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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Tipperary County Council is provided with an annual funding stream from Local Property Tax proceeds which, along with other sources of revenue available to it, provides the Council with its financial capacity to fund local services. It is a matter for the Council to decide, in the annual budgetary process, how to spend their funding allocation, having regard to locally identified needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (12 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented residential sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Alternative Energy Projects (12 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: There are no specific planning guidelines in respect of solar farms and I have no proposals to bring forward such guidelines at the present time. However, I am keeping this matter under review, together with my colleague the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the context of the Government’s forthcoming White Paper on Energy Policy. Under the Planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (12 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The provides the statutory framework for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board and for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme to be implemented by the Board with support from the Housing Agency. The Act also sets out the broad parameters which the Board must have regard to when establishing the eligibility criteria for the pyrite remediation scheme. While Section 15(3) of the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 1:In page 7, to delete lines 14 and 15 and substitute the following:"(3) Every regulation made by the Minister under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House sits after the regulation is laid before...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Amendment No. 1 has been agreed.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The amendments cover many wide-ranging issues relating to the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill. I have a detailed and substantial answer which I need to read to address the concerns the Deputies have raised. I ask them to bear with me as it is long and detailed, but it is important to read it to provide the necessary clarification. I do not propose to accept the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Deputies for the positive interaction we are having. They are right to engage strongly because there is an opportunity to get this right. I agree that we must learn from what happened in the past when there was potential but it was not delivered on for various reasons. As for the Part V provisions on social housing, commitments might have been given, but they were either not...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: First, in regard to amendment No. 6, we oppose the amendment. I understand the concerns the Deputy has raised but they are not appropriate in legislation that is specifically about winding down an authority because clear and enforceable fire safety requirements are already set out appropriately in primary legislation, including in the Building Control Acts, the Fire Services Acts, the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 7:In page 17, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 154 of Act of 2000 31. Section 154(5)(a) of the Act of 2000 is amended with effect from the dissolution day—(a) in subparagraph (i) by the deletion of “or” after “as appropriate,”, (b) in subparagraph (ii) by the insertion of...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 8:In page 17, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 157 of Act of 2000 32. Section 157(4)(a) of the Act of 2000 is amended with effect from the dissolution day—(a) in subparagraph (i), by the substitution of “development,” for “development;”, (b) in subparagraph (ii), by the substitution of...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 9:In page 17, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 160 of Act of 2000 33. Section 160 of the Act of 2000 is amended with effect from the dissolution day—(a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c) of subsection (1): “(c) that any development is carried out in conformity with—(i) in...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 10:In page 17, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 162 of Act of 2000 34. Section 162 of the Act of 2000 is amended with effect from the dissolution day by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):“(1) In any proceedings for an offence under this Act, the onus of proving the existence of—(a)...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 11:In page 17, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 163 of Act of 2000 35. Section 163 of the Act of 2000 is amended with effect from the dissolution day by the substitution of “(disregarding development for which there is in fact permission under Part III or in respect of which a certificate has been issued by the Dublin...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 12:In page 17, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Amendment of Act of 2000 – planning authority 36. The Act of 2000 is amended with effect from the dissolution day by the insertion of the following section after section 164: “Development in Dublin Docklands Area 164A.For the avoidance of doubt, Dublin City Council is the planning...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. I know they are well meaning and the contributions are made in the interests of trying to ensure we get this right. Before getting into the detail of the proposed amendments, it is important to note, and I agree, that unique consultative arrangements were put in place in 1997 when the DDDA was set up. These have been referred to by the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I will clarify that. In regard to amendment No. 19, I said that as previously stated, the composition of the forum, as well as its role and functions, were devised in consultation with the outgoing docklands council, the authority and Dublin City Council. Therefore, there was consultation in regard to it. Also, in devising the composition, role and functions of the new forum, the consensus...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I have outlined in detail my opinion on the amendments. As the Bill is currently constructed, it provides for 21 members on the consultative forum and we must be careful not to dilute that. I am not saying that would happen but by expanding it, the committee could become more unwieldy, as any committee might. We need to be conscious of that. In the 21 members, it is important to reflect...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I have made my statements on the issue.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I will be brief.