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Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move recommendation No. 10: In page 66, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Report on mortgage interest relief 25.The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the introduction of targeted, tailored and time-bound mortgage interest relief in respect of primary dwelling homes, considering...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move recommendation No. 13: In page 95, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: "Report on the tax treatment and economic impact of institutional investment in the housing market 38.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the tax treatment and economic impact of institutional investors and...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: All housing markets are different but the tax treatment of investment vehicles in our housing market must be scrutinised. We welcome the review and I suggest that it be followed by action. We have already seen Department of Finance reports from 2019 stating there is a risk that at sufficient scale, an institutional investor group could, over time, develop monopolistic or oligopolistic...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move recommendation No. 15: In page 103, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Report on Deferred Tax Assets 44.The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the potential for restricting banks from utilising the deferred tax assets scheme.” My colleague, Senator Higgins, is at the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move recommendation No. 16: In page 103, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Report on Deferred Tax Assets 44.The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas outlining the potential for removing the qualification to utilise deferred tax assets from any bank which seeks to act on a removal of...

Seanad: Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Labour Party Senators for tabling the motion, which Sinn Féin will support. We see childcare as a public service for children and parents. When it works a State childcare system can be a huge employer and help with the mental health development and health development of our smallest children and young people. It can facilitate parents, especially women, to access the...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 4: In page 6, line 8, to delete “concerned.” and substitute the following: “concerned, while always maintaining a balance of expertise, experience across the Board and particular focus on ecological expertise and experience and environmentally sustainable development.”. I only have one amendment in this grouping. This amendment is in...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, to delete line 17.

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: There is a fundamental difference between ourselves and the Government on this Bill. It is one of the biggest problems we have with the legislation. It is no disrespect to civil servants but some will have been seconded, some may return and for us they are too close to the institutions of Government. Who should be on the board? The answer is qualified professionals from the public service...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 10: In page 6, lines 24 to 30, to delete all words from and including “and” in line 24 down to and including line 30 and substitute the following: “, (c) and (d), appoint a suitably qualified person on a temporary basis, but in the interests of maintaining clear independence of the Board, such persons shall not include persons who are or were...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 12: In page 6, to delete lines 31 to 34.

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 13: In page 6, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c): “(d) where appointments are being proposed under paragraph (a), such appointments shall be made further to either a public call for applications or from a call for nominations from the panel system prescribed under...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No.14: In page 6, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(a) in subsection (2), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (e): 3“(ea) The Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission,”,”. This amendment is to remove the reference including the Secretary General of the Department from the...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 15: In page 6, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(a) in subsection (2), by the deletion of paragraph (c),”.

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 16: In page 6, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: “(b) in subsection (10), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): “(aa) is, or who was in the previous 12 months been, established civil servants for the purposes of the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005 or established public servants in...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 20: In page 7, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): “(1A) To ensure the currency and validity of the bodies included for the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister shall— (a) in the month of January of each year, write to each of the bodies prescribed in...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 21: In page 7, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(a) in subsection (1)(d), by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i): “(i) organisations that, in the Minister’s opinion, are representative of persons concerned with representing social and ethnic diversity of Irish society and equality...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 22: In page 7, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d): “(dd) 5 members shall be appointed from among persons nominated for such appointment by such— (i) organisations that, in the Minister’s opinion, are representative of persons concerned...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 24: In page 7, to delete lines 22 to 32 and substitute the following: “(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) The Minister in appointing ordinary members of the Board at all times under this Part, shall ensure, in so far as is practicable, that— (a) the ordinary members of the Board are persons who, have...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 29: In page 7, to delete lines 33 to 41, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 3. Amendment No. 29 deletes the proposed provision of an entirely discretionary process whereby the Minister can set up any system to identify prospective nominees from which he then chooses an associated provision on the making of regulations. This is one of the parts of the Bill to which...