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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I have two very quick questions. If there is somebody starting their rebuild next week who has not had their foundations tested, would Mr. Owens's advice and the advice of Engineers Ireland be to hold off until they can get that test done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Sorry?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is in Mayo too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes, of course it would. The last thing we want to do is delay matters, but we do not want to find ourselves in a situation where they have to start rebuilding once more. For clarity, is Mr. Owens recommending that people have their foundations tested before they start to rebuild? Is that his professional opinion? I know it is up to individual homeowners.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: For fairness, if the new standards say that the foundations should be included, then it would be absolutely fair to have retrospective funding in respect of anything that is paid out at this stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: For somebody starting to build their own home today and having their blocks delivered, what guarantees are there that they do not contain the same materials that caused all the damage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is what I am asking Mr. Owens. Do the new regulations mean that people could have confidence in the blocks that are being delivered to them today, provided the engineer involved did their job?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: So a quarry could not be supplying damaged blocks today. Is that Mr. Owens' view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Are the current regulations fit for purpose in the context of ensuring that this will not happen again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The current building regulations and regulations for the quarries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: How is all this being measured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That would obviously have been done in the first place when people were impacted by the defective block issue. That would have been done in the first place, where the engineer would have signed off on everything. I am just asking-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That concludes proceedings. I thank all of the witnesses for being here. It was a very valuable session, and I thank all the contributors and members. We look forward to next week's meeting.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: On-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Sorry. On section 6, obviously it provides for the investment policy of the future investment fund but at present the only specification under the investment strategy is that moneys may be invested inside and outside of the State. The State is suffering from a chronic housing shortage and infrastructure deficits. Our concern relates to the constraining effect that legislated contributions...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Committee Stage (1 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes.

Petrol and Diesel Excise Rate Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, knows, I come from a rural constituency in County Mayo. We do not have the transport options of those living in urban areas. How many times do we have to say that we are reliant on cars to get where we need to go? The nearest train station to me is an hour away. It is a six-hour round trip to University Hospital Galway, which many patients have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Private Partnerships (30 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what percentage of her Department's capital budget is used to cover the cost of unitary PPP payments each year since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18941/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Private Partnerships (30 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the level of expenditure by her Department on unitary PPP payments are in line with the investment policy framework for PPPs, which restricted annual expenditure on PPP unitary payments to no more than 10% of aggregate capital expenditure, in any given year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18942/24]