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Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: It brings certainty. The Deputy was looking for certainty.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: It brings the certainty that the Deputy was looking for.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am surprised-----

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: -----at Deputy Stanley's-----

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: -----pseudo outburst in regard to the Bill. He knows full well that the Environment ( Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill-----

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: -----is often utilised as a legislative mechanism to tidy up legislation. It deals with waste, water and other elements. I was surprised he expressed such lack of knowledge because I attended the House for Oral Questions when the Minister informed the Deputy that he intended to deal with this aspect in legislation before the summer. It am just clarifying that for the Deputy.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: As I said, the Government is not opposing this Bill. We support the principle of advancing the needs of voters with disabilities of one type of another. In my earlier contribution, I outlined some of the main measures that had been taken over the years to assist voting by people with disabilities. I think all sides of the House have been, and continue to be, well disposed to doing whatever...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank Deputy Dooley for bringing forward this Private Members' Bill and acknowledge it is well-intentioned in its aim to address some of the issues the Deputy has outlined which occurred last year with regard to the fiasco to which he referred. It gives me an opportunity to set out the Government's position and I am happy to debate it with the Deputy. The response to it from the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Who told the Deputy about that?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Is that a threat?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: We gave them more powers.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy is supporting the intervention of the Minister.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Deputies for their submissions. I am a bit puzzled by Deputy Stanley's position in that he spoke for ten minutes about his opposition to the ministerial power to intervene with regard to planning conditions for events, which is the main plank of this Bill, but he then states he will support the Bill. I am unsure as to his position; it is a bit too complex for me to understand. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 597 and 625 together. The private rental sector has grown to become a major component of the housing market, meeting the accommodation needs of approximately one-fifth of all households. Close to one-third of households living in the sector are in receipt of housing support in the form of rent supplement or other State support and so the sector is of key...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (30 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Part B (Fire safety) of the Building Regulations, and the accompanying Technical Guidance Document B, sets down clearly the statutory minimum standards of fire safety provision which must be achieved when a new building is designed and constructed or when an existing building is subject to works involving an extension, a material alteration or a material change of use. A Fire Safety...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (30 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Section 130 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides statutory recognition for the role of elected members in determining policy, by resolution, in accordance with the 2001 Act and other enactments relating to that authority.  In relation to planning, section 2(7) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that the doing of anything that is required under the Act that is to be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts (30 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: In purchasing goods and services, including aggregates, local authorities are required to comply fully with both national and European Union public procurement rules as set out in guidelines from the Office of Government Procurement within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In this context, the procurement of any goods and services is a matter for individual local authorities....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts (30 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 603 and 604 together. In purchasing goods and services, including ready-mix concrete, local authorities and other bodies under the aegis of my Department are required to comply fully with both national and European Union public procurement rules as set out in guidelines from the Office of Government Procurement within the Department of Public Expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts (30 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 605 and 606 together. In purchasing goods and services, including aggregates, local authorities and other bodies under the aegis of my Department are required to comply fully with both national and European Union public procurement rules as set out in guidelines from the Office of Government Procurement within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (30 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented residential sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants relating to, inter alia, security of tenure and the termination of tenancies. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Act to operate a national...