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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authority Rates (11 Dec 2019)

John Paul Phelan: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for his very pertinent question. In the past four years, since 2015, the revenue of local authorities has increased by 25%, from €4 billion to €5 billion. I suspect it is a much bigger figure than is widely known. This mainly comprises income from goods and services, commercial rates, Government grants and local property tax. Between 2015 and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (11 Dec 2019)

John Paul Phelan: Since 2015, the revenue of local authorities has grown from approximately €4 billion to €5 billion. This mainly comprises income from goods and services, commercial rates, Government grants and Local Property Tax. Between 2015 and 2019, Irish Water was not liable for commercial rates and approximately €47m p.a. was paid to local authorities to compensate them for the...

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

John Paul Phelan: ...As we know, authorities derive their income primarily from four main sources: commercial rates; charges for goods and services; funding from Government grants; and the local property tax. Since 2015, the revenue of local authorities has grown from €4 billion to €5 billion. In 2015, 32% of local authority income came from goods and services, 37% of it came from commercial...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Apr 2019)

John Paul Phelan: ...low to middle-income households in achieving home ownership. In terms of affordable purchase, last year, my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, commenced the relevant provisions of Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. This provided a statutory basis for the delivery of the affordable housing purchase scheme. The Minister also made regulations last month,...

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

John Paul Phelan: 5 o’clock The Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, had to leave early. He cannot speak twice in the debate in any case, but as he outlined earlier, many of the aims in the motion are already being achieved through either the Land Development Agency or other Rebuilding Ireland housing policy initiatives. The immediate focus of the Land Development Agency, LDA, is on managing the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Loan Scheme (27 Mar 2019)

John Paul Phelan: ...February last year to replace the existing schemes. When the new scheme was initially being developed, it was estimated that the draw down of loans under the scheme would be approximately €200 million over three years. However, as outlined by Deputy Butler, the scheme has proven to be far more successful than originally anticipated. The Department of Housing, Planning and...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: ...group, following on from the report of an expert advisory group in April 2017. The latter recommended extending the Cork city area rather than merging the local authorities as proposed in 2015. The scale of this boundary alteration is very significant, involving the transfer of 147 sq. km occupied by approximately 80,000 residents from within the administrative area of the county council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: ...and functions. The reality is that town councils do not exist and are unlikely to re-emerge in the short term. In terms of savings in that regard, Senator Davitt referenced a saving of €25 million and another member mentioned €5 million. The unanswered question is why should people in particular towns get two ballot papers while everyone else gets one. It is a basic...

Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

John Paul Phelan: ...oversight committee, was set up just over a year ago to engage with the two authorities and oversee the implementation process. I have already provided financial support in the region of €1.2 million in 2018 to Cork City Council and Cork County Council and intend to make similar allocations next year towards additional staffing requirements to carry out the significant work...

Affordable Housing: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

John Paul Phelan: ...been made in some areas. An example of that progress includes the fact that the number of single adults in homelessness fell last month. The number of rough sleepers is down dramatically - over 50% year on year. The efforts that local authority staff and voluntary staff from the different agencies and organisations made during the recent weather event was clear to see. In January...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (3 Sep 2015)

John Paul Phelan: Okay, well that's fair enough. Finally, I wish to ask you in relation to ... it is core document 2, pages 3 to 5. I'll get it myself, yes, "Exceptions to Credit Policy for Anglo Loans Transferred to NAMA". Information provided by the special liquidators on exceptions to credit policy for loans transferred to NAMA shows that the aggregate value of exceptions identified was almost €32...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

John Paul Phelan: ...can be hugely prohibitive. This provision, which allows small businesses to make such applications closer to where they operate and is available to companies whose turnover does not exceed €8.8 million and the number of employees does not exceed 50, is a necessary and positive change to the 1990 Act which, by and large, has since its enactment been very positive legislation. I...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2008)

John Paul Phelan: .... Amendment No. 94 has not, however, and that is the one I want to speak about. The Minister has come a part of the way along the road towards accepting amendment No. 94 and setting a target of 5%. I disagree with a couple of things the Minister said. He said he was setting a base figure. The legitimate fear is that the base figure will be a limit rather than a base, and that it will...

Seanad: WTO Negotiations: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2008)

John Paul Phelan: ...number of years. This is in direct contrast to policy in this country and most of the rest of the European Union. At a time when there is such global concern with regard to food security and when 5% to 6% of the global population lives with starvation, it is important that we consider carefully the proposal by the European Commissioner for Trade to decimate our food industry. I know...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2007 [Certified Money Bill]: Second Stage (28 Mar 2007)

John Paul Phelan: ...would pass on any reduction in stamp duty to the purchaser. I do not accept this argument. Figures show that of approximately €1 billion collected in stamp duty on residential property, only €50 million was paid by first-time buyers. This is a small proportion of the larger figure. A strong case can be made for reforming stamp duty with particular emphasis on first-time buyers. I...

Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2007: Statements (23 Nov 2006)

John Paul Phelan: ...in this city owing to a roadworks problem. I welcome the investment in road projects but it will come to nothing if roadworks are carried out only during the daytime, which is the case with the M50, rather than having a 24-hour work programme. The Minister also outlined the Government's record on housing and the increase in funding for housing next year. The Government's record on social...

Seanad: Accident and Emergency Services: Statements. (9 May 2006)

John Paul Phelan: ...evening. I brought him to Ardkeen, the regional hospital in Waterford. We waited for ten hours in the accident and emergency department for him to be seen. Eventually he was seen at 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. and I left. I witnessed the behaviour of some of the individuals there that night. My father is 80 years of age and he probably could have driven to the hospital himself but he could not have...

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)

John Paul Phelan: ...or purchased or are in the process of being identified or purchased. He did not refer to the ludicrous case of the relocation of the Department of Defence. A site in Newbridge that will cost €4 million or €5 million has been earmarked for the Department, even though the OPW owns the site of the former McKee Barracks a couple of miles away in Kildare town. Most of the 65 acres in...

Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2006: Statements. (24 Nov 2005)

John Paul Phelan: ...building because those who work there refuse to use it. Many people who have spoken on the announcement of the Estimates have referred to local authority funding. The Government proposes a 4% or 5% increase in local authority funding. Given wage and other inflation, this is a backward step and will oblige local authorities to increase local charges. Many members on both sides of the House...

Seanad: Employment Policy: Motion. (23 Feb 2005)

John Paul Phelan: It has been much higher than 1.5%. The Government parties table this motion within weeks of several high profile lay-offs, including 220 job losses at Sercom Solutions, Clondalkin, Dublin, 70 at Smurfit Paper Mills, Clonskeagh, Dublin, 54 at Parian China, Ballyshannon, County Donegal, 250 in my own constituency at the Greencore sugar factory, Carlow town, 350 at Allergan, Westport, County...