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Planning and Development Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:(i) Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018, (ii) Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018, and (iii) Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 13th December,...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 12th December, 2017, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Public...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy should make sure there are no loose ends to the wiring. I congratulate the Deputy on his Christmas spirit. It got a few smiles in the House for a change, which is always good. We do not have a date for the legislation on the digital hub but I will ask the Minister to come back to the Deputy on it. I am sure the Deputy will get a photograph in a newspaper tomorrow.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: Some guidelines on-----

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: First Stage (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: No.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: The legislation the Deputy may be referring to is the Central Bank (Consolidation) Bill where there will be an opportunity to raise some of these issues when it is being debated. That Bill is being worked on at the moment but we do not have a specific date for publication yet.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: If the Deputy sends me a note with the detail of what she has just raised, possibly with some examples, I will pursue it with the line Minister.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: I know there are ongoing consultations with GPs, although not necessarily on this specific case but certainly on the broader issue. Again, if the Deputy wants to send me a note on the specific case, I will certainly pass it on to the Minister for Health.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: I expect that the British Government will have a very active debate on this issue in the coming months because under the details that will be published tomorrow, there will be a clear understanding that, by March, there will be an update of those guidelines, the content of which will be determined by the British Government's approach to phase two negotiations, in other words, the kind of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy will have to ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform about that issue. He is the Minister who is dealing with the detail of it. The Government decision to increase the mandatory retirement age across the public sector from 65 to 70 makes a lot of sense and has broad support in the House. It cannot happen instantly because there is a process to be followed to bring it...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: I do not mean this as a slap-down but, frankly, it would be helpful if people were not declaring victories on anything. This issue is going to divide households across the country and people should talk in a respectful tone about both sides of the argument in an effort to advance a consensus across the country that can result in a successful referendum. Of course the Government will...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: Primary legislation will be required in this area and the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, will have to bring it forward. There will be an opportunity for the Deputy to raise specific issues during the debate on that legislation next year, if and when it is brought forward.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: I cannot discuss the content of that legislation. However, there is a commitment to deliver new legislation, and much work has been done on it, to provide for standards and a proper register for approved housing bodies, AHBs. It is important to say-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: It is a short comment.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: There is a role for local authorities and AHBs in delivering social housing. Many fantastic projects have been concluded in the last number of years through good AHBs. The legislation being brought forward is about standardisation and ensuring the AHB sector is properly regulated.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: I am not laughing.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: I assure the Deputy that rural Ireland is a priority for the Government with regard to broadband and a range of other matters. I will ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, to contact the Deputy directly on the specific issue he raised.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: My information is that work on the Bill is under way but we do not have a definitive date for it. I will try to get the Minister to come back to the Deputy on that.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: I also take the opportunity to wish everybody in the House a happy Christmas.

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: As Deputy McDonald knows, this is a three-stage process to which we, as a Government, committed quite some time ago. The Citizens' Assembly carried out comprehensive work and this led to the establishment of a committee which has been ably led and chaired by Senator Catherine Noone, who has done an extraordinary job on a very difficult issue. The committee voted yesterday on the key issues...