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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: That could change shortly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Has the application to open up the land for the northern cross route development been made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Under what funding was the application made?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (6 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the progress made by the agrifood sector here in developing a market for Irish beef in China. [51192/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (6 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which live exports have performed to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51191/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (6 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 248. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made on the implementation of the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51290/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (6 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 249. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation of CLÁR funding in 2018, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51291/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided for Louth County Council to carry out repairs to 91 homes as reported (details supplied). [51285/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (6 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of loans applied for through Louth and Meath county councils' home purchase scheme to date in 2018; and the final amount approved in each county following the applications. [51322/18]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I want to refer to the White Paper we received today. This is an entirely new section of the Bill and we have not had an opportunity to discuss it, or even to see it, until this evening. I want to talk about issues that arise from it and expand upon views about which the people who vote for me feel strongly. I welcome the principle of what the Minister of State is bringing in. He is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not have knowledge of the eight urban areas.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I was not invited to any briefing, not that I am complaining.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will the Minister of State please repeat that?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: The lads can laugh if they like but this is very important for me. I will be able to inform the Deputies of something that actually happened in County Louth.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Can we be serious, please? In counties Louth and Meath the two county councils met and decided they needed an area plan which covered both jurisdictions. When that happened, the plan was produced and published and people on the councils bought into it. However, the local district committee did not agree with it because it did not like the zoning provided in it. The legal decision was that...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is the truth.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I usually do not speak for long at these meetings but I want to make a point I feel strongly about. The areas I mentioned earlier have experienced some of the problems in the areas the Minister of State has identified. Drogheda and Bray are on that list but Swords, Dundalk, Navan and Kilkenny are not on it. Those are the biggest towns. The point I raised earlier holds water. The reason...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister of State. I have been in politics for a long time. When I started in 1974-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Not 1874, although that was a very interesting year for local government. In 1974, councillors did not get paid at all. There was no money and that is the truth. One did not get paid for attending meetings of sub-committees either. Meetings then were very active and vibrant. That is still the case. People do not get involved in local government for money. Most people want to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Fergus O'Dowd: Be careful.