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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Would the Chair mind clarifying the question that is being put?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not agreed.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 190: In page 39, to delete lines 32 and 33. I wish to press the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 108: In page 16, line 37, after “to” to insert “land management, land economics, sustainable land use,”. I will speak to all amendments in my group to try to expedite them. My colleague, Deputy Thomas Gould, is in the building and is trying to log in to the meeting but is having technical difficulties. Perhaps that can be recorded until...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: While I am not surprised by the script the Minister of State has been given to read out in response, it is always disappointing when what can be considered friendly amendments in the spirit of the Bill are simply rejected. I refer to the amendments not only in my name and that of Deputy Gould but also those in Deputy Duncan Smith's name. These are attempts to strengthen the legislation. I...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 109: In page 16, lines 37 and 38, to delete “delivery of housing, which may include”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 111: In page 16, line 38, after “housing,” where it secondly occurs to insert “homelessness services and homeless prevention”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 113: In page 16, line 41, after “women” to insert “and people of different ethnicities and nationalities”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 114: In page 17, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(11) The Minister shall ensure that no member of the Board has conflicting financial interests in relation to the usage of land for social and affordable housing by way of a mandatory self-declaration.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 115: In page 17, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(11) The Minister shall, no less than 30 days after the appointment of the Board, lay a report on the appointment of Directors to the Board before the Houses of Oireachtas and the relevant Oireachtas Committee.”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 118: In page 18, line 11, to delete “not”. This simple amendment will remove the word "not". The relevant section of the Bill states: "In appearing before the Committee referred to in subsection (1), the chief executive appears as a person accountable to the Committee and not as an accounting officer." I am interested in hearing from the Minister of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am fully in support of Deputy O'Callaghan's amendments. Just because something is standard practice does not mean it is good practice. Often, the people leading State agencies can build up considerable expertise and knowledge that might not necessarily be shared in Departments or by their respective Ministers. Therefore, legally preventing them in any circumstance from expressing a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 132: In page 23, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(5) Shares in the Agency shall not be sold or otherwise transferred without the prior approval of the Government.” Members of the committee will recall that we had a session with the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG. Members were effusive in their support and praise for...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The difficulty is that when something has the approval of the Government, there is a formal process. There are memorandums to the Cabinet and formal decisions, and these are recorded and available for posterity to assess. Where it is just a matter of a Minister discussing a decision with another Minister, it could happen over the telephone or in an email. It is not the same process. We...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 133: In page 23, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: "(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Companies Acts, no alteration of the memorandum of association or the articles of association of the subsidiary shall be valid or effectual unless made with the prior approval of the Government.".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Have we not already discussed amendment No. 137?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 137: In page 33, after line 37, to insert the following: “(4)The Agency shall furnish the report referred to in subsection (1) to the Cathaoirleach of each local authority and the Cathaoirleach shall cause the report to be made available to each member of the authority.” I will be brief, as we are making such good progress. Section 47 deals with the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The hearts of city and county councillors across the country are being broken yet again. As former councillors, we all know that piles of reports from many agencies are heaped on councillors and they do not have time to read them. This amendment would require the LDA to furnish each local authority chair or mayor with a report. One would expect that report to be short and deal, in the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: As Deputy O'Callaghan said, this is one of the most important sections of the Bill. I have seven amendments in this grouping relating specifically to sections 53 and 54. These are new additions to the Bill. They were not in the original version. They did not get pre-legislative scrutiny. Given these are the sections which will determine what the LDA will pay for lands it is acquiring...