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Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: Amendment No. 171 has already been discussed with amendment No. 137.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: Amendment No. 172 has already been discussed with amendment No. 137.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: Amendment No. 173 has already been discussed with amendment No. 137.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: How does the amendment stand?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Message to Dáil (13 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government has completed its consideration of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 and has made amendments thereto. I thank committee members for their co-operation and for the manner in which the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Message to Dáil (13 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: I will do that.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Message to Dáil (13 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: I concur with those remarks. I thank the members of the committee for their co-operation and all the staff who went out of their way to help us, including departmental officials and the Minister. I thank the clerks sitting on both sides of me for the work they have put in over the past number of days to facilitate me in setting up today's meeting.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (8 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: The next question is in the name of Deputy Barry, but he is happy to let it be taken as a Written Answer.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Planning Framework (8 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: Will the Deputy stand a little closer to the microphone?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Planning Framework (8 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: The Minister cannot hear the Deputy.

Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (7 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: I was delighted to see the December issue of the monthly economic bulletin because it shows that from August to October 2016 there was an increase of 9.4% in the number of tourists visiting this lovely country. I am also pleased there are such close links with the UK given that we share the same wonderful climate and that people from there enjoy the same cultural pursuits we do as well as...

Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (7 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: It was a long time coming and it was well deserved.

Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (7 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: Both of us come from that area so I am sure he does not mind me throwing in that comment. We have many sporting clubs throughout the county. One can go cycling, walking, hiking or even have a dip in the Forty Foot or whatever it is one wants to do in Dún Laoghaire. I am a runner and I regularly run from Dún Laoghaire to the Dublin Mountains. It is only 12 km in distance. We...

Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (7 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: I thank all concerned.

Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (7 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work his Department has completed on promoting the brand Dublin a breath of fresh air; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38695/16]

Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (7 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: I thank and apologise to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Given that someone in Dublin city can, within 30 minutes, reach the Dublin Mountains, the sea or the vibrant and bustling city centre with its arts, heritage and culture, what work is the Department doing to promote the brand, "Dublin: A Breath of Fresh Air"?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Hotel Accommodation (7 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement his Department has had on costs within the Dublin hotel sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38696/16]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending and for the detailed information we were afforded prior to the meeting, which was helpful. I welcome the continued support for carers, lone parents and people with disabilities. The increase in the disregard for the one-parent family payment from €90 to €110 is part of a package of measures along with the winter package from...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: I ask the Minister to clarify a matter. I understand that there have been 62,000 referrals to JobPath and that less than 1%, 119, of these gave rise to complaints. The majority of those cases have now been resolved. If somebody wants to complain, he or she will pursue the matter. Deputy O'Dea has said that people have complaints but that they are afraid to bring them further. If I...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Maria Bailey: I am not being critical. We must explore both sides of the argument.