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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda-PSNI Transfers (4 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have transferred to the PSNI; and the number of PSNI officers who have transferred to An Garda Síochána. [50423/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda-PSNI Transfers (4 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána and the PSNI who have taken part in personnel exchanges for each year since 2005; and the time each exchange lasted. [50424/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda-PSNI Transfers (4 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rank of the members of An Garda Síochána and the PSNI who have taken part in personnel exchanges for each year since 2005; and the time each exchange lasted. [50425/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda-PSNI Transfers (4 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been on secondment with the PSNI; and the number of PSNI officers who have been on secondment with An Garda Síochána. [50426/18]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Some of the next few groupings do not have that much in them and there is a lot to get through here so I do not intend to hold up proceedings. This is a small change although not a radical one from what was initially outlined, but it inverts the process to some extent in that both local authorities come up with the plan together, whereas in the original Bill there was an expectation that the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have an issue that may be relevant here in respect of amendment No. 20 but may be just as relevant to the next grouping. I am seeking clarification as there is a large number of amendments in this group. My understanding of the position in respect of transfer of assets from the county council to the city council is that, generally speaking, it was not always the case that any associated...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is useful. Both local authorities, perhaps unsurprisingly, put forward the position at various stages that they should be indemnified against unexpected liabilities. It is hard to indemnify both of them against that. Where there are unexpected liabilities, will the issue be addressed by agreement or in what way will they be split?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Does that relate to the transition area?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Should I speak to my amendments in this grouping now?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: On the amendments to section 17, the difficulty is that the Minister proposes the deletion of section 17 and its replacement by other sections which deal with many of those issues elsewhere. If it is to be deleted, there is not much point in amending it. My amendments Nos. 46, 47 and 49 are related and 49 and 48 are quite similar in some respects. In all of my contributions on the Bill,...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Okay. Then we can get on with the other issues.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: If I understand it correctly, that specific payment relates to the county council's expenditure in the area currently. It will actually be a payment from the county to the city.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister has dealt with most of them, but not all. He did not explain the 2020 deadline. He visualised it the other way around but I am not sure the county council needs that flexibility. I am not sure I agree with getting rid of the three-year deadline so I proposed a reasonable balance. If the calculation is drastically wrong or disadvantageous to the city council, it is reasonable...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Amendment No. 49 is the same as amendment No. 48 so we will not move it. I did not get a response to my suggestion of advance monthly scheduled payments. I ask the Minister to take it into account for Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I ask the Minister of State to repeat what he said as I was checking my notes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is not quite the same thing. I will address those two amendments but, before I do, I have a question that is relevant to the grouping as a whole. What happens to a Part 8 process that has started before the transition date? There is every likelihood the county council or city council may not proceed in order to avoid that. However, what will happen to Part 8 processes that either span...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Does that anticipate a formal legal process?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will. I am encouraged by that. I would add, however, that it is not just the planning element; there are also the by-laws and the budgetary and statutory requirements. There are area committees in Dublin which work pretty well and there are no statutory requirements in respect of them. We need to look at that. I would be obliged if the Minister of State could return to this on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is different from local authority housing or some of the other issues in that the asset is the liability. It is a loan. There are approximately 150 of these properties in the transition areas, not a huge number. However, there is concern that the level of administration involved in their transfer from the county to the city would mean proportionately a significant amount of work for the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To clarify the point - maybe the Minister of State will communicate with the local authority in this regard - compared to the difficulties involved in transferring them, there is very little difficulty that I can see in leaving them with the county council. There is a contractual obligation with the council but there is no obligation in terms of housing maintenance, tenancy or anything like...