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Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: To respond to Deputy Boyd Barrett, in my opening remarks on this amendment I clearly outlined the rationale for the six months as a bridging mechanism and said it would be extended by a positive resolution by both Houses of the Oireachtas should the Fáilte Ireland online registration system not be up and running. It is a bridging provision and, hopefully, by the end of the six months,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: Yes.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: Yes.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: Absolutely. That is the intention.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 7: In page 3, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 31 of Principal Act 3.Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended- (a) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “section 31AM(8) or 31AO(7)” for “section 31AN(9) or 31AP(9)”, (b) in subsection (4)(b), by the deletion of “, in the case of...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: The first amendment proposed by Deputy Cian O'Callaghan relates to the penalties that should be applicable to non-compliance with the proposed new short-term letting provisions. What is essentially proposed is that the penalties to be applied should be a class A fine with the term of imprisonment being increased to up to 12 months on summary conviction and up to two years on conviction on...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I have shown my evidence already. By withdrawing an amendment, I was making that very clear to the House. I have no issue if we proceed and go through each amendment. That is the way we should go forward.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “PART 2 AMENDMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000". This amendment inserts the wording regarding Part 2 of the principal Act. Amendment No. 3 provides an additional definition to the definition of "Principal Act" to mean the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the definition of "Board" to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “ “Minister” means the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage;”.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 3A of Principal Act 2.Section 3A of the Principal Act is amended— (a) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1): “(1A) A person shall not, during the relevant period, advertise or cause the advertisement of a relevant property for...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I will comment briefly on a few points. I hope our dealings in the context of the Maritime Area Planning Act demonstrate that I have listened to the Opposition. We took a series of amendments from the Opposition, withdrew some amendments and came back on Report Stage with further amendments in consultation with the Opposition. I firmly put that on the record. We have listened today in...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “PART 1 PRELIMINARY AND GENERALShort title, collective citation, construction, and commencement 1.(1) This Act may be cited as the Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Act 2022. (2) The Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2021 and Part 2may be cited together as the...

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: -----but they are putting forward no solutions. At least they are consistent in one thing: object, object, object.

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputies for bringing forward this Bill. However, the Government will be opposing it. Aside from its technical and practical operational shortcomings, it would in all likelihood quickly face significant risk of legal challenge and is likely to have a severely detrimental effect on the supply of much-needed rental property. The Government is acutely aware that rents are very...

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: Does that include those from the Opposition?

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I was not laughing. The Opposition is laughing.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: The Opposition is laughing.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: Amendment No. 25 is being withdrawn.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: I move: That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2022, that: (a) Standing Order 233(2) is modified to provide that the Committee has the power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the existing subject matter of the Bill, in relation to: (i) the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2020 to enable the Commissioner of Valuation to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (13 Jul 2022)

Peter Burke: It should be there. We can organise that immediately.