention for the many happy tenants...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I will turn now to the housing delivery co-ordination office. Mr. Taaffe or Ms Geraghty may wish to take my question. When I start to talk about this next issue, I feel like Tony McCoy getting back on the hobby horse. The issue is affordable housing for rural Ireland and the fact that 13 counties have thus far been excluded from that scheme. I understand, and hope our guests will confirm,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: When do our guests anticipate that an affordable housing scheme will come to fruition in any of those 13 counties, Longford in particular?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (24 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 15. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on measures to make childcare more affordable and sustainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15310/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Homeless Accommodation (24 Mar 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 44. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on measures undertaken by his Department to tackle child and youth homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15311/22]