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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, line 7, after “extend” to insert “the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952,”.Amendment No. 1 is a technical amendment which provides for amendments to the Long Title of the Bill to allow for amendment No. 6. Amendment No. 6 consists of two changes to the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 relating to motor tax...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy should read all of the text.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am happy to clarify for the Deputies opposite that these amendments have been well flagged.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: They were flagged and provided in writing to the Deputies opposite within the required timeframe under Standing Orders but also on 26 May on Committee Stage. I see that the Deputies opposite are choosing the text they wish to choose. I will quote the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, from that committee meeting when she said-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: -----when she said:

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: She said:I want to point out to the committee that while the Government is not presenting any amendments to the Bill at this stage in the process, it intends to propose a number of amendments on Report Stage in the Dáil. This will require a motion to be tabled to amend the Long Title and scope of the Bill. These amendments will cover a range of issues, including further amendments to...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: It is not agreed.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: It is not agreed.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Order for Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy is arrogant.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: How are the negotiations going?

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Ideology will not solve it.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The economy was growing while it was in government.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: He was found out.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: It is because of following Sinn Féin policies.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: This is real politics.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Deputy Dooley's Government, which he supported, left them in some mess. He has some neck.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (1 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Budget 2014 contained a special provision, in the form of a targeted €10m Special Resolution Fund (SRF), to assist further in addressing the legacy of unfinished housing developments. The SRF is designed to encourage the resolution of the remaining tranche of unfinished developments identified in the National Housing Development Survey 2013 and, particularly, those developments not...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 1:In page 6, lines 29 and 30, to delete “other than land owned by a housing authority”. Section 4 sets out the land to which the vacant site levy will apply, and an amendment is required to the application provided in the published Bill. It currently provides that the levy shall apply to residential land or regeneration land other than land owned by a...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. We might pose the question as to why we have the vacant site levy at all. This Bill is targeted at incentivising urban regeneration and the provision of housing in core areas of our cities and towns. We must start where infrastructure already exists. We all know cities and towns in this country that have sites in their centres which have...