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Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 35:In page 52, line 34, after “Schedule 16” to insert the following:“including the new addition of a relevant body in Schedule 16 titled the North Inner City Community Development Structure Limited”.This amendment seeks to add the North Inner City Community Development Structure Limited to Schedule 16. We all appreciate that Dublin's north...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 37:In page 62, to delete lines 1 to 41, and in page 63, to delete lines 1 to 23.I understood from the Minister on Committee Stage that he proposed to delete this section. However, I tabled amendment No. 37 in case he did not. If the Minister proposes to introduce an amendment to the Bill on Committee Stage in the Seanad to amend rather than delete this section, it will...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome the Minister's commitment that the section will be deleted.

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I welcome that the Minister proposes to delete this section. On that basis, I will withdraw the amendment.

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 40:In page 63, to delete lines 37 and 38, to delete pages 64 and 65, and in page 66, to delete lines 1 to 16.I am not opposed to the development of service delivery plans. I believe the public should know what is likely to happen in a particular year. I have the same concern about the range of services or initiatives that will be taken at municipal level where the chief...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: In theory the Minister is right but in practice we can see how the Local Government Fund works. The Minister made reference to the Local Government Fund rather than the property tax because that will be diverted to Irish Water. The money will be coming out of the Local Government Fund, which is the motor tax fund. It is all put into the one fund and therefore we are unsure which part of it...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: It is about the money.

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 47:In page 82, to delete lines 31 to 37, and in page 83, to delete lines 1 to 17 and substitute the following:“ “(4A) (a) In the case of a county council or city and county council, the chief executive shall, prior to the preparation of the draft local authority budget, invite municipal district members for each municipal district in the council’s...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: On the way it works at present, before the enactment of this legislation, in essence the county manager will take soundings at area level in most cases and will try to include some of the suggestions when framing the budget. I have always thought the very fact that all the resources more or less reside in the control of the county manager, who has the control of and responsibility for the...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: No, my mobile telephone is on aircraft mode. It is not as though I am about to take off any time soon but it should not interfere. In essence, I do not see how the culture will change whereby the councillors have almost depended on the county finance officer or the county manager for the information they have got to help frame the budget. I cannot envisage how the new legislation will...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I support the general point that we need to achieve diversity in regional authorities without creating unwieldy large assemblies. A bias would not be desirable either - I do not mean political bias or political parties. I made the point on Committee Stage that diversity is critical if we are to avoid the mistakes we made in the past. A key issue to be dealt with by the regional assemblies...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I move amendment No. 51: In page 116, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“(6) A regional assembly, upon determination that a development plan prepared by a local authority is inconsistent with the regional spatial and economic strategy applicable in its jurisdiction, shall forthwith instruct a local authority to make such amendments deemed necessary to ensure...

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: If the Bill is achieving the objective I am happy to withdraw the amendment.

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I support the sentiments expressed by Deputy Stanley. I raised the issue on Committee Stage. I am not sure deleting the words will give us the result we want. I wish it would because it would be a simple way of achieving that. I support the principle in terms of what is being sought. Deputy Stanley is right when he said this is a growing area of concern.

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I acknowledge this is a large Bill. The last time there was a big review of the local government system I was a member of a local authority and would have said what would and would not work. We have the benefit of seeing how it played out. I also acknowledge the work the staff have put into producing the legislation. It comes as no surprise that I have a difficulty with the direction in...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The Bill is welcome in so far as it makes substantial improvements to the existing legislation dating from 1871. Our outdated wardship system has been heavily criticised by international human rights bodies and by the people unfortunate enough to be forced to avail of the obtuse and grossly unfair provisions, which labelled a person who needed definite legal protections as a lunatic. Up to...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: The Tánaiste said the policing plan was laid before the House about two weeks ago. Approximately 80% of it is the same as last year. The number one goal is securing the nation but I can tell the Tánaiste that people in my constituency might as well leave their keys in their doors given the number of burglaries. We need to talk about where resources are deployed. When will we get...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I already asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Capturing Full Value of Genealogical Heritage: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I thank our guests for their opening statements. We will gather their statements with the ones that were made on Monday and with those we will hear from next group of people. Mr. Lonergan from the Department made an important point about the indexes. There has been an improvement whereby people can now go to one portal to search for records with the redesign of the www.irishgenealogy,ie...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Capturing Full Value of Genealogical Heritage: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)

Catherine Murphy: I will leave it at that and might come back in later.