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Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: No, I will not have a compensation fund. We have a remediation scheme. Obviously, the remediation scheme will be determined by what money we can accrue from Government for it. I have €10 million of an initial down-payment for this scheme, I will get more money in 2014 and we will see how we get on as the scheme progresses over the two-year period. I want to make it perfectly clear...

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: There are established practices for the chairpersons of any statutory body to appear upon request to the Oireachtas committee and, accordingly, there is no specific requirement for including this as an amendment to the Bill. It is also absolutely implicit that the chairperson would attend on receipt of a request from the committee. Therefore, there should no reason a chairperson should...

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: It is a matter for the Whips to arrange what happens before the House but all I am saying is that, in addition to the normal arrangements for any statutory body to come before the relevant Oireachtas committee, which the Deputy can attend, the chairperson of the Pyrite Resolution Board will submit a report to me on a quarterly basis and I will submit it to all Deputies and Senators in the...

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The amendments proposed are not required having regard to what is already in the Bill. The Bill provides for the appointment of persons to the Pyrite Resolution Board, the appointment of appeals officers, the establishment of procedures for appeals to an appeals officer, the removal of a person from a board, the filling of a vacancy on the board and the circumstances under which these...

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: If the building condition assessment proves that there is pyrite there, it will be covered.

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Yes. The Pyrite Resolution Board is laying down the protocols and conditions attached to the building assessment.

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Everybody has to do a building condition assessment and there are certain indicators laid down by the Pyrite Resolution Board which will show that they can go on to the next level of testing. If Deputy Clare Daly's suggestion is that home owners already have a test done, we can take that into account. If the Pyrite Resolution Board is satisfied that such a test shows definitively that...

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The cost of testing will be covered by the pyrite remediation board. I acknowledge that the Deputy was referring to a test that may already have been carried out, but if the test conforms with the conditions set down by the board, I am sure common sense will prevail. I am sure the chairman of the board would be satisfied that further expense would not be required. Costs in relation to...

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I am reducing the number of members on Kilkenny County Council.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I take full responsibility for my actions, unlike others.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: It is to be hoped things will be better.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: They got the idea from the former Minister, Noel Dempsey.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I do not know what to say on these matters. I will bring with me tomorrow a policy document in which I have no doubt Senator Jim Walsh was involved alongside the former Minister, Mr. Noel Dempsey. I will outline for the Senator what Fianna Fáil Party policy on municipal districts and authorities was some years ago.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Cathaoirleach is correct. I am giving Senator Walsh a little teaser on the metropolitan authorities proposed by Fianna Fáil. We will see tomorrow how his party policy equates with the rhetoric I have listened to for the past two hours.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I am surprised that Sinn Féin is bringing that up.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I considered the establishment of a single local authority for the county and city of Galway. I decided to retain the city and county councils on the basis of the reasons outlined by the Senator.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: It was turned down.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I did not look at that. I think everybody knows perfectly well my views on the boundaries in south Kilkenny, or indeed in Rosbercon or anywhere else. I did not have to look at it because I have a very fixed view on the matter. The people of Ferrybank and south Kilkenny are well served by Kilkenny County Council in the same way as I am sure the people of Waterford city are well served by...

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: How many councillors was Sinn Féin proposing to have in the Republic?

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Senator has a brass neck.