Results 6,441-6,460 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Yes, that is a commitment. I will let the Deputy ask his next question.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: That is very much the intention at the moment.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: It would be asking them to pay twice.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Friday's decision is in relation to-----
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Yes, rates only. In his question, Deputy Howlin referred to discussions with finance officers. There is another round of analysis going on with the CCMA and the Department officials on not just establishing the €108 million figure that the Deputy mentioned but the best guesstimate as to how much of a shortfall in that there might be as a result of the Covid crisis. I am not really...
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: The projected figure for the monthly rates shortfall is about €84 million or €85 million.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Yes. The Deputy mentioned that finance officers expect a goods and services loss of €10 million. That might well be a matter for whoever occupies my chair next. Once we have an analysis of that guesstimate I will be in a better position to answer.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Yes.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Yes. Extra funding from the Exchequer will be needed to meet the goods and services loss.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Not yet. That will be another Government decision.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: I will have to ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to respond to the Deputy directly on privately built local authority housing and local authority purchased housing and the figures for this year. This is another situation that is not uniform across the country. I am acutely aware of what Deputy Feighan said earlier. There are still chunks of...
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: My answer is largely the same as the previous one. I will have to get the Minister to respond directly. What I have found from talking to a number of both elected members and officials in local authorities is that the emergency response on housing during the Covid crisis has had a positive impact, by and large. I was struck by the question from Deputy Niall Collins earlier and I ask him,...
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: On the planning law, I cannot directly refer to the issue Deputy Cairns has specifically raised. I would like to respond but suffice to say I wholeheartedly agree with the Deputy's points on the effect of Covid-19 on our towns and villages across the State, and with regard to the fear that exists in many of those places for the businesses on the main street or in the three or four streets...
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: I cannot because that decision has not been made yet by the senior Minister.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: He has not even considered it yet. For me to comment upon it would be-----
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: -----to prejudge it in a sense. I cannot. It is not an area in which I have a direct or indirect responsibility.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: This is one of the first cases-----
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: I believe it is nearly the first.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: The office was established partly as a result of various planning tribunals.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: I will.