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Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, to delete lines 34 and 35, and in page 7, to delete lines 1 to 3 and substitute the following: “ ‘climate justice’ means the requirement that decisions and actions taken, within the State and at the international level, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the effects of climate change shall, in so far as it is...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: We are not pushing this amendment to a vote. We will withdraw the amendment and resubmit it on Report Stage. I would like a bit of indulgence to speak to this amendment and back up some of my other colleagues in the Opposition on the definition of climate justice. The part of the Bill that bothers me more in terms of the weakness of it are the words "as far as practicable" because we all...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: No, we are withdrawing it, with the intention of resubmitting it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: We have an amendment similar to this one. It does not seek to define just transition but to incorporate just transition into the Bill. Two things are coming up here. One issue is the principles, the framing and the definitions and the second is the real meat of it, which is the targets. I suggest that the Minister engage with the members of the Opposition over the next week or so to see...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 20: In page 7, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(e) by the insertion of the following new subsection: “(2) The references in section 4(11), section 5(8) and section 6B(13) to a Minister of the Government shall each be construed as including a reference to the Government.”.”. I propose to withdraw this amendment, while...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: Senator Higgins will move and withdraw amendment No. 41 for me when it is reached.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I raise the Donore Avenue community centre which was badly damaged by fire last week. I will not speculate on the causes of the fire but it is essential that the Department ensures that funding is made available for this community centre to be restored. It is right beside St. Theresa's Gardens where regeneration is happening. It is an essential community centre in a very disadvantaged part...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: Many of the points I wanted to address have been addressed by other speakers. I will hand over to our guests and ask each of them to pick the top three changes they would like to see in the Bill. I ask them also to talk about the revenue-raising powers they would like to see. How, through this Bill, would our guests try to tackle the problem that local government in general does not have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: That would be perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I would prefer Mr. Moran to use gender-neutral language.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Solar Panels for Public Buildings, Schools, Homes and Other Premises) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I congratulate the Green Party Senators on bringing forward this Bill. They are members of the smaller party in government and I have sympathy for what happens smaller parties in government and the hassle and blame they get for things they do not necessarily cause. The Green Party Ministers and Senators have been performing exceptionally well during the past year and, particularly when...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: That is no problem.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I support Senator Higgins. I was clear about what it was intended for after going through pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill but some of my colleagues have a different interpretation of it, which is the same as that held by the Senator. I ask the Minister to examine this to make sure the language is legally tied up. I understand it to be a clawback as opposed to an equity share. I think...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I want to address the issue of cost being cost. The cost over a period of 20 years is much different from cost over 40 years, 60 years or 80 years. I prefer the term "affordable rental", which is rent that is affordable for people on median incomes. This is at the heart of Senator Boyhan's amendment. All of the experts in the pre-legislative scrutiny stated affordable rental for people is...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 31: In page 10, lines 22 and 23, to delete “or providing financial assistance under section 8,”.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 32: In page 10, line 29, to delete “or to provide financial assistance under section 8”.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 33: In page 10, line 31, to delete “or to receive such assistance”.