Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 8:

In page 7, line 18, to delete “1 January 2017” and substitute “1 January 2016”.

These amendments deal with the register of vacant sites. The dates for the completion of this have been pushed out into the future, however. Given the urgency of actually getting this up and running, I do not understand why the timeline has been pushed out as far as it has been. Each of these amendments proposes to bring forward the dates for the setting up of the register, giving notice of inclusion on it and when the levy should be paid. My amendment No. 17 proposes the date for when the levy should be paid should be 2018 rather than 2019, as suggested in the Bill.