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Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the Minister of State's response. I am willing to withdraw amendment No. 12, subject to receiving clarification from the Minister of State and his advisers.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I move amendment No. 10: In page 12, subsection (1)(b), lines 39 and 40, to delete all words from and including "any" in line 39 down to and including "section 21" in line 40 and substitute the following: "the demand for social housing as outlined in the assessment of need in its administrative area conducted in accordance with section 21". This amendment relates to the content of housing...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 13, subsection (2)(a), lines 18 to 22, to delete all words from and including "The" in line 18 down to and including "following:" in line 22 and substitute the following: "A housing services plan shall also have regard to the following and shall include such further information and priorities related to the following as the Minister may direct:". This...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: The difference concerns the definitions of "may" and "shall". I will not press the amendment.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I move amendment No. 14: In page 13, subsection (1), line 39, after "to" to insert "and seek responses from". This relates to the preparation and making of draft plans. Currently section 16 (1) states, "A housing authority shall prepare a draft of the housing services plan and shall send a copy of the draft housing services plan to [a list of bodies]." We are seeking to amend the subsection...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I move amendment No. 15: In page 14, subsection (1)(d), line 1, after "bodies" to insert the following: "or other bodies including community based organisations, networks, fora or other representative bodies; voluntary service providers, housing and/or homeless networks and fora; or any other body". The amendment seeks to strengthen the consultation aspect of the service plan. Amendment No....

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister for his partial response. I will not press the amendment.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: From recollection, the Minister of State was rudely interrupted and had not finished what he was going to state, although I declared I intended to withdraw the amendment which might help to expedite his response.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I move amendment No. 19: In page 14, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following subsection: "(2) Where the proposals submitted by bodies referred to in subsection (1) are not incorporated into the housing services plan, the housing authority shall furnish reasons for not incorporating those proposals.". This amendment seeks to include a clause after the end of section 16(1) and its...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. As one who spent some time on local authorities I feel this is necessary. Otherwise, I would be concerned that in some instances the managers will not respond and will not tell the various organisations why they failed to take account of their proposals. I cannot let this rest.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: This is the second time this has happened in two weeks. There might be a problem with the system.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: With all the recessionary talk, it is great to have sport to raise one's spirits. Earlier this week we watched the match in Limerick which helped raise spirits there. Last night, I had the pleasure of attending Croke Park to watch the Ireland v Poland game. I was in the Polish crowd and was a little confused at the start. Given that it was Croke Park, all the red and white flags would...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I doubt one could get a better example of how Ireland has changed. I congratulate the GAA for opening Croke Park to other organisations. However, the Leader should impress on the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the need to ensure that the GPA is properly looked after. There were rumours from his office yesterday that the Minister might be trying to renege on his previous commitments...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: There were four of each.

Seanad: Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Bill 2008: Second Stage (25 Nov 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Like Senator Boyle and others, I support the swift passage of the Bill through both Houses. I commend the efforts of Deputies and Senators on their efforts to ensure the Bill passes as expeditiously as possible. This is important legislation because it ensures that Ireland plays a large part in the global effort to eradicate the use of cluster...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: Like other Senators, I was very concerned on reading the Sunday newspapers about the potential deficit in private pension funds. The figure referred to of €30 billion dwarves those for the banks. On Sunday I was at a Christmas party for 150 elderly people in Kells. The sense of concern was evident. Many there were concerned as to what this means to their potential income. As people get...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: I was very worried to learn from last night's programme that people were driving such journey lengths on our national roads. There is a clear need for the Garda and the enforcement agencies to take action in this regard. We should not be looking at trucks running into cars at this time of the year. There are real concerns about road safety that need to be tackled.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Dominic Hannigan: This morning in Oslo Ireland signed the convention banning cluster bombs. I welcome that and congratulate the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Peter Power and Deputies and Senators from all sides of the House on their dedication and commitment to ensuring this has, finally, taken place.