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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am becoming more concerned as the debate goes on. As Deputy Mattie McGrath said, we will be fobbed off when it comes to the Minister and the regulator. The Minister must ask the regulator and the regulator must ask the Minister. I am very concerned about that. Regarding An Bord Pleanála dealing with developments of more than 100 houses, I am open to correction on this but my...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am very concerned by the number of amendments that are being put before Members at this late stage. I am very worried about how the county development plans of local authorities would be affected by the measures proposed in the Bill and the effect on the national planning and development of our country. Amendment No. 16 states, "such provisions as (i) are required to be included in a...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I could name one but I will not do so tonight as the Ceann Comhairle has asked me not to.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: This is a very serious matter. It reminds me of a man who, long ago, was sent out to deliver a message by his sister, a post mistress, at a time when telegrams were the norm. He went up a road and met-------

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: It is the same thing. He asked my two uncles, who were young boys at the time, whether he had much further to go. They asked him where he was going. He told them to mind their own business and that he only wanted to know if he had much further to go. Amendment No. 16 is similar to that. We are being asked to agree to something but we do not know to what we are agreeing. I know what...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Is the Minister of State or the Government involved in the drafting of the Bill? Is it written by civil servants? I want to know who put it together.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Is the Minister of State happy with the Bill?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Make sure there is someone in charge of the regulators.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: That is fine. I hope I do not fall asleep because there is a lot-----

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Planning permission is important for people who just want to put a roof over their heads. They are not looking for money or handouts, they just want to be allowed to build houses for themselves. The Taoiseach, who was the Minister with responsibility for the environment in 2012, signed an order ensuring that the then National Roads Authority could not grant permission for new houses on...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Whatever Minister he was,-----

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: -----he signed it. I am sure about that. I am sorry.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: He was the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. I have been asking in many forums to have the order and the reasons behind it reviewed. It is the straightest road-----

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: All right. I will speak again later if I am allowed.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: There is no one listening.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: No planning permission is needed for them.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice has asked for clarity on what the Government means in its 2040 plan. The plan says that one-off housing may still be built if it does not detract from urban centres. People need clarity on this. As Deputy Fitzmaurice said, the interpretation is that if so many houses are to be built in a county then urban areas may use the bulk of the allocation. Where will this...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: I am just giving an example. Where did the financial regulator leave us? He was asleep at the wheel. This is why Ireland is in the state it is and why the generations to come will pay for his inadequacy. He did not ensure that regulations were adhered to by the banks. He was asleep.

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are talking about housing.

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Danny Healy-Rae: We are telling the truth.