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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: Fair play to him. He deserves credit where it is due. Were it not for his diligence this would presumably have run on for hours longer, as the incident happened overnight. Can Mr. Gleeson talk about compensation? How much has been paid out in compensation by Irish Water since 2016?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: Can Mr. Gleeson supply them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: I would like to know how to apply and the figures involved. This could add up quite quickly following an outage for 600,000 individuals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: Based on the map currently available online, more customers seem to have been impacted by this outage. Areas of Dublin 9 which were not highlighted in the previous map are highlighted now. Were more customers impacted this time or was the previous map inaccurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: Very well. Deputy O'Brien is back, so perhaps the witnesses can give brief answers to his questions. October was a unique situation. We all accept that now. An alert was missed, a sequence of events happened, alarms were missed and so on. November was not so unique. Rain led to turbidity, which led to cryptosporidium treatments not being as successful as they would have been. Rain is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: There will be a risk of this recurring until the second quarter of 2020.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: Of course, but there is an elevated risk at this point in view of all of the upgrades.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: I appreciate Mr. O'Leary's answers and his time. Perhaps Mr. Ó Coigligh could return to Deputy O'Brien's point in the closing two minutes, as the next committee is waiting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: I am sorry, but I am under strict Oireachtas rules. Mr. Ó Coigligh has 15 seconds to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: Mr. Ó Coigligh can give a "Yes" or a "No" answer in conjunction with the written submission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Affecting the Quality of Water: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Noel Rock: I thank all the witnesses for their time today. I appreciate them sharing their expertise at such a busy and acutely critical moment. I thank Irish Water, Fingal County Council and the Department for their time. We will resume on Thursday to discuss latent defects and the deposit guarantee scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (24 Oct 2019)

Noel Rock: Apologies have been received from Deputy O'Dowd and Senator Conway. I propose we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Noel Rock: Members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to flight mode for the duration of the meeting. I welcome Mr. Paul Lemass, Ms Catherine Rawson and Mr. Rory O'Leary from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, . I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Noel Rock: Thank you very much, Senator. I call Mr. Lemass.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Noel Rock: Thank you, Mr. Lemass. I call Deputy O'Brien. On his last point, is Mr. Lemass saying the 500 plus will all be deemed registered on the date, whether they have actually engaged or not? I have a more general question. I have heard before at a committee that there is a breakdown of the AHBs. Mr. Lemass mentioned, in response to Senator Kelleher, a type of tiered regulation, along the lines...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Noel Rock: Thank you very much, Deputy O'Brien. I will go back to Mr. Lemass unless he wants to pass over to a colleague.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Noel Rock: I thank Mr. Lemass and Deputy O'Brien. I call Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Noel Rock: For the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Noel Rock: There is a vote in the Dáil. We will conclude on this question and then suspend.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Discussion (24 Oct 2019)

Noel Rock: I am very sorry to cut across Mr. Lemass. To keep the show on the road, it might be best if we nominate one of the Senators to take the Chair briefly.