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- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 67:In page 38, to delete lines 13 and 14 and substitute the following: “32. Section 22 of the Act of 2004 is amended in subsection (2A)—(a) by substituting “paragraph (c)” for “paragraph (d)” in paragraph (d), and (b) by deleting “and” where it last occurs in paragraph (d), substituting “signed, and”...
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 68:In page 38, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Rent pressure zones and areas deemed to be rent pressure zones 33. The Act of 2004 is amended by inserting the following sections after section 24: “Rent pressure zones 24A. (1) The Housing Agency, following consultation with the relevant housing authority, may make a proposal in writing...
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: This is about the shortening of time.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: We are going well. Let us keep it going.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: Níl, I am afraid.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 69:In page 38, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:"Part 4 tenancies and extension of period from 4 years to 6 years33.(1) Section 28 of the Act of 2004 is amended in subsection (2) by substituting "6 years" for "4 years" in both places where it occurs. (2) The provisions of the Act of 2004 referred to in column (2) of Part 1 of the Schedule are amended in...
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 86:In page 38, line 28, after “the dwelling” to insert “and”.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 87:In page 38, to delete lines 29 to 35, and in page 39, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following:“(b) where section 35A(3)(a) applies, a declaration that section 35A(2) does not apply to the said notice of termination as the price to be obtained by selling at market value the dwelling that is the subject of an existing tenancy to which Part 4 applies is...
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 92:In page 39, line 23, to delete “5 or more” and substitute “10 or more”.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 100:In page 40, to delete lines 10 to 18.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 110:In page 42, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Publication of certain statistics by Board 42. The Act of 2004 is amended by inserting the following new section after section 114:“114A.The Board shall publish statistics, including average waiting times and such other statistics as may be prescribed, in relation to the performance of its...
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 111:In page 42, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 115 (redress that may be granted on foot of determination) of Act of 2004 42.Section 115(2) of the Act of 2004 is amended in paragraph (b)—(a) by substituting “subsection (1) or (4) of section 19” for “section 19(1)” where it first occurs,...
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 113:In page 43, to delete lines 9 to 15 and substitute the following: “Amendment of section 151 (functions of Board) of Act of 2004 44. Section 151 of the Act of 2004 is amended by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c):“(ca) the making of reports to the Minister under section 24A, (cb) the publication of statistics under section...
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 115:In page 44, line 20, to delete “December 2016” and substitute “January 2017”.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 116:In page 44, line 26, after “€420 million” to insert “in respct of the year ending 31 December 2016”.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 117: In page 45, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“Section 36* PART 1 AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AMENDMENT OF SECTION 28 OF ACT OF 2004 Reference No (1) Provision (2) Amendment (3) 1 Section 34(b)(ii) Substitute “6 years” for “4 years”. 2 Section 40(1) Substitute “6 year period” for “4 year...
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: Now.
- Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: I thank, first and foremost, all the staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas for facilitating what has been a very demanding schedule in recent days. I particularly thank the Bills Office, which has agreed on multiple occasions today to stay on longer than was previously agreed. I take the opportunity on behalf of everybody to wish them a happy Christmas. I also thank the Opposition for...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: The allocation of social housing support is a matter for housing authorities under their allocation schemes made under section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. An allocation scheme is required to specify, amongst other things, the order of priority for the allocation of dwellings to households and classes of households on the waiting list. The making of an allocation...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (16 Dec 2016)
Simon Coveney: The EU Nitrates Directive and Ireland's National Nitrates Action Programme limit the amount of nitrogen from livestock manure which may be applied to land each year, including by the animals themselves, to 170 kg of nitrogen per hectare per annum. On 27 February 2014, after lengthy negotiation, the EU Nitrates Management Committee renewed Ireland’s derogation which enables farmers who...