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Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I move: That Seanad Éireann agrees to amendment No. 14c12 made by the Dáil consequential upon the Dáil’s disagreement to Seanad amendment No. 14.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I move: That Seanad Éireann agrees to amendment No. 14c13 made by the Dáil consequential upon the Dáil’s disagreement to Seanad amendment No. 14.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I move: That Seanad Éireann agrees to amendment No. 14c14 made by the Dáil consequential upon the Dáil’s disagreement to Seanad amendment No. 14.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I move: That Seanad Éireann agrees to amendment No. 14c15 made by the Dáil consequential upon the Dáil’s disagreement to Seanad amendment No. 14.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I move: That Seanad Éireann do not insist on Seanad amendment No. 15.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I move: That Seanad Éireann agrees to amendment No. 15c1 made by the Dáil consequential upon the Dáil’s disagreement to Seanad amendment No. 15.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I move: That the Seanad do agree to amendment 15c2 made by the Dáil consequential upon the Dáil’s disagreement to Seanad amendment 15.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the Aire Stáit and the officials from his Department who are here today, everybody who has worked on this legislation and those who have contributed to it. The Acting Chairperson did a formidable job today and I say, "Well done". The legislation is important. Putting our biodiversity plan on a statutory footing and putting an obligation on our public bodies to protect our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I am in Leinster House. Unfortunately, though, I cannot be in the committee room. I thank the witnesses, especially the homeowners, for giving of their time today to share with us their experience and for the work they are doing every other day as well. Their testimonies were passionate and compelling. Buying your first home is exciting, but it is also arguably the most stressful thing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Even after amendments, should the scheme be scrapped and should we return to the start?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the officials for attending this morning. I do not know if they had the benefit of hearing the earlier part of our session. There were very strong and compelling testimonies from homeowners in Mayo, Donegal and Clare. While they appreciated the extensive work that has gone on now for many years from each of the organisations and Departments, which is all very welcome, there was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank an tAire Stáit and everyone from the Department. With regard to the first regulations, I appreciate that the Minister of State is responding to the request made by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on behalf of the Government's committee on humanitarian response. Has that committee assessed how effective the existing regulations have been?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: We need that review but we also need a plan. Where are these people going to be in six months? There has to be some sort of path for six, 12 and 18 months down the road. We are looking to January 2029 here, so this is not a short-term emergency response anymore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Absolutely. I believe we have done the right thing. The State has done the right thing and we need to continue to do the right thing. However, my real concern is that the commercial private operators will now be given leases up until January 2029 and will buy bunk beds next month that will still be in use in January 2029. That is not good enough. Those leases and contracts are very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Members are unanimous in our concern about this issue. I would go so far as to say that we object to extending these exemptions at this point. We recognise the ask and it is based on humanitarian grounds but we need the Departments to come back to us very swiftly. We need them to be very conservative in their use of these exemptions until such time as they can demonstrate the quality of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I appreciate that. I have the advantage of being in Dublin Central on the northside of the city. We have already provided a very significant amount of emergency homeless accommodation. I believe we provide approximately 70% of such accommodation in the greater Dublin region covered by the four Dublin local authority areas. We have also provided a very significant proportion of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: A happy, safe and free Pride to everybody in Dublin, throughout the country and around the world this weekend, this month and every single day of the year. Last week, I spoke about the Bloomsday festival that took place in Dublin Central. It was a fantastic celebration of James Joyce's work and life. Most of the celebration was spent in the north inner city and in my constituency of Dublin...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathoirligh. This morning, I wanted to talk about tomorrow, 16 June or Bloomsday, which is the day we celebrate the hero of the James Joyce novel,Ulysses, Leopold Bloom. It was written in 1922, and Bloomsday was first celebrated in 1954, and it has been celebrated every year in Dublin. It is interesting to reflect on the fact that James Joyce was an Irish immigrant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank our guests for their presentations and for the work they are all doing in the area of housing generally. The fastest and most sustainable way to address the crisis by increasing supply and affordability is to use existing vacant properties. The initiatives being undertaken by the Department and local authorities are welcome. I know from speaking to members of local authorities...