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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Housing for All sets out a range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing to the required average of 33,000 homes, per year over the next decade. Some 54,000 affordable homes will be delivered between now and 2030, facilitated by local authorities, approved housing bodies, the Land Development Agency and through the first home scheme, which is a strategic partnership between...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: As I said, the information is being collated and will be brought forward shortly and posted on our website. On the figure of 3,000 affordable homes, more than 770 cost rental homes were delivered by AHBs and local authorities. Some 1,039 affordable purchase homes have to date been advertised by local authorities for homes delivered in 2022, and for delivery this year and next year. I have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (7 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing to the required 33,000 homes, on average, per year over the next decade. Some 54,000 affordable homes will be delivered between now and 2030. In the first 18 months of the new programme, more than 3,000 affordable homes have been delivered through our new cost-rental schemes, the first home scheme and...

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: That is not true.

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: These matters are being considered in detail by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Office of the Attorney General. The general scheme of the residential tenancies (right to purchase) Bill was approved by the Government on 24 October as the basis for priority legal drafting. That drafting is under way with the aim of publication during the Oireachtas session. ...

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I might begin by addressing a number of the points raised by Deputies. I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. If it is okay, I will revert to Deputy Bacik on the issue of Housing Agency valuations and market values. Deputy O'Callaghan raised points about the RTB and the dispute resolution in respect of deposits. Legislation to improve the efficiency of the RTB, along with...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No 7: In page 4, line 7, to delete “this Act” and substitute “this Act (other than section 5)”.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No 8: In page 4, after line 8, to insert the following: “(3) The European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2022 and section 5may be cited together as the European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2023 and shall be construed together as one.”.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No 9: In page 7, to delete lines 4 and 5 and substitute the following: Cork South-Central The city of Cork, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Cork North-Central and Cork North-West 5 Amendment No. 9 is intended to correct a typographical error in the specification of the constituency of Cork...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I concur with the Deputy. He made a valid point. I ask him and his party to make a submission regarding the research in question. It is a very important point, and it is something to which the commission could give consideration in its research programme next year.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I thank Deputy Bacik for raising this particular issue. Amendment No. 3 proposes to insert a new subsection 3 into the section 3 of the Bill to require An Coimisiún Toghcháin to undertake detailed research within a period of 18 months from the enactment of the Bill on an appropriate reconstitution of electoral divisions in the State, and on the discontinuance of using former...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, after line 30, to insert the following: “Amendment of European Parliament Elections Act 1997 5. The European Parliament Elections Act 1997 is amended—(a) in section 15, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):“(3) An area specified in the Third Schedule shall be taken to be that area as constituted on 1...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Again I agree with the points raised by the Deputy and I thank her for the constructive engagement. The research programme, as I have said, will be very broad and is as broad as the input which comes in from members of the public and from political parties. We would most certainly welcome any proposals around the size of Dáil constituencies, the fixed number of constituencies and there...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I thank Deputy Bacik for raising this issue. Amendment No. 3 proposes to insert a new subsection (3) into section 3 of the Bill to require An Coimisiún Toghcháin to undertake detailed research within 18 months of the enactment of the Bill on an appropriate reconstitution of electoral divisions in the State, and on the discontinuance of the use of the term "former rural...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, after line 30, to insert the following: “Amendment of European Parliament Elections Act 1997 5.The European Parliament Elections Act 1997 is amended—(a) in section 15, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):“(3) An area specified in the Third Schedule shall be taken to be that area as constituted on 1...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I agree with the points raised by the Deputy and I thank her for the constructive engagement. The research programme, as I have said, will be very broad. It is as broad as the input that comes in from members of the public and political parties. We would most certainly welcome any proposals on the size of Dáil constituencies, the fixed number of constituencies and there is...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 7, to delete “Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017;” and substitute the following: “Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017; to give effect to European Council Decision (EU) 2023/2061 of 22 September 2023 establishing the composition of the European Parliament; and for that purpose to revise...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I thank Deputy Bacik for raising this matter. Amendment No. 2 proposes to amend section 3(2) by substituting "An Coimisiún Toghcháin" for "the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage". Section 3(2) is a standard provision that has been inserted into the constituency revisions Acts dating back to 1923. It provides a means of resolving disputes over which constituencies...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: No.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Instruction to Committee (29 Nov 2023)

Malcolm Noonan: I move: That it be an instruction to the Committee on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023, that pursuant to Standing Order 187, the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill in relation to giving effect to European Council Decision (EU) 2023/2061 of 22nd September, 2023, establishing the composition of the European...