Results 1,561-1,580 of 2,052 for speaker:Maria Bailey
- 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 will come back to Ms Hegarty. I want to let Mr. Baldwin and Ms Fallon in.
- 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: As we are running out of time, we will go through this section a little quicker. Most of the questions were directed at Mr. Baldwin.
- 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: Does Ms Fallon want to come back in on anything?
- 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 the witnesses for attending this morning. Obviously, after they leave here, if there is anything further that they think would be valuable to the report, we would appreciate if they might send it in to the committee so that we can include it if necessary. I presume we will be seeing them all again at a certain stage. I propose that suspend for a few minutes to allow our second...
- 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 welcome the witnesses from the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Ms Mary Hurley, Ms Sarah Neary, Mr. John Barry, Mr. John Wickham and Mr. David Hannigan. Before we begin, I draw their attention 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 committee....
- 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 Neary for her presentation and invite Deputy Ó Broin to pose some questions.
- 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 think the question regarding rapid build has already been put. Following on from our previous session, how many staff have been approved in housing over the past couple of years and in the building control area particularly? There was a significant loss of staff between 2006 and 2011. It will take time to rebuild that. The watchdog argument was raised with the previous panel of...
- 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: Some 657 were allocated since 2015.
- 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 think it is the case that the assigned certifier will not sign off on the final-----
- 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 would presume the builder would take cognisance of what the recommendation is. I am only presuming that. Hopefully, we are not going back to the way it used to be and the builder would take cognisance of the advice. If they do not, the assigned certifier cannot sign off on the final product, so to speak, or dwelling or building.
- 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 presume there would be a red flag. They obviously cannot take themselves out of that process. They have to be let go. I presume that would be a red flag and that there would then be further inspections.
- 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: Ms Neary appears to have addressed most of the issues raised.
- 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: Are there any further questions?
- 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: Are there any further questions?
- 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: We would welcome any further information the witnesses think is relevant to the report so that it will be a very robust document. I thank our witnesses, Ms Sarah Neary, Ms Mary Hurley, Mr. David Hannigan, Mr. John Wickham and Mr. John Barry, for coming in this morning and for the ongoing communications to this committee. I thank the committee members and the committee staff for all the work...
- Report of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (12 Apr 2017)
Maria Bailey: I acknowledge the work of the committee in the past four months. It was a very robust, in-depth debate. It did not always agree on everything, as is very clear. I think we all enjoyed the process because it was very informative. I do not think I have ever learned as much about water as I did in the last four months. We were locked into that room many a time. I know that Deputy Barry...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Business of Select Committee (12 Apr 2017)
Maria Bailey: The purpose of this meeting is consideration by the committee of Committee Stage of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016. Before we commence our consideration of the Bill, I propose to deal with some house keeping matters. To ensure the smooth running of the meeting, any member acting in substitution for a member of the committee should formally notify the Clerk, if they have...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Maria Bailey: Amendments Nos. 1, 2 and 107 are related and may be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Maria Bailey: Do any members have questions on these amendments?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)
Maria Bailey: The members of the committee who are not here cannot defend themselves. They might have had prior commitments this morning.