Results 1,341-1,360 of 1,737 for speaker:Noel Rock
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank Professor Kitchin for his opening statement and I now invite Dr. Donal McManus to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank Dr. McManus. I call Mr. John O'Connor to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: It certainly is. It cannot go on the record, as discussed earlier, but it can be uploaded to the website and will, therefore, be part of the public record. Is that acceptable?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: Of course, that is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank Mr. O'Connor for being so considerate of the committee's time. His full submission, for which I thank him, will be available on the website. I will call members in the order in which they have indicated: Deputies Ó Broin, O'Brien and Casey.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: That is fair enough. Does Deputy Ó Broin want to direct questions towards anyone else specifically?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: That is a fair point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: We have written to the Information Commissioner to seek his views on that point and we are awaiting a response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: If Professor Kitchin does not mind, I ask that he please be careful with regard to specific examples.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank Professor Kitchin. Does that answer the Deputy's questions for now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: The Deputy has asked more than enough pertinent questions, but he is more than welcome to come back in in a second round of questions. We might go to Ms Hegarty first and Mr. Kitchin thereafter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank Mr. Dunne. As no other speakers wish to comment, we will go back to Deputy Ó Broin for his second round of questions. The Deputy has two minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: The Deputy has limitless minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: With deference to the witnesses, we will try to be brief.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank the Deputy for keeping to his allotted time. It was impressive. I call Mr. O'Connor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank Mr. O'Connor and call Ms Hegarty.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: That is a fair point. I call Ms Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I am conscious that this type of questioning about market-to-market accounting is really for the accounting specialists within the Department itself. On a point that Ms Murphy made, ultimately when there is an operation such as one under Part V, the money does not disappear. It comes from reducing the value of the price of the land when it is bought initially. The person who pays that is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank all the delegates for contributing time, expertise and answers. I certainly appreciate their time today, as do the other members of the committee. I thank the witnesses for engaging with us today.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) (Use of Electric Scooters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)
Noel Rock: I thank the Minister of State. The Fianna Fáil Bill is a positive move. It is a step in the right direction, as are the moves the Minister, Deputy Ross, has made in recent months. I have been raising this issue in the Dáil since 2018 by way of a number of Topical Issue debates and parliamentary questions. I am glad the Minister has recognised now the need, first, to legalise-----