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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I congratulate Senator Flynn. She has informed us that she is due to have a child in September and I, therefore, hope that we do not see here in the autumn. Every mother and woman is entitled to maternity leave and I hope to see her when she comes back from maternity leave as opposed to coming straight back in the autumn time. I raise the issue of the taxi industry and the very bad effect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I am.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I am. Looking at it now, the wording is perhaps somewhat clunky. However, what is proposed in the Bill is essentially affordable rental being at a market discount. Through the affordable housing Bill and the LDA Bill, it is important that we try to link affordability to 30% of net earnings, which is what all the outside experts who have given evidence to this committee on this Bill refer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: Like others, I am genuinely surprised by the Government response to this. The 30% is not an arbitrary figure. All the experts we had in to the committee explained that between 30% and 35% of net income is the acceptable definition of affordability when it comes to housing income. In that sense, if we are opposing this recommendation for the Department to come up with a formula that defines...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I will be as brief as possible but maybe we should rename this the market discount and subsidisation of developers Bill. The Government members have been very clear that they believe this is needed. Essentially, they are trying to treat this as a supply-side measure. We had economists and people coming in on an expert level and I thought it was so we could use their expertise; they said...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I want to raise an issue that featured in the Irish Independentthis morning. I refer to what I see has been a very significant change in what most people understand as cost rental. The Minister has said that he wants to expand the definition of cost rental and allow investors and private firms to make equity or profit from cost rentals. That would be a significant change to what most of us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Engagement with the Office of the Planning Regulator (4 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I have a couple of quick questions. I will try not to focus on what other members have already asked. Could Mr. Cussen comment on the observations that have been made on the Dún Laoghaire development plan in terms of zoned land for housing? It seems odd to me that the planning regulator would make such a decision on somewhere within the county of Dublin in the midst of a housing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. You grabbed me just as I managed to choke on myself. I wish to raise my concern about the purchase of properties by institutional investors in Maynooth. A total of 112 houses were bought there. It is a concern not only when it comes to suburban houses but to apartments as well.The Business Postedition published yesterday, for example, identified some of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank the contributors for coming in to speak with us. I wish to associate myself with those paying tribute to the huge amount of work councillors do for their local communities on a continuous basis. They do not get half the pay or recognition they deserve. I am interested in Councillor Colgan's experiences of dealing with the LDA's delivery through both her own local electoral area,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I wish to raise the issue of people's outrage at investment funds buying up whole housing estates and that of investor-led housing, which I have raised previously, and investor-led planning. I am concerned, as I hear this issue being discussed, that no consideration is being given to city and apartment living and the right of people to be able to buy or live in affordable rental apartments....

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: This is very important legislation. It is a tool for the State to address our severe housing crisis. I had high hopes for the Bill and initially reserved judgment because I thought it was important that we get it right. Unfortunately, following the pre-legislative scrutiny and the debates since it was published, I am more wary. I will begin with the positive elements of the Bill. I...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I would appreciate if the Cathaoirleach gave me extra time. Against the advice of all of the experts, the Minister has persisted in going forward with the shared equity portion of the Bill. The evaluation of an equivalent scheme by the UK's Department with responsibility for housing was that 60% of the beneficiaries could have bought a property without the scheme. Furthermore, it stated...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I did not heckle anyone.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Local Government (Directly Elected Mayor with Executive Functions in Limerick City and County) Bill 2021 (18 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State for attending. This is an exciting proposal for political reform which has the ability to transfer local government, not just in County Limerick and I hope this will be used as a template going forward. I hope I misunderstood the Minister of State when he referred earlier to the powers that "he" may exercise in the context of what we are discussing because it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I wish to raise the issue of the outdoor summer in Dublin. We have been told this year - we should have been told at Christmas - that socialising outdoors is the thing to do. Unfortunately, our capital city is not equipped for that and Dublin City Council seems to be slowing down compared with other local authorities, for example, Dún Laoghaire, in making provision for an outdoor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: It is my understanding that, as a result of an outcome of the European case last year, all data must be stored in the EU to ensure the full protection of GDPR. Can I ask each of the parties to confirm that all of their data, whether membership data or electoral data, is stored in the EU and, if not, can they confirm where it is stored? I will have one more question but I would like to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I want to ask a follow-up question. A couple of parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, indicated it is stored outside the EU. Where is it stored?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bil 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (20 May 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: I have a follow-up question to all parties, in particular Sinn Féin and Fine Gael, which both said they have centralised systems of the marked register. What is the intention of each of the parties and how are they going to approach the use of the electoral register and the marked register in the Dublin Bay South by-election? On a question to Fine Gael in particular, will there be a...