Dáil debates

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage

 

Debate resumed on amendment No. 93:

- Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (Deputy Damien English)

4:35 pm

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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I outlined our position on the amendment but I am not sure if Members want me to go back over it or not. I was dealing with amendments Nos. 93 to 96, inclusive, and I read it quite fast. Do Members want me to go back over it or to move on?

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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We heard the Minister of State.

Photo of Pat CaseyPat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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We understood the Minister of State.

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Great. So Members are in agreement with this? I will clarify a matter on amendment No. 92. We had discussed it and I was meant to move it to vote on it but I withdrew it by mistake. I will come back in with it in the Seanad. Members are all happy with it but I mention it in case there is confusion on it. I withdrew the wrong amendment by mistake. We are not allowed to discuss it again here. It has to come in again in the Seanad.

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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On a point of order-----

Photo of Frank O'RourkeFrank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Yes, Deputy Ó Broin.

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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Is that the only way to do it?

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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It is fine. We can do it in the Seanad. I am just letting Members know in case they get confused with me afterwards. I was meant to withdraw amendment No. 97 and I withdrew amendment No. 92. We discussed it with the Clerk. I can bring it back in in the Seanad. It was an amendment to an amendment which Deputies were happy enough with when it was discussed. We can raise it again.

Amendment agreed to.

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 94:

In page 53, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:

“Amendment of section 7 (requests to Board after consultation meeting has been held) of Act of 2016

27.Section 7(3) of the Act of 2016 is repealed.”.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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I move amendment No. 95:

In page 53, to delete line 23 and substitute the following:“(a) in subsection (1)—
(i) by substituting “plan, or” for “plan, and” in paragraph (a)(iv)(I), and

(ii) by substituting “appropriate authority” for “prescribed authority” in paragraph (c),

and”.

Amendment agreed to.

4:45 pm

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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I move amendment No. 96:

In page 53, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:

“Amendment of section 10 (supplemental provisions to section 9) of Act of 2016

28. (1) Section 10 of the Act of 2016 is amended in subsection (2) by substituting the following for paragraph (a):“(a) The Board shall publish on its website both a notice and a copy of a decision under section 9.”.(2) This section comes into operation upon the passing of this Act.”.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendments Nos. 97 and 98 not moved.

Bill, as amended, received for final consideration.

Photo of Frank O'RourkeFrank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Now.

Photo of Frank O'RourkeFrank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Is that agreed?

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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On a point of order, if I want to call a vote on the Bill before it passes is this the point at which I do it?

Photo of Frank O'RourkeFrank O'Rourke (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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Yes.

Question put: "That the Bill do now pass."

The Dáil divided: Tá, 78; Níl, 27; Staon, 0.


Tellers: Tá, Deputies Joe McHugh and Tony McLoughlin; Níl, Deputies Eoin Ó Broin and Martin Ferris.

Bobby Aylward, Maria Bailey, Seán Barrett, John Brassil, Pat Breen, Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Joan Burton, Mary Butler, Catherine Byrne, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Dara Calleary, Joe Carey, Pat Casey, Shane Cassells, Jack Chambers, Lisa Chambers, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Barry Cowen, John Curran, John Deasy, Pat Deering, Regina Doherty, Stephen Donnelly, Andrew Doyle, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Peter Fitzpatrick, Charles Flanagan, Seán Fleming, Brendan Griffin, Simon Harris, Michael Harty, Seán Haughey, Danny Healy-Rae, Martin Heydon, Brendan Howlin, Heather Humphreys, Paul Kehoe, Billy Kelleher, Seán Kyne, John Lahart, Marc MacSharry, Josepha Madigan, Micheál Martin, Charlie McConalogue, John McGuinness, Joe McHugh, Tony McLoughlin, Aindrias Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, Margaret Murphy O'Mahony, Eoghan Murphy, Hildegarde Naughton, Tom Neville, Michael Noonan, Jim O'Callaghan, Kate O'Connell, Patrick O'Donovan, Fergus O'Dowd, Kevin O'Keeffe, Frank O'Rourke, Jan O'Sullivan, John Paul Phelan, Anne Rabbitte, Michael Ring, Noel Rock, Shane Ross, Seán Sherlock, Brendan Smith, Niamh Smyth, David Stanton, Robert Troy, Leo Varadkar, Katherine Zappone.

Níl

John Brady, Tommy Broughan, Pat Buckley, Joan Collins, Catherine Connolly, Ruth Coppinger, Seán Crowe, David Cullinane, Clare Daly, Pearse Doherty, Dessie Ellis, Martin Ferris, Séamus Healy, Martin Kenny, Denise Mitchell, Imelda Munster, Paul Murphy, Carol Nolan, Jonathan O'Brien, Louise O'Reilly, Eoin Ó Broin, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Thomas Pringle, Maurice Quinlivan, Mick Wallace.

Question declared carried.