Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 7, line 17, to delete "1 January 2017" and substitute "1 January 2016".

The amendments are about the time factor in terms of the register of vacant sites. I do not know why we have to wait until January 2017 and, as such, we have put down a series of amendments to change the provision to 2016. I do not know the purpose of waiting so long. This has been a problem for many years. Amendment No. 19 relates to the requirement in section 15 to the effect that the vacant site levy shall be payable in arrears each year beginning in 2019, and seeks to bring that back to 2018. I am not clear why this is not being brought forward more quickly, as it could be. Perhaps it is because the Government wishes to buy the election.

This provision could be brought forward more quickly.

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