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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Equally, I have no problem accepting the amendments that were alluded to by Deputy Ó Cuív and others that would involve extending the backgrounds from which some of these outside people might come. My understanding of the legislation is that it proposes that the two cathaoirligh, along with the chair of the group, will be responsible for choosing the outside people, of whom there...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I will answer that. One of the amendments - I cannot remember which one - refers to the contiguous areas beside these urban areas. It will be a matter for each group to decide whether rural areas should be included. We are giving them the freedom to make that choice. It may be the case that a one-size-fits-all approach would not work. It might apply in Bray and it might not apply in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: The Deputy has great sensitivity.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Tuesday. I will email all the committee members.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Yes. In Deputy O'Dowd's absence we used his example of the two local authorities subsequently walking away from an agreed plan. He outlined the issue well. It is often the case that a larger town is in one location while a smaller one is, say, on another side of a bridge, but much of the recreational space for the larger town is on the other side of the bridge and there is no input across...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Yes, but before I finish I must raise one matter which I have just remembered. We can insert a reference to the fact that the members of staff who will draw up the local area plans will be selected from the two authorities. To use Waterford as an example, most of the staff are planning officials from Waterford City and County Council and there are one or two from Kilkenny. That reference...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 112: In page 26, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “Urban area committee 40. (1) The local authorities within whose administrative areas an urban area is situated shall, not later than 6 months after the commencement of this section, appoint a committee (in this section referred to as an “urban area committee”) to perform the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 113: In page 26, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “ Functions of urban area committees 41. (1) For the purposes of this section, an urban area committee may designate any part or parts adjoining the urban area concerned of an administrative area of a local authority in which part of the urban area is situated. (2) If an urban area committee...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 114: In page 26, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 10 of Act of 2000 42. Section 10 of the Act of 2000 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection: “(11) Any provision of a development plan that is inconsistent with a local area plan made by an urban area committee under Part 6of the Local Government...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 115: In page 26, line 5, to delete “The Principal Act is amended” and substitute “Chapter 2 of Part 14 of the Principal Act is amended by”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: There is little point in moving amendments if the section will be removed, which is why I wanted to give members the opportunity to speak on the issue.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Amendments Nos. 115 to 118, inclusive, are drafting amendments to position the reference to Chapter 2 of Part 14 of the principal Act at the start of the provision. Amendments Nos. 119 to 122, inclusive, are drafting amendments to add a comma, remove the reference to section 145 of the 2001 Act and insert "the appointment of" before "the chief executive". Amendment No. 123 adds paragraph (c)...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I will get my gumshield as I grind my teeth.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I have to be conscious of that. I will try to address the issues raised by the members as much as I can. Deputy Ó Broin expressed the concerns of the Sinn Féin councillors in Galway and the view that public engagement had not been as deep as it might have been and that in Cork, which is a substantive subject of this legislation, there is peace and harmony.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I want to put the timeline on it in that when we were at the stage where we are now in Galway in Cork, there was no peace or harmony. There was no one in support of it. The city councillors wished to extend the boundary. The county councillors were, and remain, completely of a different view. The same goes for Oireachtas Members. It has been a process that has gone over a number of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I am outlining that it is a matter to be dealt with in the Galway Bill. One can merge the management structures, but one does not have to have only one council. That is what was done in-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: There would be two separate budgets. There would be two parts to it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I am saying it is one of the options. I am not trying to open it up to too much in toing and froing. If I had been making the mergers when they happened a number of years ago, I believe there would have been a certain logic to having what I am talking about, particularly because of the historical factor. Deputy Grealish raised with me before the position of mayor of Galway city. I...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I was told that I would get it but I have not received it yet.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Could I have what Deputy Ó Cuív has?