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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 768. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the HSE national ambulance service implementing a dynamic deployment system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33697/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 769. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the HSE national ambulance service being permitted to transport patients by ambulance to injury units at St. John's, Nenagh and Ennis hospitals if their injuries can be treated at such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (28 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 774. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulance dispatches recorded in each county during 2021; the number of times ambulances arrived at scenes in which the patient had already passed away, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33751/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when local authorities will receive funding (details supplied) to support emergency and planned upgrade works to group water schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33361/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: The witnesses have had detailed discussions and these are just the heads of Bill. If someone gets a grant of, for example, €100,000 or €150,000, will the Government subrogate to that extent or is it fully subrogated meaning that the person cannot pursue a claim? Do people need to give back the amount they receive and keep anything over and above it or is it that they cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: That is why I asked if there was any indication of an intention to pursue the suppliers of the concrete blocks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: Ms Timmons said that if someone has a claim, the Department will be able to pursue it and recover money. How will the Department know if someone has a claim?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: That is if the person has already taken a claim. How will the Department know if there is a latent claim?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: It is right that the State step in to try to remedy this horrendous situation for people. Equally, it is right that the Exchequer should be compensated by those who supplied dangerous material, particularly when they did so for profit. I return to what measures will be taken on the subrogation issue. The Minister said in November that recovering money for the Exchequer is a priority....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: Ms Timmons suggested earlier that senior counsel would not be appointed until the Bill is passed. Can the two issues not travel in tandem? I assume there is more than one person working on this in the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: My time is limited so I will move to the issue of subrogation. A breach of contract claim would be to put the person back in the position the person would have been in had there not been a breach and had dangerous and substandard material not been provided. Let us say there is a claim for €250,000 and the person gets an ex gratiapayment from the State of €200,000. Is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I asked earlier in the very limited time available at the end of Deputy O'Callaghan's slot how Ms Timmons would know if there was a claim and she replied that if there is a claim, she has to notify the Minister. However, if there is a subrogation clause, there is no incentive for people to take legal advice. Legal advice is not free and costs money. Why would somebody go to a solicitor,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: Ms Timmons will refer back to us. It would be obscene if the State was going to pay out €3 billion and the only recovery mechanism is a levy on the industry generally, including those who complied and those who did not comply equally. In any event, all of that levy will be transferred to homeowners, future homeowners and people who are rebuilding their homes because of a pyrite claim...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: They were, and there were others named.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: This is a company with deep pockets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: It is a company that I assume insures its products pretty quite well and has underwriters. We are not talking necessarily about small, limited companies that might disappear overnight. There are big companies out there that are providing materials, and maybe they will defend all the claims against them, that are alleged to be dangerous. It would be horrendous if the State is the only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: Nothing has been done since.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: No, it is an allegation.

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Michael McNamara: I have listened to this debate with great interest. It concerns an issue I have raised previously in this House in the specific context of the difficulties of obtaining insurance for the fair on Spancil Hill. Thankfully, through the efforts of Clare County Council’s elected members and management, that has now been obtained, but I thank the Minister of State for his offer and the...