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Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

John Paul Phelan: He does not have it yet. I have it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Not yet.

Topical Issue Debate: NAMA Portfolio (4 Jul 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. As someone who is familiar with Naas, I know the cranes to which Deputy Durkan referred. Sadly, there will not be much news in the response that I must give him. I recognise and appreciate that the Deputy is eager, to say the least, to see this particular matter brought to a...

Topical Issue Debate: NAMA Portfolio (4 Jul 2018)

John Paul Phelan: It is the county town.

Topical Issue Debate: NAMA Portfolio (4 Jul 2018)

John Paul Phelan: While my role, as the Deputy acknowledged, is limited, that does not mean there is no role. I will endeavour to educate myself further. I am familiar with the site and the lack of activity thereon, but I am not as familiar as the Deputy or the Acting Chairman with the ins and outs of what is happening. The arbitration process is stalled pending the court's verdict on the case that...

Urban Regeneration and Housing (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jul 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I thank the Deputies who spoke and Deputy Wallace for introducing his Bill. As the Minister of State, Deputy English, said earlier, while the Government has some differences of opinion and emphasis, it is remarkable that the Government's position on the levy, and its establishment, has been echoed by all those who spoke on the Bill. There is a significant difference in terms of scale of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (3 Jul 2018)

John Paul Phelan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the Non Principal Private Residence (NPPR) charge. The NPPR charge, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. The self-assessed charge was set at €200 per annum and liability...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (3 Jul 2018)

John Paul Phelan: Electoral law provides that an application for inclusion in the supplement to the Register of Electors must be signed by the applicant in the presence of a member of An Garda Siochana from the applicant's local Garda station who must first be satisfied as to the person's identity before signing, dating and stamping the form. The Garda may request photographic or other identification. Where...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (3 Jul 2018)

John Paul Phelan: The Programme for a Partnership Government includes a commitment to consider directly elected mayors in cities as part of a broader range of local government reform measures aimed at strengthening local democracy. In response to this commitment, work on a policy report on local government leadership, governance and administration, including in relation to directly elected mayors for cities,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (3 Jul 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I have no function in this matter. Local authorities are independent in the execution of their functions and the elected members are democratically accountable for expenditure. The information requested is therefore not available in my Department. Details in relation to local authority public liability insurance and claims thereon are a matter for each individual local authority.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Diaspora Issues (28 Jun 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I thank the Senator for raising this issue which has been part of many discussions I have had in the Department in the past 12 months. It has been and will be more prominent in the next 12 months. Like a number of Members of both Houses, the Senator has been a strong advocate for extending the franchise in presidential elections to citizens resident outside the State. The Government...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Diaspora Issues (28 Jun 2018)

John Paul Phelan: They usually are.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Diaspora Issues (28 Jun 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I have no problem taking the Senator up on that offer. This issue has rumbled on for several years and there have been many meetings on it. I met the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, last week on the matter. This Commencement Matter is very timely and there is a general acceptance of the need for change. In the considerations prior to and at the forum, the possibility of a time limit...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply (27 Jun 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I assure Deputy Alan Farrell that Irish Water is prepared to use section 56 of the 2007 legislation. It has the capability under law to act when it finds treated water is at an unacceptably low level. The Deputy's overall point is absolutely correct. The national development plan puts aside €8.5 billion to improve the public drinking water and wastewater systems over the next ten...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply (27 Jun 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. I thank Deputy Farrell for raising this very timely and important issue. As we speak, large parts of the country are experiencing temperatures above 30°. While this issue is affecting several local authority areas at present, it has the potential to expand into other areas. This debate provides an opportunity to...

Topical Issue Debate: Water and Sewerage Schemes (26 Jun 2018)

John Paul Phelan: The Minister and I do not have a role in the prioritisation of individual water services projects, but I accept the Deputy's point about the mid-west Cork bundle. Irish Water expects that there will shortly be an announcement on the proposed CPO for the scheme, and the information I have been given is that the contracts will be signed in the first half of 2019. I will endeavour to find the...

Topical Issue Debate: Water and Sewerage Schemes (26 Jun 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. I thank Deputy Aindrias Moynihan for raising it and for providing me with the opportunity to outline the position on the prioritisation of investment by Irish Water, including in respect of communities such as Coachford, County Cork. I know that part of the world quite well....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report (26 Jun 2018)

John Paul Phelan: I established two independent Local Electoral Area Boundary Committees on 13 December 2017 to review and make recommendations on local electoral areas having regard to, among other things, the results of Census 2016 as well as the commitment to consider reducing the size of territorially large local electoral areas as set out in A Programme for Partnership Government (May 2016). The two...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constituency Boundaries (26 Jun 2018)

John Paul Phelan: The composition of the current 2014-2019 European Parliament was established by European Council Decision 2013/312/EU of 28 June 2013, which, in the case of Ireland, provided for the election of 11 MEPs. The current number of MEPs in the European Parliament is 750 plus the President with each Member State having between 6 and 96 Members. Council Decision 2013/312/EU provided that it...

Summer Economic Statement 2018: Statements (20 Jun 2018)

John Paul Phelan: He has not.