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Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (27 Nov 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I will try to address some of the issues. No one has objected to the Motion itself and the Deputies will have opportunities to tease out issues further at Committee Stage. I share Deputy Doherty's reservation that the insurance industry would directly fund An Garda Síochána, as would many Members of the House. I have discussed this with the Minister and I understand that he is...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I will speak first because, under Standing Orders, the Minister may only speak once on Private Members' business. I commend Deputy Stanley on introducing the Bill and thank Deputy Cullinane for thanking the Government for not opposing it. The Government subscribes to the principles outlined in Deputy Stanley's contribution and we will not oppose them in legislation. I welcome the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (27 Nov 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Local authorities’ costs and income bases vary significantly from one another, based on their size, demography, topography and rural/urban mix. Accordingly, the funding system that applies to local authorities is a complex one, as authorities derive their income from a variety of sources including commercial rates, charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates Exemptions (29 Nov 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists, prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 - 2015. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority and all rates income accrues to the local...

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move:That it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, in relation to the Local Government Bill 2018, that:(a) pursuant to Standing Order 154, the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill, in relation to the holding of plebiscites on directly elected mayors and the...

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I am happy to respond.

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I do not.

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I will respond briefly to all of the queries. I have spoken to the officials. The Committee Stage debate on the Local Government Bill 2018 is due to commence at 6 p.m. tomorrow. At 5 p.m. tomorrow, my officials will meet Deputies to discuss some of the issues of concern that have been raised and I will do so as well if I can. An email outlining the details of that meeting will be sent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (4 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: On 21 June 2018 I announced that, with the agreement of the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, I was commissioning a review of the role and remuneration of local authority elected members and published the terms of reference for same. I appointed Ms. Sara Moorhead SC to conduct the independent review. Ms Moorhead's review is well underway and, in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Election Management System (4 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: The primary role of my Department in electoral matters is to provide an appropriate policy and legislative framework for a modern and efficient electoral system. Within that framework, local Returning Officers are responsible for all matters in connection with the actual conduct of elections and referendums. This includes, in accordance with section 94 of the Electoral Act 1992, the provision...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Election Management System (4 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Arrangements for the holding of elections and referendums, including the setting of the polling day, are set out in legislation. Electoral law allows for the taking of the poll at elections and referendums on any day of the week and this flexibility allows all relevant factors to be taken into account at any given time in setting the polling day. While I have no proposals to change the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I am taking this Topical Issue matter on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Murphy. I thank Deputy Aindrias Moynihan for raising this issue and providing me with the opportunity to outline the position on wastewater treatment in Crossbarry, County Cork. Crossbarry is not serviced by a public wastewater collection and treatment system at present....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Seeing as it is end of the first week in December, I expect that people in Crossbarry probably realise at this stage that the start of 2019 is the earliest date that this report can be completed. The Government is committed to resolving such issues, not only in Crossbarry but throughout the country. I reassure Deputy Moynihan that, following the imminent publication of the review, a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: At its meeting this week, the Government reviewed the progress on Bills to amend the Constitution and decided that, subject to passage of the necessary Constitution Amendment Bills, two referendums will be held on the same day as the local and European elections in May 2019. Work is being progressed in my Department, in consultation with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, to inform...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I thank the committee for allowing me the opportunity to address it. I will not go through the speech delivered earlier and I will take it largely as read, although I will refer to a few points in it. I acknowledge the presence of the representatives of the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, and the Local Authorities Members Association, LAMA, in the Gallery. I also acknowledge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Did the Deputy say 1874?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I will answer the questions asked by Deputy Darragh O'Brien in reverse. It is very much my intention that the report will be produced by the end of quarter 1, which is the end of March. I understand there will be recommendations but I do not know whether it will be a series of options or direct recommendations. My absolute intention is that the new system will kick in with the new local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Some people are very loud whisperers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: As George Hamilton would say, there is danger here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: That is grand.