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Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: What of the stealth taxes that are imposed one after another? I could go on but none of this would be news to the Minister.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: I am sticking to the motion.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: Decentralisation affects rural housing and the Taoiseach has been forced to admit that it will not be completed before the next general election. Everyone except the Government could see that its plan to move 10,000 civil servants out of Dublin was hastily conceived without cohesive planning.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: I am dealing with one-off rural housing.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: Am I embarrassing Fianna Fáil?

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: I am glad Senator Leyden has confirmed his attendance.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: It is outrageous that the Leader accused me of being opposed to rural housing, an issue I have championed on Longford County Council for years.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: One-off housing currently accounts for more than one third of our annual housing output. Some 85% of applicants for this kind of housing are accepted by local authorities. The local authorities have this matter under control. Some 90% of the applications appealed by An Taisce are turned down by An Bord Pleanála for sound planning reasons. Nobody wants to deprive the sons and daughters of our...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: The midland triangle of Mullingar, Athlone and Tullamore does not even have a decent road connecting the three towns and the National Roads Authority has stated that it has no funding available to develop such secondary roads.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: This is all happening in a rural housing area. While Castlebar and Ballina have a first class rail line they have no services and no prospect of obtaining any.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: The strategy contains proposals for the development of Galway, Sligo, Ennis, Shannon and Limerick but the Minister has given the go ahead to Irish Rail to pull up the rail track.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: Local authorities are being forced, under county development charges, to hit new home builders, with effect from this month, with a bill of approximately €7,000. This is another stealth tax introduced by an untrustworthy Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Government.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: The Minister is forcing local authorities to increase their revenue because contributions from central Government are to be reduced.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: This is blackmail of the most overt type. Feelings in Longford County Council are running high——

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: ——with the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats Government being blamed for passing charges down the line. Councillors in Longford have spoken of their anger at the manner in which this issue is being handled.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: The Government, while supposedly opening the gates for rural house building, is penalising builders.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: I am entitled to finish my contribution. It is now incumbent on the Minister, his Department and the Government to tell us how the guidelines are to be implemented.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: Will the Minister deal directly with local authorities on this issue?

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: Am I not entitled to 15 minutes?

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

James Bannon: The Government's lies and innuendo in the run-up to the local and European elections are shameful.