Results 16,301-16,320 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: If I do that, I am likely to have to face the prospect of having to implement a Bill that is neither legally sound nor makes sense.

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: We need to have some certainty on the detail of a final Bill that I will have responsibility for implementing and the Dáil will have responsibility for holding me to account on. Until I have some certainty on what the final Bill may look like-----

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: -----which is perfectly normal when a Government has a majority. We are operating in a minority situation which requires a new approach-----

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: -----which requires a new approach to politics and that is being tested today. We want to be constructive and try to find a way forward.

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I am the person who proposed the timeline here and nobody wants to get this done today more than I do, but in an effort to get this done quickly, I am not going to facilitate flawed legislation.

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: No, it is not my way.

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I am not going to facilitate and I am certainly not going to implement legislation that is not in the interests of the country.

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: That is why we are proposing that this morning we would proceed with work on the Road Traffic Bill 2016. I will endeavour to work with all parties here, and I recognise the fact that Opposition parties have worked with us on this Bill up to this Stage in a very progressive way to try to get this done on time before the end of the year. I would like to return to it today and we will try...

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: No, not from the Government side.

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: We can agree to that.

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: They cannot do that.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (14 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: The acquisition through public funding of properties for social housing use, by either approved housing bodies or by local authorities, must be on the basis that the houses are suitable for social housing use and suitable also across a range of other considerations including value for money, design, planning and other compliances. As the housing authority for its area, it is a matter in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (14 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: Any possible alteration of the Borough District of Sligo would fall to be considered in the context of review of local electoral areas, as the districts are constituted of electoral areas. In this regard, the configuration of local electoral areas is among the specific issues to be considered in the context of a report to be submitted to Government and the Oireachtas by mid-2017 on potential...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (14 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on the occupiers of rateable property in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015 . The Local Government Act 1946 provides that where a property is unoccupied on the date of the making of the rate, the owner becomes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (14 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: In 2014, my Department, in conjunction with local authority planning departments, carried out a national survey of all lands zoned for residential development in statutory local authority development plans and local area plans across Ireland. This exercise, the Residential Land Availability Survey 2014, which is available on my Department’s website at the following link: , determined...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (14 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 112, 113 and 114 together.112, 113 , 114 together. Following the tragic loss of life in Carrickmines on 10 October 2015, my Department’s National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM) was tasked with leading a Programme to Review Fire Safety in Local Authority Provided Traveller Accommodation. The objective of the review was to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (14 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: Approved Housing Body (AHB) status was granted to CENA, Ireland’s first Traveller-led AHB, in 2013. As an AHB, CENA has signed up to the Voluntary Regulation Code for AHBs, which will allow them to play a significant role in the provision and management of accommodation for Travellers in the coming years. My Department has committed to providing funding to CENA to advance two pilot...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement (14 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the rented residential sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (14 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: Under the ‘ Confidence and Supply Arrangement’ agreed with Fianna Fáil, the Government is committed to establishing an External Advisory Body to advise on measures to improve the transparency and accountability of Irish Water. The advisory body will be tasked with publishing advice to the Government and giving quarterly reports to an Oireachtas committee on the performance...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (14 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities. The data gathered do not provide detail in respect of numbers working in the building control sections within each local authority and accordingly the information requested is not available in my Department. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing...