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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Can we move on? Amendment No. 31 proposes inserting a new section. Amendments Nos. 32, 48 and 49 are related and may be discussed with amendment No. 31. I call the Minister to move amendment No. 31.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I can be helpful to Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett. Several councils have already agreed to bring forward a pilot scheme for the purchase of flats under the previous legislation. However, there are several problems relating to bills, common areas, management companies and the percentage of purchases within a complex.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (27 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 489. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ensure the future prosperity and sustainability of the post office network; if he will confirm that there are no plans to close Erne Street Upper Post Office in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22124/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 654. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce laws targeting sex buyers to end exploitation, abuse and trafficking; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that it is nearly a year since the publication of the Oireachtas joint justice committee's report on this matter; if she will take urgent action to implement legislation which would protect women and girls...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (14 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will legislate for fixed charge notices for cyclists who break the law; the offences that will be covered by this new legislation; if it will be implemented in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21613/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Does any witness have a mobile phone on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Mr. Murphy talked about boundaries and the old boundaries of the DDDA. The hinterland was an interesting concept within that. There are two conversations from today's hearings. One related to Dublin City Council talking about the SDZ and the boundaries there while the other involved the group here talking about the docklands. We should be talking more about the docklands than purely a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Does Mr. Treacy wish to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Do the witnesses have anything further to say?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank everybody who attended here today and made their contributions. I found them very interesting. I am from the docklands, have served on the docklands council and am quite aware of some of the problems and the many successes. While Irish people are often very good at looking back and looking at mistakes, when one displays the slides, one can see the many successes. The energy within...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: From experience, I expect the detail of the legislation to include a provision for five years. That is what ties in with the local authority. Normally, a local authority is not allowed to appoint a person who exceeds its term of office. The new council will have a life of five years and the next council has the right to appoint. The structure of appointments will involve the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I suggest to Mr. Robinson that he put a little more thought into that and send his views and thoughts to the clerk of the committee. They can then form part of the information and evidence we provide to the Department. I was on the docklands council and had the experience that while there were some very good business people who were very involved and proactive, there were also passive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: This is a discussion more so than questions and answers. With regard to the strategic development zone, its capital funding and infrastructure, there is no clarity at this stage. I would welcome the delegation's views on this. The authority has been very much involved in the social regeneration of the docklands, as it has shown in its slides. This requires funding. Mr. Treacy referred to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: In the past, the authority examined a system of bids for the docklands. Is this still regarded as a viable option for the area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: There is flexibility in both models. There is flexibility within the bid system in that one can design one's own bid with the local community. It boils down to what would be covered; it involves a very detailed contract with the local authority, the city council. There is no grey area. I am sure the delegates examined the contract that was signed by the city centre businesses and the city...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I agree that the delegates have the track record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: To clarify, most sub-committees of councils stand for five years and are dissolved at the end of the council's term of office. Any committee that will be set up by the council will, therefore, have a lifespan of only five years. This period is tied to the period between local elections.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: What we have are heads of a Bill, but the principle stands in local authority legislation. A committee established by a local authority falls at the same time as the local authority itself. Even the councillors on the former docklands council had a term of five years. The appointments made by the city council last only for the lifetime of that council. The membership is reformulated after...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I will take Dublin Port as well at this stage and then we will take questions.