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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: It is a new way.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Acting Chairman to read out the proposed new Title for the benefit of the House.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: The Minister said the Title was being changed.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: How will the new Title read?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: On a point of information, we are here discussing the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014. The motion relates to this Bill. On a point of information, if I heard him correctly the Minister says he is changing the Title of the Bill. Could I have a copy of the new Bill? Could we at least have the Title of the new Bill we are discussing?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Chaplaincy Positions (1 Jul 2015)

Brian Stanley: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons who have a masters degree in chaplaincy and pastoral care plus a bachelor of arts degree are prevented from applying for, or being considered for, the position of school chaplain on the basis that they are not registered teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26448/15]

One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Brian Stanley: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion, which I hope will get the support of Members, particularly of Labour Party and Fine Gael Deputies. The Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection stated that she would not proceed with any reduction in lone parent's allowance or would not alter the payments unless, as she stated, "I get a credible and bankable commitment on the...

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)

Brian Stanley: The amendment is nonsensical. The myth is that local authorities are sitting on huge tracts of land they do not want to develop, as opposed to not having the means to develop. The unused sites I have come across are not owned by local authorities or by housing associations. I can think of one housing association that has a site that is unused and there are still cattle grazing on it. It...

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)

Brian Stanley: It is nonsensical to expect the local authority to levy itself. Let us be clear: where a housing authority has land, it will want to use it. There is all this palaver about devolving powers to local authorities, but in this Bill we are cutting a stick and handing it to them to beat themselves with it. The money to pay the levy will not drop out of the sky; it will come from rates in the...

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)

Brian Stanley: I do not want to hold up the show but I indicated that I wished to speak on the last amendment. It should not depend on whether there is a housing need in the area as there may be other needs in a location. The Government amendment is good, as there are many small sites that are unused and which cause problems. I agree with the Minister in that we must differentiate between derelict and...

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)

Brian Stanley: The question is about where there is a need for a public body to provide a local primary care centre, for example. The point was well made by Deputy Mulherin that many facilities and housing were pushed out to the edge of towns and we need to get them back in. We agree fully with the Government on this. The Minister of State referred to sweating these important sites. It might not be the...

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)

Brian Stanley: It is the tea party and Reganomics.

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)

Brian Stanley: These amendments are good. One of the major weaknesses in the Derelict Sites Act 1990 is the amount of time it takes for its provisions to kick in. Deputy Michelle Mulherin made a good point earlier about a pensioner who owns a derelict site and does not have the means to develop it. There is a clause to cater for that. However, some owners with the means can drag it out, leading the...

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)

Brian Stanley: The question is when the different measures will kick in. This has the potential to pull it out like an accordion; it will prolong the process and make the legislation difficult to implement. The amendments that have been made are worthy of inclusion. There is a weakness in section 9 of the legislation as it stands and it needs to be amended.

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)

Brian Stanley: I am puzzled as to why we are rowing back from 20% to 10% of the land that must be provided for social and affordable housing. There is a myth among the general public that local authorities were given up to 20% of the land zoned for residential use. I know that it was quite common for it to range from 17% to 18% but the local authorities had to buy the houses. In some cases, the...

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)

Brian Stanley: What I am saying is that under the previous Government, there was an obligation to provide 20% of land for social and affordable housing and that is better that the 10% proposed by the Government.

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)

Brian Stanley: The big issue is leasing. It completely stands the original intention on its head. I agree with Deputy Wallace that the previous Part V was not everything it could have been. It was not wild and wonderful. There were flaws in the system. However, the leasing arrangement will cause many problems, including in estate management. If the number of rented houses in a development is too high,...

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)

Brian Stanley: The issue of leases was not addressed.

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)

Brian Stanley: I refer to it being coupled with the earlier opt-out clause relating to development contributions being lowered, which can have an impact. I know of developers who have dozens of houses rented out on estates and they are now in a position to look for their development levies to be reduced, along with leasing out the houses to the local authorities in the future under Part V.

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)

Brian Stanley: There is a Dublin catch. With the reduction in development levies-----