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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (24 Sep 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I cannot comment on individual planning applications but I fully understand the points he is making. We are into new territory now as the Office of the Planning Regulator has just been established, having been spoken about for years. One of the key points at the centre of its establishment was its independence from the Department and politics. It is the result of the planning tribunal report.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (24 Sep 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I was going to get to that point. I will speak to the Minister and, as the Deputy noted in his opening comments, there is a balance to be struck. We want the office to be completely independent but it does allow for research. I looked at a map of the area in question and it is large. The Deputy has represented it for years and it has the potential to change utterly the landscape out...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (18 Sep 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I agree with virtually everything Deputy Ellis has said. I am not in a position to direct local authorities as to what they should do with sites like this or, indeed, with issues like this in their own functional areas. However, it would not be unreasonable to hope that Dublin City Council could begin the consultation process when the demolition works are actually happening, so that what...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regeneration Projects (18 Sep 2019)

John Paul Phelan: Over the lifetime of Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, some €211 million is being made available under the national regeneration programme to support the delivery of more than 1, 000 new social housing homes. Together with providing a significant number of new homes, the projects seek to address the causes of disadvantage in these communities through a...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 18a:In page 18, to delete lines 36 and 37. Amendment No. 18a is a technical amendment. Part 2 of the Schedule outlining regulations to be repealed is being deleted as a consequence of amendment No. 27; there are now no regulations to be repealed in Part 2 of the Schedule. Section 23(2) refers to Part 2 of the Schedule. It is thus proposed to delete section 23(2)....

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 19:In page 18, line 39, to delete “Local Government (Rates) Act 2019” and substitute “Local Government Rates and Other Matters Act 2019”.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 20:In page 19, line 1, after “Act” to insert “(other than sections 23, 24, 25and 26)”.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 21:In page 19, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“(3) Sections 23and 24shall be included in the collective citation, the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2019. (4) Sections 25and 26shall be included in the collective citation, the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2019.”.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 22: In page 20, to delete lines 10 and 11 and substitute the following: “ 1 1 & 2 Vict. c. 56 Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 Sections 61, 70 and 71”.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 23: In page 20, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “ 4 53 & 54 Vict. c. 30 Poor Law Acts (Ireland) Amendment Act 1890 Section 2 5 61 & 62 Vict. c. 37 Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 Section 62”.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 24: In page 20, to delete lines 16 to 21 and substitute the following: “ 4 No. 27 of 1930 Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930 Section 63 (other than subsection (4)), 71 5 No. 5 of 1941 Cork City Management (Amendment) Act 1941 Section 16 (other than subsection (4)), 20”.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 25: In page 20, to delete lines 24 and 25 and substitute the following: “ 7 No. 24 of 1946 Local Government Act 1946 Section 14, Section 18 (other than subsection (3))”.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 26: In page 20, to delete lines 31 to 35 and substitute the following: “ 10 No. 37 of 2001 Local Government Act 2001 Clause I of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section 103, Part 19A”.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 27:In page 21, to delete lines 1 to 8.

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 18:In page 18, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 26. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 is amended—(a) in section 22, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):“(2) (a) If a tenancy (other than a tenancy to which subsection (1A) of section 3...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: The phrasing is used in the amendment in order bring it into line with the other provisions of the 2019 Act. To answer Deputy O'Sullivan's specific question, the initial rent sought by a landlord is, by its nature, the market rent in the sense that there is no cap on what may be charged. One may set the initial rent for one's property at whatever rate one wishes. The rent pressure zone...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: It may be helpful to note the situation where a landlord is seeking to let a non-protected structure. The landlord cannot seek a rent that is higher than the 4% threshold if the property is in a rent-protected zone and if it has been let within the previous 24 months. This provision for protected structures reduces the 24-month period to 12 months, as outlined by Deputy Ó Broin. ...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I acknowledge the Deputies' comments on the inclusion of this matter. In my years in the Oireachtas, it has not been uncommon for amendments to be made to subsequent legislation from the same Department after situations have been discovered. That is what is happening in this case. I acknowledge that this is a long amendment, but that is due more to the technical nature of what we are...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: To the best of my knowledge, the sanction of the House is not required under the OPR legislation. As with everything that is laid before the House, however, that does not prevent discussion within the House. I agree with Deputy O'Sullivan's point that any Minister who differed from a decision of the Planning Regulator would place himself or herself in an invidious position, but it is...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I move amendment No. 16:In page 18, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 11 of Act of 2000 24. Section 11 of the Act of 2000 is amended—(a) in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (1), by the substitution of “paragraph (a), (aa) or (ab)” for “paragraph (a)”, (b) in subparagraph (ii) of that paragraph, by...