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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (15 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The National Biodiversity Data Centre is operated on contract under the aegis of the Heritage Council, which is funded by my Department. Arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (15 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The Programme for Government contains a broad range of electoral reforms including a commitment to establish an independent, statutory Electoral Commission by the end of 2021. The Programme also contains a specific commitment to "Examine the Scottish experience of reducing the voting age to 17, in order to draw conclusions" within the lifetime of the current Dáil. In December 2020, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Forestry Sector (15 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The records the Deputy is requesting relate to a period of 16 years. As such, they would be voluminous and it would be resource intensive and neither a feasible nor effective use of those resources. In addition, it is not practical to identify and collate the entirety of the document cache in the time available.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 106: In page 16, line 27, to delete “members” and substitute “directors”. These are technical amendments regarding the directors of the board and the role of the chief executive of the Land Development Agency as a director of the board. They do not change the intent of the existing provisions. Amendment No. 106 changes the word "member" to...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I will address amendments Nos. 108, 109, 111, 114 and 115, as jointly tabled by Deputies Ó Broin and Gould. I will also deal with amendment No. 110 tabled by Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny, Paul Murphy, Bríd Smith and Mick Barry and amendment No. 112 tabled by Deputy Duncan Smith. Amendments Nos. 108 to 111, inclusive, seek to include additional provisions in section 15...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 116: In page 17, line 27, to delete “member” and substitute “director”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 117:

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: Amendment No. 118 seeks to amend the provision in section 17(2) to provide that the CEO, when appearing before the Committee of Public Accounts, appears as an Accounting Officer. I am opposing this amendment, as the subsection is in line with the guidelines contained in the code of practice for the governance of State bodies. As drafted, the subsection provides that, when appearing before...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: It is important to note that the chief executive's job is not to impart his or her own opinion on Government policy. That is what our parliamentary system is about and it works well in that regard. These committees are there to scrutinise legislation and policy. That is standard procedure and works well in this country. In that regard, there is robustness in the Bill to ensure we still...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 120: In page 18, line 30, after “Agency” to insert “or a subsidiary DAC”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 122: In page 19, line 20, after “Agency” to insert “or a subsidiary DAC”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 123: In page 20, to delete lines 23 to 26 and substitute the following: “(5) As soon as may be after the commencement of this section, the Agency shall prepare and submit to the Minister a scheme or schemes for the granting of superannuation benefits to or in respect of persons appointed under subsection (1) and persons who were accepted into the employment of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 124: In page 20, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(6) Every such scheme shall fix the time and conditions of retirement for all persons to, or in respect of whom, superannuation benefits are payable under the scheme, and different times and conditions may be fixed in respect of different classes of persons. (7) The Agency may at any time...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 125: In page 20, line 29, after “Board” to insert “or a subsidiary DAC”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 126: In page 20, line 36, after “Board” to insert “or a subsidiary DAC”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 127: In page 20, line 38, after “Agency” to insert “or a subsidiary DAC”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 128: In page 21, line 6, after “Agency” to insert “or subsidiary DAC”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 129: In page 21, line 7, after “Agency” to insert “or subsidiary DAC”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 130: In page 21, line 15, after “Board” to insert “or a subsidiary DAC”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 131: In page 21, line 16, after “Agency” to insert “or subsidiary DAC”.