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- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I move amendment No. 3:In page 7, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:“(b) Prior to extending the specified period the Minister shall order the Department to undertake a policy review of strategic housing development and submit it to the Oireachtas for scrutiny.”. Just to clarify, I have spoken to this amendment already and while I do not wish to go over it all...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Yes, but the Minister was saying that he or whoever the Minister will be has the power after 2019 to extend the period to 2021. The Minister may correct me if I am wrong. That needs to be addressed. That is what this review is about. There needs to be clarification on that. It says that when it expires in 2019, an order of the Minister-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: -----can be extended to 2021-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am confused with-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: No.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: And he was told that.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We can come back in.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We are all first-time Senators and we are all learning.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: On a point of clarification-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We told to be back here for 6.30 p.m.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Minister, could you clarify?
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Will it go back to the Oireachtas?
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We will do that. That is agreed.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I would like clarification, particularly relating to people with disabilities. The Minister is aware people are living longer. The biggest issues that local authorities have are housing adaptation and mobility grants, stair lifts and housing for the elderly. With this plan, particularly as it relates to developments of over 100 units and new builds, must every home have a bathroom...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: For years local authorities have been de-zoning land under the spatial strategy following a recommendation from the Department. What will happen if a builder comes to a council saying he wants to build 100 houses on land he owns that has been de-zoned? Has the council the authority under a material contravention to zone the land? What is a councillor's and the local authority’s role...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The question on dezoned land was an important one.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We just wanted that clarified.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The development plan.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the Minister's clarification.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Economic and Community Plans: Discussion (23 Nov 2016)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the witnesses. It is great to see them all together. It is like everything: we are all working for the improvement of our own counties and towns, which is so important. I have to agree with the previous speakers. The loss of town councils has been a disaster, in particular in places like my home town of Carlow. To me, it has been the nail in the coffin of most local authorities...