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

Pat Casey: In fairness, the exposure to risk can happen at any stage in a building development. If there is not an independent inspection of a foundation, identification of such risk is lost. While Ms Neary said that Dublin City Council has achieved an inspection level of 75%, that might have involved only one visit to a site while some sites would require multiple visits.

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

Pat Casey: I appreciate that but I am looking at this from an independent point of view. The assigned certifier constitutes self-regulation from the local authority side. Does Ms Neary understand the point I am making? I am differentiating there. I believe the assigned certifier constitutes self-regulation. Third party regulation is what the Department is doing. Ms Neary said that there are seven...

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

Pat Casey: Yes.

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

Pat Casey: I will be brief. One thing Ms Hegarty mentioned in the previous session was the fact that the assigned certifier cannot stop something happening on-site. That is a worrying thing of which I was not quite aware. I wonder if anything can be done with that down the line. Perhaps it is not true.

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

Pat Casey: Unless it is replaced.

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

Pat Casey: The point comes back to the fact that prevention is better than a cure. When the red flag is raised, the damage has been done.

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

Pat Casey: The witness mentioned well-organised builders there. The fear is that the larger the scale of development, the more oversight there is. However, down in the middle ground where there are small-scale developments of two or three houses, the same level of oversight by the assigned assessor might not be there. I have a concern in that regard.

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

Pat Casey: I know.

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

Pat Casey: I have a quick question for Mr. Wickham. He mentioned a geologist in his presentation. Is the geologist involved in the certification of quarries?

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Investigations (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: Sunbeam House Services provides vital services to adults with intellectual disabilities in Wicklow with full-time residential, day services and respite care. There are hundreds of service users and their families requiring the services of Sunbeam House Services throughout Wicklow but particularly in facilities in Bray, Wicklow and Arklow. Needless to say, any organisation providing such...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Investigations (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to answer the question himself. I thank him for his response and for his confirmation that he is meeting immediately with the HSE on this matter. I am also delighted to see that he is meeting formally with the families tomorrow. This is what is needed. Now that action is being taken a public response is needed that all service users, the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: In respect of this group of amendments, we were late submitting proposed amendments and will be tabling them on Report Stage, specifically in respect of the strategic transport plans that have been suggested in this section. Some of us in counties neighbouring Dublin would be aware of the impact that "shall", "may" and "have regard to" have on our own county development plans. It is a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I appreciate that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I will be fairly brief. It is vitally important that we have a balance here. It is critical to maintain democratic control over the process, and with that, political accountability. We are in a different place today than we were a few decades ago. I have been through three county development plans and several local area plans during that period and there has been significant change from...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I wish to inform the committee that we will introduce an amendment to section 7 on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: I welcome this amendment. While there is a four week timebound period on a local authority to have a meeting, I have a concern that there is no timebound period applying to the output of that meeting. The Minister put in place a fast-track planning process, where the first stage of preplanning is a nine week process and then there is a determined outcome whether it be to move forward to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (12 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care paediatric occupational therapists in County Wicklow; the number of persons waiting for care; the waiting times for an appointment for this treatment since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18630/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and detail of section 481 film industry relief applications by year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18241/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of enforcement notices served by local authorities on construction projects entered into the building control management software since 1 March 2014, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18242/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Apr 2017)

Pat Casey: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of legal proceedings instigated by local authorities on construction projects entered onto the building control management software since 1 March 2014, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18243/17]