Results 8,361-8,380 of 8,553 for speaker:Alice-Mary Higgins
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 19:In page 34, line 18, to delete “section 35A(3)(a)(i)” and substitute “section 35A(3)(a)”.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 20:In page 34, line 22, to delete “20 per cent” and substitute “40 per cent”.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 21:In page 34, line 22, to delete “20 per cent” and substitute “30 per cent”.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 22:In page 34, line 24, to delete “where section 35A(3)(a)(ii) applies,”.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 23:In page 34, line 27, to delete “undue unfairness to or”.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 24:In page 34, to delete lines 28 to 39, and in page 35, to delete lines 1 to 35.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Amendment No. 26 has been superseded by amendment No. 25 so we will not be moving it.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: It is not that we are not moving it. We can move it but it is dead in the water.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: Yes. It is superseded.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 27:In page 35, to delete lines 11 to 26.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 28:In page 35, line 12, after “Board” to insert “, them also having due regard to perspective of the tenants and other independent sources”.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 29:In page 35, line 15, to delete “20 per cent” and substitute “40 per cent”.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 30:In page 35, line 15, to delete “20 per cent” and substitute “30 per cent”.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 31:In page 35, line 16, to delete “or” and substitute “and”.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 32:In page 35, line 20, to delete “undue unfairness to, or”. We are asking for the removal of the term "undue unfairness" because we feel given "undue unfairness", "undue hardship" and "unduly onerous" are the three----
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am giving the reason. If those terms were applied to the rental area, to tenants, we would see many tenants would not pay rent. I am going to move this amendment to remove the phrase "undue unfairness" but it would leave the other two intact.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I will not go into detail about my colleague’s motion today because we will have an opportunity to debate it this afternoon. This practice of putting forward a last-minute amendment is very unfortunate and does not help democracy. There is an irony in the legal concerns being produced at the 11th hour in this regard. If the Government has such strong concerns about the fundamental...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I apologise to the Leas-Chathaoirleach but I need to underscore the following point. All of this has happened at a time when democracy must be re-enforced and when everyone acknowledges that the European project is under threat. Those of us who are passionate about the European project and democracy must assert and show the citizens of Europe that checks and balances are in place and that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I am asking that the House's decision be represented consistently.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2016)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I welcome the Minister to the House. I think we all look forward to the debate ahead. I will not speak extensively on this section. We will have an opportunity to contribute on some of the proposals. As my colleague, Senator Boyhan, said, I hope the Minister will be open to considering some of the amendments which have been tabled and, notwithstanding the desire to move forward speedily...