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Seanad: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 3: In page 8, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(8) Within six months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the creation of a real time land transaction register similar to the Residential Property Price Register.”. I urge the Minister of State to support this amendment....

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Fintan Warfield: I commend my party colleague Senator Boylan on her work on this issue and welcome the Minister of State to the debate. Overcrowding in Ireland’s dog pounds and shelters is the worst we have seen in a decade. In recent weeks, more than a dozen shelters have announced they have no space for new dogs. On one day alone, five shelters closed their doors. This surge can, in part, be...

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

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 4: In page 6, line 8, to delete “concerned.” and substitute the following: “concerned, while always maintaining a balance of expertise, experience across the Board and particular focus on ecological expertise and experience and environmentally sustainable development.”. I only have one amendment in this grouping. This amendment is in...

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

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, to delete line 17.

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

Fintan Warfield: There is a fundamental difference between ourselves and the Government on this Bill. It is one of the biggest problems we have with the legislation. It is no disrespect to civil servants but some will have been seconded, some may return and for us they are too close to the institutions of Government. Who should be on the board? The answer is qualified professionals from the public service...

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

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 10: In page 6, lines 24 to 30, to delete all words from and including “and” in line 24 down to and including line 30 and substitute the following: “, (c) and (d), appoint a suitably qualified person on a temporary basis, but in the interests of maintaining clear independence of the Board, such persons shall not include persons who are or were...

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

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 12: In page 6, to delete lines 31 to 34.

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

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 13: In page 6, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “(iii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c): “(d) where appointments are being proposed under paragraph (a), such appointments shall be made further to either a public call for applications or from a call for nominations from the panel system prescribed under...

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

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No.14: In page 6, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(a) in subsection (2), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (e): 3“(ea) The Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission,”,”. This amendment is to remove the reference including the Secretary General of the Department from the...

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

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 15: In page 6, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(a) in subsection (2), by the deletion of paragraph (c),”.

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

Fintan Warfield: I move amendment No. 16: In page 6, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: “(b) 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. 20: In page 7, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): “(1A) To ensure the currency and validity of the bodies included for the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister shall— (a) in the month of January of each year, write to each of the bodies prescribed in...

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...