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- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister for the clarification. Have his officials arrived yet?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 122 and 123 are related and will be discussed together.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister and call Deputy Doherty.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Is the amendment being pressed?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Does the Minister wish to come back in on that point?
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: We are moving to section 17.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: We are on section 21.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 126 is in the name of Deputies Mick Barry, Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny, Paul Murphy and Bríd Smith. There is nobody to move the amendment.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I understand a member of the committee has to move the amendment. We do not have a member of the committee to move it.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I do not see Deputy Barry present.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Naughten. I will check that. Having received clarification, Deputy Boyd Barrett may move the amendment.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: We will return to discussing amendment No. 126 tomorrow when we resume in Committee Room 2 with the Minister in Room G12.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Statement of Strategy 2021-2025: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. (12 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: This meeting has been convened to discuss the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage statement of strategy for the period 2021 to 2025. We are joined on video link by Ms Fiona Quinn, assistant secretary, and Mr. Damien Allen, principal officer. The opening statement has been circulated to members. I will first ask Ms Quinn to make her opening statement, following which...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Statement of Strategy 2021-2025: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. (12 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Quinn. I will now turn to members. If we could limit questions and answers to five minutes, we will get through it. I call first on Deputy Murnane O'Connor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Statement of Strategy 2021-2025: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. (12 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: The Deputy has two and a half minutes left. She might want to leave time for answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Statement of Strategy 2021-2025: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. (12 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I would ask Ms Quinn to finish there because we have a five-minute limit. I will turn to Sinn Féin and Deputy Ó Broin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Statement of Strategy 2021-2025: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. (12 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I am sorry, Deputy, but we are just out of time. I ask the witnesses to note those comments and respond to the Deputy in writing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Statement of Strategy 2021-2025: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. (12 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Is Deputy Higgins next? Or perhaps it is Senator Cummins? They can share time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Statement of Strategy 2021-2025: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. (12 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Quinn. We are just out of time. I call Senator Boyhan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Statement of Strategy 2021-2025: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. (12 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I thank Senator Boyhan for those observations. To clarify, the Senator has a concern around the word "planning" being dropped.