I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 2:
To delete paragraph (d), and substitute the following:
"(d) without prejudice to section 43B(b), cooperation with one or more other law enforcement agencies in relation to the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences, being cooperation that is carried out—
(i) pursuant to the Europol Act 2012, or
(ii) pursuant to an international ag…
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Conor Sheehan
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I thank the Minister of State for her response and welcome her to her new job. This is our first exchange on these issues. We are not instinctively opposed in totality to what the Government is trying to do here. We support the spirit of what it is trying to do.
The issue that we have is as follows. The Seanad wording refers to criminal offences generally but it does not refer in a defined and narrower way to "arres…
Yes.
Yes, there was a motion to instruct yesterday.
Theoretically, I have no issue with this Bill or with the basic principle of codifying circulars around access to emergency accommodation and social housing eligibility. I do, however, have a big issue with the Minister using the motion to instruct. This is the second time this has happened in a year. I am only in this House a short time. The Minister has effectively tacked a whole new Bill onto a tenuously related B…
I thank the Minister for his response. I am none the wiser from his response either as to why the arbitrary eight to eight time was chosen. It seems sort of strange to have a situation where in winter, you could have empty emergency accommodation beds and people outside in the cold because of this arbitrary eight to eight rule. I do not understand why this is being codified in legislation in the way it has been done.…
We in the Labour Party support the need for more flexibility when it comes to exempted developments. What I do not support is the whole idea of allowing landlords to rent out "Cummins cabins", effectively, without any protection for tenants. The fact of the matter is renters will have no Part 4 protection or rent controls. They could be subject to summary eviction. Due to the fact these dwellings will not come under …
I move amendment No. 14:
In page 11, after line 38, to insert the following:
“(13) Nothing in this section shall be construed as—
(a) restricting or qualifying any right conferred on a person by the Treaties of the European Union or by the Regulations of 2015, or
(b) requiring a housing authority to act in a manner incompatible with the State’s obligations under the Convention within the meaning of the European C…
I move amendment No. 16:
In page 12, after line 39, to insert the following:
“(i) the determination was otherwise unreasonable having regard to all the circumstances of the household’s application.”.
I move amendment No. 18:
In page 13, to delete lines 25 to 35 and substitute the following:
“(9) On receipt by a housing authority of a social housing appeal made in accordance with this section, the chief executive of the authority shall request the Minister to nominate a person to decide the appeal (in this section referred to as an ‘appeals officer’).
(10) The Minister shall, for the purposes of subsection (9),…
I move amendment No. 22:
In page 14, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:
“Equality impact assessment
10.(1) The Minister shall, before making an order under section 1(4) bringing section 8 into operation, cause to be carried out an equality impact assessment of the residency requirements imposed by section 20A of the Act of 2009 (as inserted by section 8).
(2) An equality impact assessment under thi…
I move amendment No. 24:
In page 15, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:
“Social housing assessment: transfer and recognition
11.The Act of 2009 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 20B
(inserted by section 8):
“Social housing passport
20C.(1) Where a housing authority (in this section referred to as the ‘assessing authority’) has determined under section 20 that a ho…
I also support this amendment. It is important because we need to determine the exact implications of this piece of legislation, which is being rushed through the Houses. When the debate on Second Stage took place last week, the deadline for the submission of amendments preceded that debate. This is a recurring theme with the Government across multiple Departments. It is concerning because we should be able to tease …
Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. You are definitely too young, as am I.
There was a couple of things I wanted to say on this. I, too, am opposed to sections 61 and 62, for many of the reasons that were outlined by my colleague. When I think about stimulating supply, the type of supply that these new apartment guidelines will stimulate, if any, will be expensive, high-yield, build-to-rent apartments in Dublin and only very specific parts of Cork. It certainly will not build anything in Li…
They are not €3,000.
They are not €3,000 a month.
The Minister of State referenced the size of a studio apartment in Vienna. The average rent of a studio apartment in Vienna is about €600.
If the Minister of State will allow me to make my point, the average rent of a studio apartment in Dublin is €1,850. With these revised apartment guidelines, the Minister of State has allowed developers to build entire developments of tiny studio or one-bedroom apartments. When you go to someplace like Vienna, there is an appropriate mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments. In addition, there are…
We support the motion. Gender-based and domestic violence is a problem across Europe and it is welcome that the EU is taking seriously its role in tackling the issue by signing the Istanbul Convention. Ireland is already a state party to the convention but opting in in full to the EU's ratification process will mean we can play a full part in the Europe-wide fight against gender-based violence. That will be particula…
I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I sincerely commend the Taoiseach and Government on the shared island initiative. It is important and cannot be understated. It involves €1 billion of capital funding and includes important projects such as the Narrow Water bridge and the new Enterprise fleet. I commend the work the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, has done over many years, what I call the quiet work…
The questions in this grouping are in the names of Deputies O'Gorman, Heneghan, Gould, Neville, Ó Murchu, Gibney, and O'Hara. We will start with Deputy O'Gorman and then see who turns up.
Thank you, Deputy.
Unfortunately, we are out of time. That concludes oral questions to the Minister for foreign affairs.
The Select Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has completed its consideration of the Industrial Development (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2026 and has made no amendments thereto.