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Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Beef Industry (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: With all due respect, no allegation was made. I have reassured the Deputy that horticulture is being given the highest priority by this Government and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. As I have just said, the Minister would be more than happy to respond in more detail to the Deputy with regard the concerns he raises relating to horticulture. I am making no allegations but...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Beef Industry (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I apologise on behalf of both Ministers who, unfortunately, are unavailable as they are away on State business. As a former Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív will understand there are times when they cannot be here personally. However, I am here to take the Topical Issue and am happy to do so on their behalf. As Deputy Ó Cuív is well aware, beef prices are matters to be...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Vetting Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am taking this Topical Issue matter on behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality. I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter as it provides me with an opportunity to inform the House that the current average processing time for Garda vetting applications is, in fact, four weeks from date of receipt. This is not considered to be an unacceptable delay in processing times for...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Vetting Applications (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Minister for Justice and Equality is resolute in her view that the protection of children and vulnerable adults must remain a priority. She is also aware, however, of the necessity to provide a modern and efficient service. During the Government’s lifetime, staffing levels at the GCVU have increased by almost 100% and the average vetting application processing time has dropped by...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, line 8, after “Docklands” to insert “Oversight and”. On Committee Stage, various Deputies expressed concern that the successor to the Docklands Council, which is the Docklands Consultative Forum, did not have an oversight role in the future regeneration of the docklands. I recognise that its predecessor, the Docklands Council, was...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 7:In page 19, line 32, after “Docklands” to insert “Oversight and”.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 14:In page 26, line 17, after “submitted” to insert “(in this section referred to as a “DOCF annual report”)”.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 15:In page 26, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“(2) The Council shall not later than 30 September in each year in which a DOCF annual report has been submitted to it under subsection (1), submit that DOCF annual report to the Minister. (3) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after a DOCF annual report has been submitted to him or her under...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank all Members for their contributions and comments on the various Stages of this important legislation and for taking the time to speak on the Bill, which will lead to the dissolution of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and the transfer of its functions to Dublin City Council. It is difficult to overstate the importance of docklands in the economic recovery of our capital and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Marine Plan (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) is a relatively recent discipline which has developed in different ways in different places. UNESCO defines it as a practical way to create and establish a more rational organisation of the use of marine space and the interaction between its uses, to balance demands for development with the need to protect marine ecosystems, and to achieve social and economic...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (3 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: A reply to the correspondence referred to in the Question has recently issued from my Department.

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The number of rough sleepers is reducing. The Government has guaranteed rough sleepers a bed for the night. This is the only capital city in Europe in which a bed can be guaranteed for anyone who wants one.

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I acknowledge that housing is a considerable challenge for this country but, as the Minister, Deputy Kelly, made clear last night - I agree with him in this regard - the Sinn Féin Bill before the House is fundamentally flawed in both its detail and focus in respect of homelessness prevention and would create a legal obligation and an unquantified risk to the State that would give rise to...

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I have heard much rhetoric from those opposite. It is easy for Deputies to rail against the Government and for them to say that we must produce more social housing. That is obvious. We are all very much in agreement on that matter. We are also agreed that the long-term solution to homelessness is to increase the supply of homes. However, I have not heard any new or tangible solutions to...

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Completions are already ramping up around the country and more than 200 projects have been approved and are under way in various local authorities areas. Only this week I, along with Deputies Halligan and Conway, visited a Government-supported scheme in my city that is being completed by the Respond housing agency that has delivered 57 new units. That is also having a knock-on effect in...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: These are technical amendments.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) (2 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: This group of amendments includes a number of measures to enable the PRTB to deal effectively with tenants who do not comply with their obligations, including the obligation to pay rent. The published Bill provides for a new procedure to deal with tenants who do not comply with their statutory obligation to pay rent pending the determination of their dispute. These amendments insert a new...

Topical Issue Debate: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (2 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am happy to respond to Deputy Breen's issue which is important for the people in Carrigaholt and County Clare. Clare County Council carried out a feasibility study on the proposed Carrigaholt group sewerage scheme with a view to ascertaining the viability of the scheme and it reported the estimated cost of the scheme to be €1.233 million. The Department of Environment, Community...

Topical Issue Debate: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (2 Dec 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the fact that the Deputy recognises the opportunity that may present through the work of the working group. This group will deliberate tomorrow when it meets to discuss the principles governing the new rural water multi-annual funding framework for 2016-18. Following those deliberations the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, will announce...