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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Respect the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Right.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: It abdicates its responsibility to the common-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: We also like Senator Victor Boyhan and enjoy his contributions which are positive and proactive, as are those of many other Senators. It is important that we continue the debate on housing because it is the number one issue in the country. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister in the Seanad. He has come to the House on a number of occasions and is here again to afford the Seanad the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: There have been many debates on the housing crisis in this Chamber, the Dáil and local authority chambers around the country. We all acknowledge and recognise that there is a housing crisis in this country. In my view, crisis interventions are required. This Bill is just one of the interventions that are being made by the Minister and the Government. I have said previously that the...

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following: Seanad Éireann declines to give the Bill a Second Reading as: - the Bill could place Ireland in breach of Articles 34 and 35 on the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU which relates to the principle of the free movement of goods; - the EU’s analysis, consultation and...

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Senator Craughwell is the hurler on the ditch.

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: What about tax evasion by Sinn Féin?

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Sinn Féin knows all about it.

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Because it is Second Stage.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Some of these issues were raised earlier and many of us have voiced our concern regarding councillor involvement. However, we have to state clearly that it is not a function of elected members to decide a planning application. We need to be careful, as we debate this legislation-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: It was not while I was downstairs. With respect, I have been working on legislation for much longer than the Senator. We all need to be fair to the Minister. As Senator Davitt stated, we are in this House expressing our concerns about the housing crisis on a daily basis. This is but one measure in this legislation to deal with and streamline large-scale housing applications in large urban...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome section 20, which deals with EIA screening. It is targeted at areas where flood relief measures are needed, including repairs to river banks. The system at present requires a lot of bureaucratic applications to numerous Departments and State agencies and this gives an opportunity for a screening and consent process to a planning authority or relevant State agency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Economic and Community Plans: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I will directly follow on from what Senator Boyhan has said in recognising the primacy of the elected mandate of public representatives. However, I believe we cannot have it both ways. I disagree with the Senator on one aspect. We heard the previous speakers arguing about the system that existed previous to the current system. Elected members may have been members of those boards, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Economic and Community Plans: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: It is not generalised. It is a fact that there are governance issues around the country.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Like my colleague, Senator Paddy Burke, I welcome the amendment. There was much debate on Committee Stage by Senators on all sides of the House who were asking that an opportunity be given to elected representatives to express and record their views and, if they have any, concerns on applications in their local areas and to submit them as part of any report that goes to An Bord Pleanála...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: Standing orders would deal with that issue.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)

Paudie Coffey: I wish to add to the remarks of my colleague, Senator Colm Burke. Many Senators have raised the concerns over increasing rents but one has to look at this in the context of the overall property and construction market, which has now been dysfunctional for some time. I heard Sinn Féin representing landlords last year as multimillionaires. Some of them may be millionaires but many of...