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- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 3:In page 8, lines 19 to 22, to delete all words from and including “Subject” in line 19 down to and including line 22 and substitute the following:“Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), a local authority chief executive may not sell, transfer, exchange, surrender or otherwise dispose of any shares vested in the local authority of which he or she is the...
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: On the company law point, that is true, but the bottom line is that it still falls back on the council either way. Even if, technically, the liabilities do not transfer directly to the council, ultimately, it will still pick up the tab if anything goes wrong. It will be the guarantor of everything. Have we not learned this at a macro level? When we give guarantees and so on, we end up...
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Their decision to put money in would be dictated by their ability to get a return. In the case of something like a harbour this would be a slippery slope towards the creeping privatisation of the harbour through the back door.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Let us do it.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: How do we get to the kernel of this issue? The Minister made reference to due diligence earlier and during the Committee Stage debate I pointed out that the due diligence process was obstructed. Local councillors were told recently that due diligence is unable to proceed because of commercial sensitivity. That is the kernel of the problem. The harbour is seen as a commercially focused,...
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Of course, a harbour is not Killiney Hill, but there is a mix of imperatives involved and the balance of these imperatives depends on the particular harbour. Dún Laoghaire Harbour has traditionally been half and half, so to speak. It has been a public amenity for heritage, sport and recreation as well as a commercial port. There is a balance to be maintained and I accept that this...
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 4:In page 8, to delete lines 23 to 38, and in page 9, to delete lines 1 to 30.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 5:In page 9, line 33, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 6:In page 10, line 19, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 7:In page 10, line 30, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 8:In page 10, line 34, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 9:In page 11, line 17, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 10:In page 11, lines 25 and 26, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 11:In page 11, line 30, to delete “directors of the transferred company” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 12:In page 12, line 5, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 13:In page 12, line 37, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 14:In page 13, to delete lines 9 to 18. As time is running out and the debate is to be guillotined, I will go through these amendments very quickly. This amendment is about the Minister being able to authorise borrowings by the harbour that exceed 50% of the value of the assets. The Minister has what he might call a safeguard to provide that one cannot borrow more than...
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: Time is against us and I know that Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív wants to contribute. I will just say I disagree with the Minister as I think it leaves the door open to privatisation.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: No, I am pressing it. I am trying to short-circuit the debate in order that we can move on to the next amendment.
- Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2015)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 15:In page 13, lines 25 and 26, to delete “local authority chief executive” and substitute “Elected Council in consultation with Stakeholder and Community Group”.