Results 621-640 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: This is one of the first cases-----
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: I believe it is nearly the first.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: The office was established partly as a result of various planning tribunals.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: I will.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: I wish to inform the House that the Department of Rural and Community Development, which is the Department of the Minister, Deputy Ring, announced today that applications for the year ahead may be made under the town and village renewal scheme, which applies to many of the towns and villages referred to by the Deputy.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Did I say that?
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: I apologise to the Deputy.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: I must ask the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to respond directly to the Deputy. I have no responsibility on housing. I understand the point being made, and the Deputy mentioned a local authority in another jurisdiction. As I understand it, county and city development plans are another mechanism by which local authorities can set out the criteria under which planning applications should...
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: My answer is largely the same as the previous one. I will have to get the Minister to respond directly. What I have found from talking to a number of both elected members and officials in local authorities is that the emergency response on housing during the Covid crisis has had a positive impact, by and large. I was struck by the question from Deputy Niall Collins earlier and I ask him,...
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: The projected figure for the monthly rates shortfall is about €84 million or €85 million.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Yes. The Deputy mentioned that finance officers expect a goods and services loss of €10 million. That might well be a matter for whoever occupies my chair next. Once we have an analysis of that guesstimate I will be in a better position to answer.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Yes.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Yes. Extra funding from the Exchequer will be needed to meet the goods and services loss.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Not yet. That will be another Government decision.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: I will have to ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to respond to the Deputy directly on privately built local authority housing and local authority purchased housing and the figures for this year. This is another situation that is not uniform across the country. I am acutely aware of what Deputy Feighan said earlier. There are still chunks of...
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: To answer as briefly as possible, the figures that were calculated following a line-by-line analysis by the CCMA and presented to the local government section in the Department led us to arrive at the figure of €260 million.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Yes, it is a guesstimate.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: It is difficult for me to say in advance, as I will not be the one sitting at the Cabinet table, but that is absolutely my intention. The 100% of what was sought by the CCMA is included in the €260 million figure. It is very much my intention that if the guesstimate underestimates the amount of money that we expect businesses that have stayed open to contribute in commercial rates...
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: Yes, that is a commitment. I will let the Deputy ask his next question.
- Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)
John Paul Phelan: That is very much the intention at the moment.