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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: To allow for the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, to attend the House to explain to me why the Government has moved an amendment to block the Second Reading of the Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: Yes. I am asking the Minister to come to the House to explain.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I am asking him to come to the House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I am asking the Minister to come separately this afternoon and for an amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: The problem is that the Minister does not want to have a Second Reading of the Bill and I am questioning this.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: So we will have a full debate from 2.30 p.m. until 4.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I am still asking the Minister to withdraw his amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 7, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“(2) An application for a strategic housing development under this section, other than for the alteration of an existing planning permission granted under section 34, may not be made by a prospective applicant who holds a planning permission for over 100 housing units for which a commencement notice has...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: On Senator Norris's point on hoarding planning permissions, if there is an instance around the country where there are multiple cases, the local authority should put pressure on the developers to move the developments on.In the context of viability, the Minister spoke about infrastructure, roads and so on. In the Dublin area alone, there are said to be 28,000 units. That is a huge number so...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I fully agree with Senator Boyhan on the need for an independent review to measure the development of the plan and the legislation. Without such a review, we will be at nothing. We must measure not only whether the targets have been achieved, but also whether they have been achieved in the best way possible. An independent review will help deliver information for the public and avoid...

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am quite distraught. At 5.30 p.m. yesterday, I got notice from the Minister's office that he wished to decline the Second Reading. Micro-beads and micro-plastics are of great concern not only here in Ireland but also across Europe and the world. I cannot believe that only hours before its Second Reading, the Minister for Housing,...

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: Exactly. They say they have a major interest in the environment. It was only the day before yesterday that it came to our notice that Fianna Fáil wanted to table a Bill on the issue. Is that the reason Fine Gael has decided to jump on board? We know the Labour Party also considered tabling a Bill. When I moved the Bill on First Stage I know there was a general feeling of consensus...

Seanad: Micro-plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016: Second Stage (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his reassurances. The Bill was introduced several weeks ago and something possibly could have been done in the meantime. As for the notification to the European Commission, again, the Department could have exercised that right and it could be under way as we speak. It is pertinent we move as fast as possible with this measure. Senator Paudie Coffey earlier spoke...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 4:In page 7, after line 38, to insert the following:“(6) A permission granted under this Part may only be extended where it meets the conditions in section 42(1)(a)(i) of the Act of 2000 as amended.”. The point of this amendment is to restrict the possibility of the extension of fast-track permission. The original provision for extending planning...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 19:In page 33, to delete lines 9 and 10. This amendment seeks to maintain the ordinary majority in votes on Part 8 developments. At the moment, councillors can amend or reject a Part 8 development through a normal vote at a council meeting. For reasons which may not have been explained to us, the Minister is proposing to change this provision. If the Minister gets his...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for returning to the House. As the debate was adjourned, it enabled us to get some more information to bring to her attention. She spoke about the public consultation. No report came from the consultation process. I did some research into local authority submissions to the public consultation on the issue and found that of the 19 participating councils only four...

Seanad: Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statements (16 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I wish to share time with Senator Dolan.

Seanad: Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statements (16 Nov 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister to the House. He has a wide-ranging portfolio. The area of greatest interest to me will always be road safety. As the Minister indicated, his Department covers road transport and safety. With that in mind, last week we had a debate on Committee Stage of the Heritage Bill. The first amendment that was discussed concerned road safety and the management of our...