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- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I refer very briefly to the pork crisis. I thank the Leader for making time available today for statements on this matter. The agrifood sector has significant potential to exploit international markets but it is badly damaged. We must ask ourselves why this crisis happened and how we responded to it. I hope that will be addressed in today's debate. We do not have a State laboratory with...
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment. We tabled this and similar amendments on Committee Stage to reinforce the provision for the homeless in the Bill.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: Notwithstanding the Minister of State's commitment to introduce legislation to deal with local homelessness action plans, I cannot understand why we cannot make provision for it in this Bill. After all, it is a housing Bill. We have debated this long and hard during the preceding Stages. Amendment No. 16 is substantial. All we are calling for is the establishment of a local homelessness...
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 2: In page 10, line 21, after "services" to insert "and tenancy services". The rationale behind amendment No. 2 is to make specific provision for "tenancy services" rather than "services" alone.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I call a quorum.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: The Government Members are supposed to be here.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: Stay in the House. The Senator has not contributed once to this Bill.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: Senator Callely has not contributed on this Bill, yet he has the temerity to lecture this side of the House.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 16: In page 16, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "19. âEach housing authority shall establish a local homeless forum within its administrative area for the purposes of developing and implementing a local homeless action plan. Each local homeless forum shall include approved bodies involved in the provision of housing and homeless services within the...
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 29: In page 20, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: "(d) measures to prevent and reduce homelessness.". As I have often stated, the Bill is a very good one and gives considerable structure to the housing allocation systems in housing authorities. However, it is a pity that no clear provision for homelessness has been included and for that reason, the Bill...
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: According to the Minister of State, the Bill provides housing authorities with discretion to make provision for the homeless through a percentage of their allocations. On the other side of the coin, authorities will also have discretion to provide no allocation and for that reason we tabled the amendment.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment and add my voice to that of Senator Bacik's. The general thrust of the amendment is good and, if accepted by the Minister of State, would strengthen the Bill. It is important that residents, community groups and the voluntary sector would have a forum enshrined in legislation to provide that they can contribute their views to any anti-social plans housing authorities...
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2008)
Paudie Coffey: I second the amendment.