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Seanad Éireann Vol. 216 Wednesday, No. 8 4 July 2012 DÍOSPÓIREACHTAÍ PARLAIMINTE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES SEANAD ÉIREANN TUAIRISC OIFIGIÚIL—Neamhcheartaithe (OFFICIAL REPORT—Unrevised) Dé Céadaoin, 4 Iúil 2012. Business of Seanad ………………………………515 Order of Business …………………………………515 Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: First Stage ……………………528 Standards in Public Office Commission: Motion ………………………528 Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages ……………………528 Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage ……………………………530 Second Stage …………………………………530 Committee and Remaining Stages …………………………539 Gaeltacht Bill 2012: Committee Stage (resumed) ……………………543 Private Members’ Business Rent Supplements: Motion ……………………………564 Adjournment Matters Planning Issues ………………………………589 Flood Prevention ………………………………592 Schools Building Programme …………………………594 Farm Accidents ………………………………596 SEANAD ÉIREANN ———— Dé Céadaoin, 4 Iúil 2012. Wednesday, 4 July 2012. ———— Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m. ———— Machnamh agus Paidir. Reflection and Prayer. ———— Business of Seanad An Leas-Cathaoirleach: I have received notice from Senator David Cullinane that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to discuss the need for a full and thorough investigation into planning matters at Waterford County Council. I have also received notice from Senator Deirdre Clune of the following matter: The need for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure that a comprehensive report is prepared outlining the background to the recent flood- ing in the Douglas and Kinsale Road area of Cork and to ensure that alleviating measures to prevent a repeat of such floods are identified. I have also received notice from Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh of the following matter: Go ndéanfaidh an tAire Oideachas agus Scileanna ráiteas maidir le scoil náisiúnta Naomh Caitríona, Eachroim, Contae na Gaillimhe, maidir le staid foirgneamh na scoile agus an dóigh leis go bhfuil sí feiliúnach chun freastal ar riachtanais reatha oideachais na daltaí agus fóirne atá ag feidhmiú inti. I have also received notice from Senator Martin Conway of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to increase the resources dedicated to farm safety training and safety awareness promotion. I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion on the Adjournment and they will be taken at the conclusion of business. Order of Business Senator Maurice Cummins: The Order of Business is No.1, motion of the Seanad Select Committee on Members’ Interests noting a report to the Standards in Public Office Com- mission, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate, No. 2 Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 — Report and Final Stages, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1, to conclude no later than 1 p.m., No. 3 Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2012 — all Stages, to be taken 515 Order of 4 July 2012. Business. [Senator Maurice Cummins.] at 1 p.m. and to conclude no later than 2.30 p.m., with the contribution of group spokespersons at the debate stage not to exceed eight minutes and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and the Minister to be given 10 minutes to reply to the debate with Committee and Remaining Stages taken immediately thereafter, No. 4, the Gaeltacht Bill 2012 — Committee Stage resumed to be taken at 3 p.m. and to be adjourned at 5 p.m., if not previously concluded, and No. 22, motion No. 10, Private Members’ business to be taken at 5 p.m. and to conclude no later than 7 p.m. I wish to give advance notice to the House that we will sit on Friday, 13 July and Friday, 20 July to deal with legislation before we rise for the summer recess. Senator Darragh O’Brien: I thank the Leader for the advance notice regarding the Friday sittings. Fourteen times in the last two months I have raised the issue of pyrite and the lack of action from the Government on the matter. I remind Members that there are potentially over 70,000 houses affected by pyrite. They are predominantly in Dublin and on the east coast in the greater Dublin area. I have visited many houses affected by pyrite and many of them are unsafe and uninhabitable. The houses are valueless but their owners must pay their mortgages. HomeBond has washed its hands of the issue and insurance companies and local authorities do not want to know. The Government has put together an expert group that was supposed to report in February, then it was March, then April and then May. I know that the Leader has done his best and I am not criticising him. All I ask is that people, including the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, visit a family or home where people have been affected by pyrite, where their house is unsafe, where there are cracks in the walls the size of a fist, where they cannot use the bathroom, where they are paying mortgages of €1,500 and €2,000 per month yet they have no recourse to anyone. I have reminded the House repeatedly that the longer the delay the more people will become statute barred and they will not have recourse to the courts. The average remediation cost for a standard three bedroom house is €30,000. Of the 72,500 houses estimated to be affected only 700 houses, or 1%, have been remediated which was due to a court case taken by a builder against the quarries. I give the Leader advance notice that Fianna Fáil has prepared a Bill called the home reme- diation Bill 2012 that I intend to publish before the summer recess in order to give real support to people affected by pyrite. I have held off publishing my Bill because I want to see the Government’s report by the pyrite expert group. I hope that its report is published before my Bill. I sincerely ask the Leader to return next week with a date on when the report will be issued. If not, I will publish my legislation and we will proceed with it. Last February the Minister for Health attended the House for a debate on the HSE’s service plans. We need an urgent debate on the HSE and its financial situation. I raised the matter two weeks ago. I estimate that we will have an overspend of close to €1 billion by the end of the year. A few months ago seven directors were announced but they have not been appointed. It is the Minister’s board but he made it stand down. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, is exceptionally concerned about how the HSE operates but the Minister for Health is clueless about it. I would like the Minister for Health to come the House before the recess for a proper debate on the Government’s plans for the rest of this year and how we will arrest the overspend and ensure that front-line services are protected. I want him to explain why the one group of people that have not been affected by public sector cuts are the consultants, his colleagues. He used to represent them at the Irish Medical Organisation. I would like him to come here and explain the logic of that when normal nurses, orderlies and hospital staff have all suffered cuts. The Minister’s friends have not. I want him to explain why 516 Order of 4 July 2012. Business. a public consultant is paid €200,000 from the State before he or she deals with private practice. We need the debate and I ask for it to take place urgently. Senator Ivana Bacik: Yesterday, we had a useful session in the House when we discussed the finance statements with the Minister for Finance. Today’s newspaper headlines show some more room for cautious positivity with the tax take for the first half of the year €500 million ahead of target. The Minister fairly set out the position yesterday and spoke, in particular, about the recent positive announcement on the decoupling of bank and sovereign debts, which we all welcome. It would be useful to have him back in the autumn. Yesterday other Senators called for debates on finance in the lead up to the budget or even earlier in September or October. It would be good to hold a debate at that point on finance and on the outcome of the negotiations that are taking place at EU level about decoupling and breaking the vicious circle of state and bank debts. We all recognise that the talks taking place in Rome today between Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Monti of Italy are very important, particularly as the Finnish Government has expressed strong opposition to decoupling. We must watch that debate with great interest. I also ask the Leader for a debate on the proposed merger of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority. I have just come from a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality where we heard submissions from various interest groups on the heads of a Bill. The committee will publish a report on the heads of the Bill that the Minister for Justice and Equality has published. It would be useful for the Seanad to have a debate on the committee’s report prior to the Bill being published and I hope that the legislation will commence in this House, as a lot of justice Bills are. It would be good to have a debate on the issues involved. There are some particular issues that groups like the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Rights Alliance have raised about the heads of the Bill.
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