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Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 61: In page 41, line 13, after “appoint” to insert “, through the Public Appointments Service,”.

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 62: In page 41, to delete lines 16 to 18 and substitute the following: “(2) The Minister shall have regard to a person’s experience or expertise, including the requirement for human rights and equality training, in relation to the subject matter of decisions the subject of appeals under this Act or in relation to the hearing of appeals generally in...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 63: In page 41, line 24, after “appoint” to insert “, through the Public Appointments Service,”.

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 64: In page 42, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(m) is employed by a local authority or any government department.”.

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 65: In page 43, to delete lines 17 to 22 and substitute the following: “(2) An appeal under subsection (1)may not be accompanied by documents other than documents which— (a) were considered by the designated local authority or the Housing Agency, (b) were submitted to the designated local authority or the Housing Agency and ought to have been...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 68: In page 51, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: "Review of operation of Act 51.(1) The Minister shall— (a) not later than 1 year after the date of the opening of the scheme for applications under section 13, commence a review of the operation of this Act, and (b) not later than 6 months after the expiration of that period, make a report to...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: On a point of order, we are meant to speak to amendments and not the section. The sections have already been gone though on other Stages. We have moved and withdrawn the amendment. People are not speaking to the amendment that we moved and withdrew.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I wish to raise the review of An Bord Pleanála by Mr. Remy Farrell and the internal report. The head of the strategic housing development, SHD, division, Mr. Paul Hyde, resigned on Friday following allegations and an investigation into some of the decisions he took. We need to ensure that the report into this matter is published in full by the Minister in order that we can see its...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 18: In page 12, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following: “(4) The Minister shall within seven weeks of the passing of this Act lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the implications of construction sector inflation on the amount referred to in subsection (3), and whether an order should be made under section 11 to increase or decrease...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: It is the same point. Essentially, it seeks to allow for exceptional circumstances that were applicable under the Pyrite Resolution Act to apply to this Bill as well. Amendment No. 38 is therefore relatively self-explanatory.

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: May I ask for a clarification from the Minister? While it is welcome that he will look at multi-unit developments, terraced houses and approved housing bodies, AHBs, does he anticipate that that will be done through regulation or will we have to table further amendments to the Bill in the autumn? If the latter, I would like an indicative timeline as to when any amendments will be tabled and...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 38: In page 22, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(11) Within seven weeks of the passing of this Act the Minister shall lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on whether grounds for the awarding of a remediation grant in exceptional circumstances, as was provided for in section 17 of the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013, should be...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 43: In page 23, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(6) Within seven weeks of the passing of this Act the Minister shall lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the implications of subsection (5)for relevant owners and whether the subsection ought to be repealed.”.

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I acknowledge and welcome the campaigners in the Gallery. In particular I welcome Sunil Sharpe from the Give Us The Night campaign. Since my time on Dublin City Council, he has been highlighting and putting on the agenda the decline in the sector and the challenges that have faced the night-time economy. I also pay tribute to Councillor Claire Byrne of the Green Party. For a long time she...

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I do not mourn them so much. RIP Renards.

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: Nightlife in our city is under massive threat and hundreds of nightclubs have closed in the past two decades. This does not just impact our night-time tourist offering but also affects the cultural life we have in the city as a place for young people to go where they feel they belong in a vibrant European city. When people speak about what is on offer in Dublin, they speak about blandness...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 16, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: "(2) Having regard to the publication on 22 June 2022 by the Central Statistics Office of the preliminary result of a census of population of the State, the establishment day, for the purposes of enabling the Commission to perform its functions under Chapter 7 of Part 2 with due expediency, shall be...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 19: In page 42, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(2) The Registrar shall in addition cause to be published on the Commission’s website, in respect of each political party registered in the Register, a copy of the constitution, memorandum of association or other such document or other written rules that was provided to the Registrar by...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: I move amendment No. 22: In page 44, to delete line 35 and substitute the following: “(b) each constituency shall return 4, 5 or 6 members;”.