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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...of the houseboat community who are in the Public Gallery. I welcome the fact that the issue of Grand Canal Dock is open for discussion again. The residents provided a comprehensive document on a fee structure, something along the lines of an owner-management company. I am glad Waterways Ireland is open to looking at something like that for the fee structure. Owner-management companies...

Seanad: Access to Third Level Places and Student Accommodation: Statements (4 Oct 2023)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...the major crisis in student accommodation. A student march on the crisis took place today. It was organised by the Union of Students in Ireland, USI. Our students are paying some of the highest fees in Europe, but they are also being crippled by the cost of accommodation in our cities. It is impossible for students. Where housing is concerned, we need an Ireland that works for all,...

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

Rebecca Moynihan: ...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 and sameness. There are places people go to pay for overpriced...

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

Rebecca Moynihan: ...Our citizenship is very expensive. People who are members of the European Union get all the social benefits associated with membership of the EU. However, we have one of the highest citizenship fees in Europe at €2,000 to €3,000 so many of them do not become citizens and do not have the same say in the democratic processes they would otherwise have. I know people from...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...might require a constitutional amendment but a referendum should not be a barrier to making changes that are right and promote democratic participation. We also need to have a look at our citizenship fees which are among the highest in Europe. Indeed, the cost is so prohibitive that many EU citizens do not apply for citizenship. While they enjoy many entitlements as EU citizens, they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...between the soft costs for apartments and houses in urban areas. I understand that the witnesses might nor have this separated information. By “soft costs”, I am referring to VAT, other taxes, levies, professional fees, margins and so on. Stripping out taxes, given that development levies exist in order to provide infrastructural projects that eventually benefit developers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (12 May 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...ground that members have already covered but it is important to come back to the point made by Deputy McAuliffe in respect of essentially devolving this to local authorities. While the waivers of fee are welcome, it was a short-term and temporary measure, albeit one that identified a problem of which many people had been aware for a long time. I refer to the lack of flexibility in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...are be easily identifiable and could be changed? Where are the bulk of costs coming from? I think Mr. Reynolds referenced that for a €35,000 refit, approximately €10,000 of that is planning fees. I want to get a sense of whether there is any low-hanging fruit nobody is really noticing or doing anything about. Turning to the Department, and I may be springing this on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Draft Planning and Development (LRD Fees) Regulations 2021: Motion (2 Dec 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...the big failures of the SHD process was that activations were down. It seemed that some people were using it as an opportunity to be able to flip sites. Was consideration given to charging additional fees where the site was subjected to a second or third application, particularly if there was a second or third application for retention purposes or for changes within the application? Was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Treatment (Abstractions) Bill 2020 and Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...to people who live here for a certain amount of time? I know many European citizens do not get citizenship because they consider it to be prohibitively expensive. We have one of the highest citizenship fees in the world. Those are the two issues I would like to ask about.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2020)

Rebecca Moynihan: ...of the principle, “born here, belong here”. There is a growing issue for EU citizens as to the high cost of citizenship. If one is an EU citizen or non-EU citizen and wants to apply for citizenship, one has to pay an application fee of €175. It then costs €950 if one is granted citizenship. This compares to somewhere like France, which has an application fee...