Results 8,501-8,520 of 9,814 for speaker:Steven Matthews
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: Deputy Higgins, I will let you in briefly because you were named there. You were asked to clarify.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: Does Deputy Ó Broin wish to speak on amendment No. 2 and the related amendments?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I invite the Minister to respond and to address the related amendments.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: It would be helpful if we did not rehash every single vote that has taken place at a council over the past few years, although there might be a temptation to do so. We are here to discuss the Land Development Agency Bill, which will put on a statutory footing an agency to assist those local authorities to develop and deliver public housing and cost-rental housing at scale. If there are no...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: We will move on to amendment No. 2 in the names of Deputies Barry, Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny, Paul Murphy and Bríd Smith. Amendments Nos. 2 to 4, inclusive, 7, 8, 15 to 31, inclusive, 36, 41 to 43, inclusive, 49, 79, 80, 213 and 236 to 259, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Members should note that amendment No. 21 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 20,...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I now invite the Minister to respond.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: My apologies. Go ahead Deputy Ó Broin.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: We have run out of time. We will return to amendment No. 2 when we recommence on Thursday. The Minister has already indicated his opposition to amendments Nos. 41, 42, 43 and 213. Amendments Nos. 49, 79 and 80 are very similar. We will return to amendment No. 2 at our next meeting and proceed from there.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: My own notes indicate that the Minister did respond to amendments Nos. 41, 42 and 43 but we can return to them if necessary.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: We have a quorum so we are in public session. The committee is meeting to continue its pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill. We are joined by representatives of the following political: Mr. Darragh McShea, assistant general secretary, Fianna Fáil; Mr. John Carroll, general secretary, Fine Gael; Ms Maura Rose McMahon, general secretary, the Green...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I left my laptop behind so it is hard for me to see who has their hand up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I also welcome Billie Sparks, general secretary of the Labour Party. My apologies, I did not have that on my note. I thank Ms Sparks for attending.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank the Senator for her question. I must admit that having somebody appear as both a witness and a member of the committee is an unusual situation. I do not see it covered in Standing Orders. We requested the presence of the general secretaries or assistant general secretaries of the parties or their nominee to assist us in our pre-legislative scrutiny this morning. It would appear...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I will answer that question in a moment. I see Deputy Higgins has her hand up as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I will put that question to Deputy Ó Broin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for clarifying that but he will be aware that witnesses do not question witnesses. I invite Mr. McShea to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. McShea. I invite Mr. Carroll to make his opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Carroll. To clarify, we extended the invite to the general secretaries of each of the parties or asked them to submit a nominee to attend. It would be reasonable to infer that the nominee would have some sort of responsibility or knowledge of the data requirements of the party they represent. I now invite Ms McMahon to make her opening statement. I know she had a power...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Ms McMahon. I invite Deputy Ó Broin to make his opening statement on behalf of Sinn Féin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)
Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for deputising on behalf of his party's general secretary. Does Deputy Ó Broin have an executive function within Sinn Féin and responsibility at that level?