Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Future Plans: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

3:30 pm

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I presume the Minister will outline his priorities, but we will expect to see certain measures during the coming year, for example, the climate Bill and planning legislation. I understand that we will undertake pre-legislative scrutiny on the planning and development (No. 1) Bill. The planning and development (No. 2) Bill will address the Mahon tribunal's recommendations. I was hoping to see additional matters covered by the Bill, for example, rebalancing the situation so that someone buying in a housing estate has more rights as regards the estate's completion and its being taken in charge. This is an issue for people. It is not the first time that we have had to pick up the pieces after developers have left.

We received a Bill on water services this morning, but it seems to have been withdrawn. Do we know what will be amended?

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