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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: I thank Mr. Ó Tuathail. I invite anyone who has questions to contribute. I call Deputy Fergus O'Dowd.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: I will take a couple of questions first. I call Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: As there are no further questions, I call Mr. Ó Tuathail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: Deputy Ó Broin-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: I believe Deputy O'Dowd asked one further question. He asked if there were examples of other countries that had used-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: Do members have further questions? No. Does Deputy Collins wish to make a final comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: On behalf of the committee, I thank Deputy Collins for bringing the Private Members' Bill to us. I thank Mr. Séamus Ó Tuathail and Ms Treasa Brannick O'Cillín for attending this morning and making themselves available to inform us about the details of the amendment. The Minister is scheduled to come here at 10.30 a.m. I propose that we suspend for half an hour and resume...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: We will begin the second session. I welcome the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney and his officials to the meeting. Before we begin I draw the attention of the witnesses to the to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: The Minister has stated he will clarify the issues the Deputy has raised when he receives legal advice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: We have a list of stakeholders, which includes legal experts and academics. I will discuss the list with members at our next meeting and ask if they want to bring them in as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: So that members are clear, there is no rush. We have scheduled dates in the coming weeks to deal with Deputy Joan Collins' Bill. We are not going to be prevented from moving forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: I will let Deputy Joan Collins wrap up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: I thank the Deputy. Does the Minister want to say a few words to wrap up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Discussion (4 May 2017)

Maria Bailey: I thank everyone for attending and our previous session this morning. I thank the Minister and his officials, Mr. Ryan and Ms Graham. At next week's meeting the committee will discuss whether a further meeting is required with stakeholders and the stakeholders with whom members would like to engage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (13 Apr 2017)

Maria Bailey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members are asked to ensure that, for the duration of the meeting, their mobile phones are turned off completely or, depending on the device, switched to aeroplane, safe or flight mode. It is not sufficient for members to leave them in silent mode as that would maintain a level of interference with the broadcasting system. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Maria Bailey: This morning we will continue our review of building regulations, building controls and consumer protection. I remind members that we will have two sessions today. To our first session I welcome Ms Orla Hegarty from the school of architecture, planning and environmental policy at University College Dublin, UCD; Mr. Alan Baldwin and Mr. Kevin Hollingsworth from the Society of Chartered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Maria Bailey: I invite Mr. Alan Baldwin to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Maria Bailey: I invite Ms Deirdre Fallon to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Maria Bailey: I thank Ms Fallon and call Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Review of Building Regulations, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Apr 2017)

Maria Bailey: For people watching the proceedings, the CIRI is the construction industry register of Ireland, an online register of competent builders. Deputy Casey talked about the shortage of skills. At the height of the boom, one in eight worked in the construction industry. Can Ms Hegarty tell us what the figure is now? We lost a lot of very skilled people during the downturn and this particularly...