Results 561-580 of 2,052 for speaker:Maria Bailey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: I thank Mr. Coleman. I invite Mr. Cussen to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: We will hear from Mr. Coleman first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: The Deputy can contribute again once Mr. Cussen has responded.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: Deputy O'Dowd has 60 seconds.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: We will tease through a lot of those issues when we undertake pre-legislative scrutiny. I ask the witnesses to allude to some of Deputy O'Dowd's comments after we hear from Deputy Ó Broin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: I ask the Deputy to let Mr. Cussen respond. He did not interrupt the Deputy. The Deputy will have time to come back in. We will let Mr. Cussen respond. I ask the Deputy to show Mr. Cussen the courtesy of being allowed to answer the questions that have been asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: Is there anything that Mr. Coleman would like to add?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: Would Mr. Coleman like to respond first?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett is not a member of the committee. The information is on the committee's website.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: To be fair, the legislation has not yet come before the Houses. Mr. Coleman probably does not have the final answers to these questions. The legislation will be back before the committee for pre-legislative scrutiny when I presume all of those questions will be answerable when the agency officials will have definitive answers. If there is some way Mr. Coleman can answer the question, that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: We were supposed to finish at 10.30 a.m. and I have not yet come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: The Deputy has ten seconds.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: I welcome the advent of the Land Development Agency. I know that it has taken a long time to come to fruition and very much welcome the overarching principle of what it is trying to do, but, to date, the approach has been piecemeal. We are trying to work collaboratively and share responsibility with the local authorities. Aside from the physical resources the agency will provide, where...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: We have gone half an hour over time. Does Deputy Ó Broin have something he wants to say within ten seconds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: I would like to hear a clarification on that because more than 700 staff were approved for local authorities to deliver housing. However, one of the problems we are hearing about from local authorities is the length of time it takes to appoint someone through the Public Appointments Service. By the time an appointment goes through, the candidate might have been picked up by the private...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: I thank the witnesses, Mr John Coleman and Mr. Niall Cussen, for attending today. If the legislation is drafted and ready for pre-legislative scrutiny, the committee might allow us to work on that before Christmas. If so, we might have the witnesses in again. I apologise for having run over time. I propose a suspension for a few moments to allow the next group of witnesses to take their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: In our second session we will continue our consideration of the appropriate use of public land. I welcome from South Dublin County Council, Mr. Colm Ward, from Fingal County Council, Ms AnnMarie Farrelly and Ms Mary Egan, from Cork City Council, Ms Ann Doherty and Mr. Brian Geaney, and from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Ms Catherine Keenan and Ms Mary Henchy. Before I begin, I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: I thank Mr. Ward. We have received all the opening statements and most members will have read them. While the witnesses should feel free to read them out in totality, they can also provide a summary. I will leave it the witnesses to decide. I invite Ms Doherty to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: I thank Ms Doherty and invite Ms Farrelly to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)
Maria Bailey: I thank Ms Farrelly. I now call Ms Keenan to make her opening statement.