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- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: I move amendment No. 18:In page 48, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 44 of the Act of 2009 35. Section 44 of the Act of 2009 is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):“(1A) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply in circumstances where a local authority and an approved body agrees that to dispose of a dwelling...
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: Yes.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: The Acting Chairman contradicted his ruling in that regard.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: He stated they could be moved. He should retake the Chair and explain the position.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: Sorry-----
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: What about the other point made by my colleague?
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: I voice my absolute opposition should that happen.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: Is it the case that the Acting Chairman is not going to put amendments Nos. 16 to 18, inclusive, to the House individually?
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: The point has been made but not accepted.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: In other words, the Chairman disagrees with it, but he will do it anyway.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: It is not related and the Acting Chairman said as much earlier. He said he did not agree with the grouping, but he is going to proceed with it anyway.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: Deputy Ó Fearghaíl spoke on amendment No. 18, but I wish to comment on the Minister's response on amendments Nos. 16 and 17, which we support. The Minister of State said that under legislation, the Minister has authority to give consent to the local authority to retain the funds or proceeds from tenant purchase schemes for dispersal within the housing section of that local...
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: Am I to take it from the Minister of State's response that she does not feel the authority of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government is diminished in any way by virtue of the three Members of the Cabinet and the Taoiseach, who form the EMC, having authority over and above -----
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: It was not at all provocative. The greatest example of how information was withheld from the rest of the Cabinet came at a time when the EMC saw fit to take funds from the National Pensions Reserve Fund in the matter of the setting up of Irish Water. That meant that no Member of this House could ask questions pertaining to how those funds had been spent because of the legislation governing...
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: There is no correlation with amendments Nos. 17 and 18.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: No, there is not.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: She should go and sit beside Tommy.
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: Would it not be prudent to publish a league table to examine the performance of local authorities and hold them to account if they are languishing in the relegation zone or whatever the case might be?
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: Will the Minister of State consider such a proposal? She can come back to us with details of the means by which she might be able to do this. She must be cognisant of the ideas being put forward on a scheme to deal with vacant houses in need of refurbishment. While I take Deputy Seán Ó'Fearghaíl's point, the diminishing returns from rents and house purchases because of...
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2014)
Barry Cowen: In the short term the Minister of State might start from a point where we would have a better means to question the performance of local authorities.