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Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I also want to put on the record that Mr. Gormley did not commence any reviews. He announced that he was going to have reviews in the summer of 2010.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Having announced that he was going to have reviews in June 2010, Mr. Gormley requested additional information on 19 January 2011 from the six prospective consultants. He left office on 23 January 2011 when Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív took over that portfolio. Deputy Ó Cuív has just initiated this debate, yet he does not seem to remember that he was the Minister who could have moved those...

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is quite extraordinary that he does not remember that he did nothing.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: For the record, the subsequent decision was taken by the Minister of State for housing and planning, Deputy Penrose. His decision was initially to have a review by departmental officials, which was carried out as quickly as possible. I will go into the timescale of this in more detail later on, but I wanted to put that on the record first. This extensive report runs to over 900 pages. In...

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have read the report and I stand over it.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: There has been a lot of speculation and misinformation.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will continue.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I stand over what I said. There has been a lot of speculation and misinformation around the planning review, the report of which I published this afternoon. The motion put down by Fianna Fáil is timely therefore and I hope that our debate tonight and tomorrow night will allow some much needed clarity to be shone on the report itself, its background, the nature of the issues under review and...

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: They were never started; they could not be terminated.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, we really need to have the record corrected.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: So many Deputies have said that the Government terminated the inquiries. The Government did not terminate any inquiries.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: They are putting misinformation on the record consistently.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: They cannot consistently put misinformation on the record of the House.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is not true. The record of the House should be corrected.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy is telling untruths in the Chamber.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Say it often enough and people will believe it.

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department issued comprehensive guidance to local authorities on the treatment of mortgage arrears, including local authority mortgages for shared ownership transactions, in March 2010. That guidance was closely based on the Central Bank's first statutory Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears to ensure that cases of local authority mortgage arrears are handled in a manner that is...

Written Answers — Private Residential Tenancies Board: Private Residential Tenancies Board (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, and cannot therefore comment on the specifics of any individual case.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 556 and 557 of 6 June 2012 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 146 of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2010 provides that files on appeals can be inspected by members of the public 3 days after the appeals are determined by the Board. These files can be inspected free of charge at the Board's offices on weekdays between 10 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m., except on public holidays and other days on which the offices are closed....