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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: I seek confirmation. When was the progamme stopped?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: Exactly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: Can I receive clarification?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: I have not. I was told the metering programme had been stopped. I am now being told it has not been stopped completely. Can we receive confirmation as to when it will be completed and when it will be stopped?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: No. When will Irish Water stop the metering programme?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: As the end of this month. I thank Mr. Grant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Séamus Healy: We have now received confirmation that the metering programme will finally be stopped on 31 January this year.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: I move amendment No. 88:In page 38, to delete lines 29 to 35, and in page 39, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: I move amendment No. 91:In page 39, to delete lines 21 to 24.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: I move amendment No. 80:In page 38, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:"Restriction on termination of tenancies of buy-to-let dwellings34.The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 is amended by inserting the following section after section 34:"Restriction on termination of tenancies of buy-to-let dwellings34A.(1) A Part 4 tenancy may not be terminated by the landlord on the ground...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: I move amendment No. 53:In page 38, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“29.Dáil Éireann formally declares that a housing emergency exists in the State and while this emergency continues the right of any person to remain in the dwelling in which the person currently resides will take precedence over any property right of any other person—(a) accordingly no...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: This rental strategy is the product of the new coalition Government of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Independent Alliance. It is a charade and pretence which is deeply flawed. It does nothing for families facing eviction or renters, in particular those currently paying extortionate rents. We should stop adding to the crisis. It is about time the Government and the Dáil accepted...

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: I support amendment No. 8 in the name of Deputy Broughan. There has been a historical difficulty in ensuring that where drivers were convicted in court, penalty points or disqualifications were registered on their licences. It is an area that PARC, the road safety organisation, has targeted over the past number of years. Members attended local courts to monitor the situation and to...

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: New politics was supposed to mean that this House organised its own affairs. What we have this morning is total disrespect for the House and its Members on the part of the Government. If new politics means anything, we are surely entitled to organise our own affairs collectively and not have anything imposed on us by the Government party and Fianna Fáil. We are all entitled to our own...

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: There are 27 people in my town of Clonmel who are before the courts today and facing eviction. We need to stop that.

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: We need to declare a housing emergency in the Dáil today to ensure that there are no further evictions, that we do not add to the crisis that already exists and that we have a rent freeze for tenants who are trying to make ends meet, and failing to do so, and who are under huge pressure this Christmas.

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: I support amendments Nos. 4 and 5 and express the wish that we can get through the legislation by 10 p.m. because when I spoke on Second Stage, I welcomed the Bill which I described as a positive measure in promoting road safety. I also said it was a missed opportunity, particularly in the context of Jake's law, to impose a mandatory 20 km/h speed limit in housing estates. I had hoped the...

Courts Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: I move amendment No. 5:In page 8, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:"9.Dáil Éireann formally declares that a housing emergency exists in the State and while this emergency continues the right of any person to remain in the dwelling in which the person currently resides will take precedence over any property right of any other person—(a) accordingly no court or...

Courts Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: The Minister of State, in responding to Deputy Bríd Smith's amendment, made my case for me. He referred on a number of occasions to the question of a constitutional challenge but that is exactly what my amendment is designed to ensure cannot occur. If there is a formal declaration of a housing emergency, then that puts the right of a family to a home above the right to private...

Courts Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2016)

Séamus Healy: I have tabled amendment No. 5, the first paragraph of which encapsulates its intent. It states,"Dáil Éireann formally declares that a housing emergency exists in the State and while this emergency continues the right of any person to remain in the dwelling in which the person currently resides will take precedence over any property right of any other person", and there are actions...