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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the two speakers for attending. We have had the opportunity to read their presentations and papers. I want to ask a number of questions to keep the focus here. What percentage of housing associations' annual income comes from State agencies, either local or central government? That is a really important thing for us to understand. I would like to see some stats on it rather than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: On a supplementary question, is Ms Murphy saying just 50% or------

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It is just that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Ms Murphy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Hannigan made a good point about the possibilities of reversing the decision and he is right to say that united we stand. There may be other fora in this House at which we can raise the matter. Mr. Brennan mentioned the lack of availability of land. There is, however, a substantial amount of land in Dublin city and county. The issue is the level of co-operation with the parties which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank all the witnesses for coming before the committee. Before I ask a number of general questions, I want to ask Mr. Smith about two or three issues regarding his statement before the committee. On page 3 of his statement, he states: "the Department [has] received the redacted version of the submission from the CSO to Eurostat on 15th January" and that the Department has "[examined]...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Not particularly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I asked five other general questions. Luckily, I have them here so I can repeat them. I raised the local government auditing service. It published a report containing 13 recommendations. Clearly, I am not expecting everyone to be on top of that today, but perhaps someone might give a commitment to look at this and come back to us on it. There were 13 recommendations. The sector was dealt...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Mr. Smith.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I want to raise three issues. I call on the appropriate Minister to come to the House to explain the Government's intentions in establishing an electoral commission. Page 152 of the programme for partnership Government states the Government's commitment to establishing an independent electoral commission and sets out its role and functions. It is important that we have a strong, robust and...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It is my understanding that the national planning framework must be approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas. There are differing views on this and I have spoken to several people about it. The matter was raised this morning at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government. We were told that both Houses are required to approve this plan. This...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: That is right. It will be launched on Friday yet it has not been approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas. I am not critical of the national planning framework. I support it. There is a lot of good in it, but I ask the Leader to engage with the Minister who is coming into the House to deal with the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill later this afternoon. At the outset we might...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I endorse what Senator Warfield has said. Clearly, the Mahon tribunal report made many recommendations, and we see some of those recommendations echoed with regard to the legislation. This is a really important opportunity for us to give effect to those recommendations in primary legislation. I am supportive of this amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Senator Humphreys has covered much of what I was going to suggest. I welcome this debate and spoke to Senator Reilly about it. He elaborated on this proposal in greater detail at its previous outing. It is a good one. Over many years on a local authority I saw people present themselves as planners. Some of them were qualified but some unqualified, who had been in the business for 20 or...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 30:In page 44, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act 8. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):“(1A) The initiation of a variation under this section shall be a reserved function.”.”. The Minister of State will be aware...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I do not have one issue with anything the Minister of State has said. I was a county councillor for many years and I have worked an awful lot with Fine Gael councillors, which is the political party to which the Minister of State belongs. I shall not withdraw my amendment. Instead, I shall go away, think about it and come back with the views expressed by members of his party. As I have...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I will take two weeks' holidays.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I want to talk about the national development plan. At the very outset, I welcome it. We do not know the full and final detail of it, but we have had a lot of discussion. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government. It has been discussed there. We had an exhaustive debate about it and people expressed their views and concerns. As someone who travels up...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: That is what I said.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: That is an affront. The Senator cannot breeze in here and say that.