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- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 9:In page 17, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 160 of Act of 2000 33. Section 160 of the Act of 2000 is amended with effect from the dissolution day—(a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c) of subsection (1): “(c) that any development is carried out in conformity with—(i) in...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 10:In page 17, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 162 of Act of 2000 34. Section 162 of the Act of 2000 is amended with effect from the dissolution day by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):“(1) In any proceedings for an offence under this Act, the onus of proving the existence of—(a)...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 11:In page 17, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 163 of Act of 2000 35. Section 163 of the Act of 2000 is amended with effect from the dissolution day by the substitution of “(disregarding development for which there is in fact permission under Part III or in respect of which a certificate has been issued by the Dublin...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 12:In page 17, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Amendment of Act of 2000 – planning authority 36. The Act of 2000 is amended with effect from the dissolution day by the insertion of the following section after section 164: “Development in Dublin Docklands Area 164A.For the avoidance of doubt, Dublin City Council is the planning...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. I know they are well meaning and the contributions are made in the interests of trying to ensure we get this right. Before getting into the detail of the proposed amendments, it is important to note, and I agree, that unique consultative arrangements were put in place in 1997 when the DDDA was set up. These have been referred to by the...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I will clarify that. In regard to amendment No. 19, I said that as previously stated, the composition of the forum, as well as its role and functions, were devised in consultation with the outgoing docklands council, the authority and Dublin City Council. Therefore, there was consultation in regard to it. Also, in devising the composition, role and functions of the new forum, the consensus...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I have outlined in detail my opinion on the amendments. As the Bill is currently constructed, it provides for 21 members on the consultative forum and we must be careful not to dilute that. I am not saying that would happen but by expanding it, the committee could become more unwieldy, as any committee might. We need to be conscious of that. In the 21 members, it is important to reflect...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I have made my statements on the issue.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I will be brief.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: Section 54 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 , as amended, provides for the deletion by a planning authority of a protected structure from the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) included in the authority’s development plan where the protection of the structure is no longer warranted. Section 55 of the Act provides that, where a planning authority proposes a deletion from the...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: Tipperary County Council is provided with an annual funding stream from Local Property Tax proceeds which, along with other sources of revenue available to it, provides the Council with its financial capacity to fund local services. It is a matter for the Council to decide, in the annual budgetary process, how to spend their funding allocation, having regard to locally identified needs,...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (12 Nov 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. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Alternative Energy Projects (12 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: There are no specific planning guidelines in respect of solar farms and I have no proposals to bring forward such guidelines at the present time. However, I am keeping this matter under review, together with my colleague the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the context of the Government’s forthcoming White Paper on Energy Policy. Under the Planning and...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (12 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: The provides the statutory framework for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board and for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme to be implemented by the Board with support from the Housing Agency. The Act also sets out the broad parameters which the Board must have regard to when establishing the eligibility criteria for the pyrite remediation scheme. While Section 15(3) of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (17 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 549 and 552 together. Each housing authority is responsible, under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, for determining the rent for its dwellings, subject to complying with broad principles laid down by my Department and the guidance issued in 2001 setting out good practice for the management of their rent assessment, accounting and collection functions....
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Upgrade of Public Amenities (17 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: Insofar as my Department is concerned, the contracting authority for any work of this nature would typically be a local authority and the specific information sought is, therefore, not available within my Department. In general terms the cost of upgrading public amenities to provide for accessible toilets will be influenced by a range of factors including the geographic location or...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (17 Nov 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (17 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: Rent reviews generally fall due every 5 or 7 years, depending on the particular rent review clause included in a foreshore lease or licence. During the period in question, the Valuation Office did not have the capacity to provide a service to my Department in respect of rent reviews. These circumstances would have resulted in potential significant costs for my Department, if external...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (17 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 583 and 591 together. My colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has signed the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 484 of 2015) to enable the new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines to come into operation on 1 January 2016. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Staff (17 Nov 2015)
Paudie Coffey: The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established in September 2004 under the Residential Tenancies Act. For the first six years the PRTB was in receipt of Exchequer funding towards operational costs but has operated on a self-financing basis since 2010. The PRTB’s funding is derived primarily from a proportion of the fee income accruing from tenancy registrations, as set...