Results 9,701-9,720 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- National Assets Management Agency (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: Will the Deputy repeat the second question?
- National Assets Management Agency (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: On the question of refreshing the national spatial strategy, work on that is still under way. I hope I can give the Deputy a more specific date shortly, and I am happy to write to him to give that information. The second question referred to an SEA, or strategic environmental assessment. We would have to seek advice on that specifically from the Attorney General to see whether an SEA is...
- National Assets Management Agency (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: I must seek specific advice from the Attorney General on that issue. Deputy Terence Flanagan has a question today on ghost estates and we have been in touch with the local authorities in this regard. We are establishing an inventory of the ghost estates and operating with that to find what we can do quickly, and we are co-operating with NAMA in as efficient a way as possible. As I said in...
- National Assets Management Agency (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: The Deputy knows section 42A was inserted in the planning Act by the NAMA Act 2009 to provide for planning extensions as they relate to planning permissions applicable to properties that have been taken into the ownership of NAMA. Section 42A provides that an application to extend a planning permission can be made by NAMA before or up to two years after planning permission has expired, where...
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: There has been no change to the system of motor taxation in respect of goods vehicles. My Department issued a circular letter to motor tax offices in August 2010 reminding authorised officers of existing provisions with regard to the taxation of vehicles on a goods basis. This circular reiterated the terms of a 2005 circular letter. To be taxed as a goods vehicle, a vehicle must be...
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: I return to the reason my Department issued the circular letter because it is important that we understand it. It was brought to the attention of my Department by the Department of Transport that the number of vehicles being adapted to avail of the goods rate was increasing. In some cases, they were high-powered, high-specification vehicles that would not be used for commercial purposes in...
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: I do not know whether the Deputy has had an opportunity to read the circular, but it is crystal clear.
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: It states: "Dear authorised officer, it has come to our attention that an increasing number of vehicles have changed their tax class from private to adapted goods... Your attention is drawn to circular MT10/2005, copy attached, which deals with this issue". In simple terms, it reiterates what was contained in the circular of 2005.
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: In other words, nothing has changed.
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: The Deputy continues to refer to "new" regulations. There are no new regulations. The regulation is available and plain for anyone to see. It mentions Article 3 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1992. We are talking, therefore, about regulations that appeared in 1992. The Deputy has been in government since that time.
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: The Deputy's party was in government in 1994 and 1995.
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: The Deputy's party applied the same regulations, something which has been overlooked in much of the related commentary. Successive Governments have applied them. There should be supporting documentation which can include but is not limited to certain items. This is what is stated very clearly in the circular. I refer to the circular of 2005 which mentions evidence of registration for VAT,...
- Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: The national housing development survey database which was published on 22 October establishes an authoritative baseline analysis at a national level of unfinished housing developments to assist in fully understanding the scale and extent of the issues involved. It establishes a sound basis for assisting local authorities in identifying those developments that require priority interventions...
- Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: I do not understand the Deputy's point. Is he saying that we underestimated or overestimated-----
- Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: That is not the case because the survey is very accurate.
- Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: In excess of-----
- Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: That is normally the case.
- Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: One cannot know the figures by simply looking off into the distance and saying how many ghost estates there are; one has to count them and that is what we did.
- Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: In excess of 2,800 housing developments were identified where construction had commenced but had not yet been completed. It was wrong for some of the media commentators to characterise every one of the developments inspected by my Department as a so-called "ghost estate", a phrase which was constantly used. Such reporting is not just incorrect, it is sometimes irresponsible. As the detail...
- Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Nov 2010)
John Gormley: As the Deputy knows, a guidance manual is being developed and I expect it to set out the roles and responsibilities of the key stakeholders in addressing unfinished housing development, identify the type of developments and issues that need to be prioritised for action in the short term, summarise the wide range of statutory powers currently at the disposal of local authorities to resolve...