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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On the amendments to section 17, the difficulty is that the Minister proposes the deletion of section 17 and its replacement by other sections which deal with many of those issues elsewhere. If it is to be deleted, there is not much point in amending it. My amendments Nos. 46, 47 and 49 are related and 49 and 48 are quite similar in some respects. In all of my contributions on the Bill,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Okay. Then we can get on with the other issues.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: If I understand it correctly, that specific payment relates to the county council's expenditure in the area currently. It will actually be a payment from the county to the city.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister has dealt with most of them, but not all. He did not explain the 2020 deadline. He visualised it the other way around but I am not sure the county council needs that flexibility. I am not sure I agree with getting rid of the three-year deadline so I proposed a reasonable balance. If the calculation is drastically wrong or disadvantageous to the city council, it is reasonable...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Amendment No. 49 is the same as amendment No. 48 so we will not move it. I did not get a response to my suggestion of advance monthly scheduled payments. I ask the Minister to take it into account for Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I ask the Minister of State to repeat what he said as I was checking my notes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is not quite the same thing. I will address those two amendments but, before I do, I have a question that is relevant to the grouping as a whole. What happens to a Part 8 process that has started before the transition date? There is every likelihood the county council or city council may not proceed in order to avoid that. However, what will happen to Part 8 processes that either span...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Does that anticipate a formal legal process?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will. I am encouraged by that. I would add, however, that it is not just the planning element; there are also the by-laws and the budgetary and statutory requirements. There are area committees in Dublin which work pretty well and there are no statutory requirements in respect of them. We need to look at that. I would be obliged if the Minister of State could return to this on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is different from local authority housing or some of the other issues in that the asset is the liability. It is a loan. There are approximately 150 of these properties in the transition areas, not a huge number. However, there is concern that the level of administration involved in their transfer from the county to the city would mean proportionately a significant amount of work for the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To clarify the point - maybe the Minister of State will communicate with the local authority in this regard - compared to the difficulties involved in transferring them, there is very little difficulty that I can see in leaving them with the county council. There is a contractual obligation with the council but there is no obligation in terms of housing maintenance, tenancy or anything like...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 91: In page 24, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(4) All housing loan debts, which are outstanding from loans provided by Cork County Council to customers residing in the transition area, shall remain with Cork County Council.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 102: In page 26, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: "Amendment to Local Government Reform Act 2014 32. The Local Government Reform Act 2014 is amended in section 22A(1), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): "(a) subject to subsection (4), every county and city and county set out in Part 1 and Part 3, respectively, of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move amendment No. 103: In page 26, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: "Amendment to Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 32.The Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 is amended in section 13, after subsection (1A), by the insertion of the following subsection: "(1B) The planning authority of Cork City Council, shall not in 2019, be required to begin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund: Motion (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Like the other speakers, I am conscious that today's agenda is a marathon. I share Deputy Daly's view, which she articulately outlined, of the deep flaws in EU policy as a whole on migration and integration. Likewise, while efforts have been made in this area, much more can be done to provide a home here for refugees and asylum seekers. I do not have many questions as such. Whatever...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the witnesses for attending. It is much appreciated. I also thank Deputy O'Callaghan for the opportunity to address this issue. We previously discussed it during the summer in the week the quarterly crime statistics were published, which indicated a significant increase in burglaries, thefts and so on. Much of the discussion at that time related to the levels of crime that happen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree with much of what Ms Deane said, in particular that judicial discretion is important and should be retained. On the legislation and section 2, on Committee Stage, I expressed the view that paragraphs (c) and (d), on their own, would expand the circumstances in which a judge could refuse bail. This may be worthy of consideration. Section 1(a) and 1(b) would make that an imperative....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is my current reading of the legislation. I will reflect on it again if there is a report to be written. I have two remaining points which I will make together. People can address them but I am not looking for a response. My view is that there needs to be more resourcing, especially for the Garda, to pursue people where there are significant breaches of bail. Numerous cases have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not think Ms Malone addressed the electronic tagging issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ms Malone dealt with that. I am asking about the efficacy of it and the fact it is only as good as the system that is backing it up.