Did we not vote on that yesterday?
TDs / Eoin Ó Broin
Eoin Ó Broin
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We called a vote on that yesterday.
The vote was taken yesterday.
By way of information, what is the difference between a motion for the non-consequential amendments and then the recommittal so that I am clear?
I am only asking this so I know but how is that different from the motion the Dáil voted on yesterday to allow these amendments to be taken?
It is not agreed.
Unless I do not understand what is being proposed.
Yes.
That is not agreed.
I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1:
In the fourth line, after “in respect of”, to insert “the denial of certain services and”.
This will be discussed with this group.
On a procedural point, these, of course, are not amendments to the Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. This is a new piece of legislation. It was not contained in the general scheme of the Bill our committee did …
I am even less convinced of the logic of prescribing a time in the legislation. "Night to night" has a very clear meaning. It means a person does not get a placement of a month, six months or 18 months. It means accommodation is provided on a night-to-night basis. That is a long-standing policy that currently exists, and some emergency accommodation providers are paid for that. If the Minister had wanted to be helpfu…
Is that with every group of amendments or-----
For every group of the new amendments that yesterday's motion referred to, we still have to agree each one of those groups. I have never come across that before. That is fine.
You are in charge.
Just about.
I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Minister. We will deal with the substance of the exempted development regulations when they come to committee on Tuesday of next week. Many of us on this side of the House have long argued for some flexibility in our planning code for family members to be able to provide free-standing residential extensions in back gardens for direct family members. That is a matter we will debat…
I move amendment No.1 to amendment No. 11:
In section 10B(1), after “person” where it firstly occurs, to insert the following:
“or under section 10A, that a person shall not be provided with access to arrangements, assistance or accommodation provided by a housing authority by virtue of section 10(1),”.
I move amendment No. 23:
In page 14, to delete lines 28 to 37, and in page 15, to delete lines 1 to 27.
I move amendment No. 1:
In page 10, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:
“Report on impact of amendments related to Judicial Reviews
4.The Minister shall lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas within 12 months of the commencement of this Act detailing the impact of the amendments to Part 4 of the Principal Act related to Judicial Reviews and detailing whether the procedural changes have res…
I move amendment No. 2:
In page 10, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:
“Report on impact of amendments related to alteration of existing planning permissions
4.The Minister shall lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas every 6 months from the commencement of this Act detailing the impact of the amendments to Part 4 of the Principal Act related to alterations of existing planning permission…
The amendment is a device to allow us to raise the substantive issue, which is whether the Department going to be tracking this. Is that the Minister of State's intention? He is bringing forward amendments to the Planning and Development Act, a Bill on which we spent considerable time and have very different views, which was meant to end the practice of the constant amending of legislation. The reason that review was…
Sure.
In 2018, Eoghan Murphy was the Minister for housing. At that point there was a very strong lobby coming from a section of the development community that apartment building was not viable and the problem was that design standards and building height restrictions introduced by our local authorities were making schemes non-viable. Eoghan Murphy introduced a series of section 28 mandatory ministerial guidelines on apartm…
I could not possibly comment on the Ceann Comhairle's age.
That was a compliment to the Minister of State, by the way.