Dáil debates

Friday, 16 December 2016

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed)

 

5:45 pm

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 49:

In page 37, to delete lines 32 and 33.

In response to the misgivings about the council majority voting requirement as proposed in the Bill and as expressed in the Seanad and the Dáil, amendments Nos. 49, 50 and 52, in combination, delete this requirement from the Bill. Accordingly, it will continue to be the case, as applies at present, that a majority of elected members present and voting at a council meeting will be able to pass a section 179 resolution approving, varying or rejecting a local authority own development proposal, in other words a Part 8 development. A number of Opposition parties asked me to facilitate this, so we have done it.

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