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Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 21: In page 7, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(a) in subsection (1)(d), by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i): “(i) organisations that, in the Minister’s opinion, are representative of persons concerned with representing social and ethnic diversity of Irish society and equality...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 22: In page 7, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d): “(dd) 5 members shall be appointed from among persons nominated for such appointment by such— (i) organisations that, in the Minister’s opinion, are representative of persons concerned...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 24: In page 7, to delete lines 22 to 32 and substitute the following: “(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) The Minister in appointing ordinary members of the Board at all times under this Part, shall ensure, in so far as is practicable, that— (a) the ordinary members of the Board are persons who, have...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 29: In page 7, to delete lines 33 to 41, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 3. Amendment No. 29 deletes the proposed provision of an entirely discretionary process whereby the Minister can set up any system to identify prospective nominees from which he then chooses an associated provision on the making of regulations. This is one of the parts of the Bill to which...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 30: "In page 7, to delete lines 33 to 41, and in page 8, to delete lines 1 to 27."

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 33: "In page 8, to delete lines 5 to 17 and substitute the following: “(4) The procedure to be undertaken by the bodies or organisations provided for under subsection (1), shall require that further to a request from the Minister to make a nomination— (a) they publicly invite applications from suitably qualified persons for consideration as a...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 37: In page 8, line 24, to delete “and”

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 40: In page 8, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “and (h) in subsection (10), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): “(aa) is, or who was in the previous 12 months been, established civil servants for the purposes of the Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005 or established public servants in...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 49: In page 9, lines 26 and 27, to delete all words from and including “may” in line 26 down to and including line 27 and substitute “shall-”. Amendment No. 49 proposes to delete the discretion on action where there has been a complaint or a breach of the code, or other failure as specified. We seek to replace “may” with...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I might speak first.

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: With respect to Senators Martin and Murphy, I do not think this Bill will improve the situation. I reiterate Sinn Féin’s complete opposition to what is being done here. In our view, if these measures are introduced, they will make matters worse. We are fundamentally opposed to the Bill. It is not-----

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: It will be. The legislation is completely unclear and has the potential to undermine the work of the board. We want to work with the Minister to improve and clean up the board and restore public confidence, and we have tabled amendments to that effect today. This is not an acceptable way to progress. Having said that, if a vote is called today, we will abstain because we understand...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 50: In page 9, line 39, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 51: In page 10, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2): “(3A) Where the Minister considers further to a complaint of otherwise that the conduct of the Chair may have been such as to bring the Board into disrepute or may have been prejudicial to the effective performance by...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 54: "In page 10, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Provisions in respect of foreshore licensing requirements for certain surveying activities 14.The Act of 1933 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 3: “Obligations 3AA. Notwithstanding anything in the definition of the foreshore in section 1, and the...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I will await the Minister of State’s response.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I had intended to oppose section 6. However, I will make a few points about the help-to-buy scheme, which we are discussing in this recommendation. The extension of the scheme will have a full-year cost in 2023 of €175 million. In its current guise, the scheme has certain requirements of applicants.One must take out a mortgage of at least 70% of the cost to buy a newly built home or...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: The Minister said that a minority of property transactions in the State involve people availing of the help-to-buy scheme. Since its introduction in 2016, the scheme has cost €603 million. That is more than half a billion euro and represents a significant cost to the State. While it involves a small number of transactions, I know that in previous years some 40% of those who...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: Section 18 provides for an extension to the measure, the special assignee relief programme, for a further three years until 2025. In addition, in the interests of improving the economic efficiency of the scheme, the Bill provides that for new entrants there will be an increase from €75,000 to €100,000 in the income threshold to avail of the scheme. Existing claimants will not...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move recommendation No. 8: In page 66, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Report on the Foreign Earnings Deduction 25. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the Foreign Earnings Deduction, the extent to which the relief has achieved its policy objectives and to review its...