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Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes, I know. I was just wondering if there is an opportunity to delay Report Stage.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am a co-signer of amendment No. 11 and wanted to express that the substantive issue in what we are looking at here has not really been addressed by the Minister. I accept some of the points that she has made on the cost of inflation, although I would note that we say "with reference to" and "taking into account". We do not suggest a prescriptive matching with the rate of inflation. I...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: She is a proposer.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: This is our amendment.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I join other speakers in welcoming the fact the Minister has taken on board the strong message from across the House on the 21-day consultation period being inadequate. I appreciate the Minister has now accepted and agreed to a 90-day consultation period, which is a significant improvement. Government amendment No. 19 is positive in that it clarifies not simply that there will be...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That is not what it states.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I concur. I believe "permanent employeeship" should be a qualifying criterion for those assigned to this job.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That is clear. In fact, it is based on an amendment Senator Lynn Ruane and I brought forward and that was the clear intention. As a member of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, I will raise it at it also as a concern.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I was. I was sitting at the door.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I was, in fact, moving when I said the amendment was being moved.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: In effect, there are two halves at work in section 8. In the first there is the extension of burning into the month of August. I realise we will not get a chance to vote on the amendments I tabled on the issue. They were quite nuanced and also considered invasive species. I trust our colleagues in the Dáil will address the very serious concerns about gorse burning and the damage...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes, I am speaking to amendment No. 53 which represents a moment of progress and a recognition of concern, but I point out that amendment No. 63, should it be moved, will represent a roll-back on all of the progress made. I did not agree fully with our colleagues across the House in Fianna Fáil in respect of gorse burning and although we completely disagree on certain sections of the...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 57:In page 12, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“(3) All hedges cut and uplands burned under this section of this Act shall be included in a register with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment which is made publicly available.”.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 57 states that all hedges cut and uplands burned under section 8 of the Act must be included in a register to be located with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment and to be made publicly available. Amendment No. 58 also suggests that hedgerows cut under the pilot scheme as proposed in section 8 of this Act and under any section 70 order should be...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 58 would not place a requirement on the Department; it would place a requirement on those issuing section 70 orders at local authority level. Given the extraordinary reluctance to monitor the provisions and that the question of road safety has been moved aside, is the pilot project also to be cut? Monitoring is regarded to be onerous, yet in earlier debates we were told pilot...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 58:In page 12, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:“(3) Hedgerows cut under the pilot scheme in Section 8 of this Act and hedgerows cut under a Section 70 order must be included in a register that is publicly available.”.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am also happy to accept amendment No. 59. It is an improvement. I note, however, that the legislation still gives us the capacity for indefinite and ongoing renewal. I welcome no. 59 -----

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I am welcoming it but I hope that in the Dáil we will see an actual sunset clause inserted. What we have now is a constraint on the period of renewal but the legislation still allows for indefinite renewal on an ongoing basis. I acknowledge that it is a step forward and improvement on the Minister's part, but I would like to see a sunset clause.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 60:In page 12, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(c) The regulations set out by the Minister under Section 8 of this Act will be laid before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs for consideration.”. This is to clarify a number of points that have been raised. We have been told that...