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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.

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

Danny Healy-Rae: Right so. The Government could do several things.

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

Danny Healy-Rae: I am as entitled to talk about housing in the Chamber as anyone else. Just because I am hurting the Minister of State in telling him the truth-----

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

Danny Healy-Rae: Perhaps that is what is wrong, but I will tell the truth wherever I am, be it here, there or anywhere. One will always win out with the truth. I am sceptical about the €20 million figure, but the Government could take simple actions. For example, it could help small builders by reducing the VAT rate from 13.5% to 9%, which would achieve a great deal. Other blockages are...

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

Danny Healy-Rae: I am glad to have the opportunity to again talk about this very important matter. Since I entered the Dáil almost two and a half years ago there have been enough plans, schemes, reports and papers provided with which one could build several houses. That is the truth. I am very sceptical about this initiative. The Minister of State said "... a small equity investment of €20...