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Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 55:In page 38, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 19 (setting of rent above market rent prohibited) of Act of 2004 32. Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following subsections after subsection (2):“(3) The setting of the rent under the tenancy of a dwelling that is carried out on or after the...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: That was to ensure the position would be stronger. I am trying to make the number as small as possible because I agree with the spirit of what people are looking for. However, my advice is that we should not go below ten. Deputy Barry Cowen has asked me to look at this issue again in the new year. I will be happy to do so. If we can do something, we will look at how we can do it....

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: First, I will speak to amendments Nos. 69 and 117. Increasing security for tenants and landlords is essential to the development of the rental sector as an attractive tenure choice and as a safe and feasible investment choice for a range of investors. The rental strategy includes a range of measures aimed at enabling a move towards secure long-term tenancies. This is where most people in...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I will happily meet them in the new year.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 32:In page 29, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“Construction of sections 176A, 176B and 176C (screening for environmental impact assessment) of Act of 2000 during specified period22. Sections 176A, 176B and 176C shall not apply during the specified period to a proposed strategic housing development in respect of which a prospective applicant has,...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 37:In page 30, to delete lines 12 to 25 and substitute the following:“(2) (a) Subject to section 176B, where a proposed development is of a class standing specified in Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 and does not exceed the relevant quantity, area or other limit standing specified in that Part, an application for a screening...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 38:In page 33, to delete lines 5 to 8 and substitute the following:“(i) stating that the determination may be referred to the Board for review by—(I) the applicant, (II) the owner of the land, where he or she is not the applicant, (III) the occupier of the land, where he or she is not the applicant or the owner of the land, and (IV) any person or body...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 39:In page 33, line 9, to delete “(ii) identifying” and substitute “(iii) identifying”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 40:In page 35, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:“(i) indicating the place or places at which the documents relating to the making of its determination are available for inspection and purchase by members of the public and, where applicable, the availability of the said documents for inspection by electronic means,”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 41:In page 35, line 12, to delete “(i) stating that” and substitute “(ii) stating that”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 42:In page 35, line 16, to delete “(ii) identifying” and substitute “(iii) identifying”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 46:In page 36, to delete lines 21 and 22 and substitute following:“27. (1) Section 42 of the Act of 2000 is amended—(a) in subsection (1)—(i) by substituting “Subject to subsection (8), on application to it in that behalf” for “On application to it in that behalf”, (ii) in paragraph (a)(ii) by inserting “and”...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 49:In page 37, to delete lines 32 and 33. In response to the misgivings about the council majority voting requirement as proposed in the Bill and as expressed in the Seanad and the Dáil, amendments Nos. 49, 50 and 52, in combination, delete this requirement from the Bill. Accordingly, it will continue to be the case, as applies at present, that a majority of elected...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 50:In page 37, line 34, to delete “(ii) it has to be passed” and substitute “(i) it has to be passed”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 52:In page 37, line 36, to delete “(iii) in the case of” and substitute “(ii) in the case of”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 5:In page 8, to delete lines 26 and 27.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 11:In page 11, to delete lines 12 to 17 and substitute the following:“(a) subject to subsection (3), return to the prospective applicant concerned the copies of the request and statement submitted to it for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b), respectively, of section 5(4), and”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 16:In page 21, line 37, to delete “vary” and substitute “extend”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 20:In page 25, line 10, after “as the case may be” to insert “, and the circumstances in which the Board shall not pay any proportion of the fee to such planning authority or authorities”.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 30:In page 29, line 4, to delete “paragraph (a) there were inserted the following after subparagraph (III)” and substitute “paragraph (a)(i) there were inserted the following after clause (III)”.