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Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Mary Coughlan: ...and Food, I want to pay tribute to my colleague and former Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Joe Walsh, for his long and dedicated service to our most important indigenous industry. The Land Bill I am proposing will be a very great benefit to landowners in general and farmers in particular. The Bill will provide a direct financial benefit to thousands of farmers who are currently...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Kieran Phelan: .... She did a fantastic job in her previous portfolio and no doubt she will do an excellent job in this one also. I am delighted to be able to support this welcome legislation. The provisions of the Land Bill 2004 will simplify matters regarding ownership. A significant number of previous Land Acts are outdated and complicated. The changes laid out in the Bill will tidy up much of the...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Kieran Phelan: He is still there and always will be. From 1932 to 1948 the Fianna Fáil Government did a great job in giving land to those who needed it most, which helped to ensure the survival of our rural way of life. Irish landowners were able to purchase 13.5 million acres of land under the supervision of the Land Commission. Times have changed dramatically since the 1930s and 1940s with regard to land...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Michael Kitt: ...not to pay tribute to the former Minister, Deputy Walsh, former Minister of State, Deputy Aylward, who has gone to Europe, and Minister of State, Deputy Treacy. I have always had an interest in the Land Commission and many years ago my first contribution in the Dáil dealt with it and the issue of commonages. I was keen, like many colleagues, that the Land Commission would divide whatever...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Terry Leyden: ...Deputy Coughlan was a backbencher and we worked very well together. I also congratulate Minister of State, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. I spoke on the original Bill to deal with the dissolution of the Land Commission in 1992. I have been consulting the Official Report of the debate and note that quite a number of Members spoke on the issue. I was opposed to the abolition of the Land Commission as...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Mary Coughlan: ...for further in-depth discussion during the Committee Stage debate. Overall, everyone has welcomed the introduction of the legislation. I will deal first with Senator Leyden's point about lands on hand, an issue of interest to me also. The Department, as successor to the Land Commission, holds 33 hectares of agricultural land and 655 hectares of non-agricultural land. The agricultural land...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Noel Coonan: ...aspects which I hope the Minister will address. I intend to introduce amendments on Committee Stage to afford her an opportunity to improve and enhance it. The provision for farmers to buy out land annuities, if fully taken up, would extinguish the further collection of annuities, result in less paperwork and bureaucracy for the Department and bring to an end an outdated system for...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Eamon Scanlon: ...on her appointment as Minister. I listened with interest to the Minister's speech which indicated that the farmers of this country owe a great debt of gratitude to the politicians who set up the Land Commission and to the people who administered the function of that office over the years, particularly since 1930. She said in her speech that, following the Second World War, the problems and...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Fergal Browne: The solicitors will not be happy. The main thrust of the Bill is welcome. The purchase and registration of land is far too complicated. I was amazed to learn recently of a person in County Carlow who went to Australia where he is now building houses. Everything there can be done so quickly and without the assistance of a solicitor. This person received planning permission to build a swimming...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Francis O'Brien: ...takes office at the beginning of a new era for farming and I wish her every success and am confident she will deliver great achievements. Fianna Fáil in Government is greatly committed to rural Ireland and both the Minister for Agriculture and Food and the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cuív, will be unstinting in their efforts. It is right to pay tribute...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Martin Mansergh: ...a brief interruption as Minister of State at the Department. The Bill tidies up a social revolution lasting approximately 125 years. It is not often that somebody speaks on such a Bill from the ex-landlord interest. Countries such as Zimbabwe and Namibia did not have such a mechanism and it has led to substantial trouble. The origin of the Land Commission was the Gladstonian reforms of the...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Peter Callanan: ...made an excellent presentation and we will take an interest in some of his proposed amendments. In an IFA statement made when the Bill was announced, Padraic Devilly welcomed the writing off of the Land Commission annuities of €200 or less for the 4,200 farmers in question. He was very pleased with this. He also stated there should be an offer of a capital buy-out of up to 50%, rather...

Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Fergal Browne: ...and productive areas. How many staff will be redeployed when the Bill is enacted and, if so, will job losses occur in the Department? One area which is screaming out for extra assistance is the Land Registry. In some instances it can take three years to get a title sorted out. Obviously, this would be a complicated case but the Land Registry appears to be stretched in terms of manpower. If...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Terry Leyden: ...the history of the State. It is a well-deserved appointment. That a female Minister has been appointed in this particular field is the first real recognition that half of those who have worked the land have been women. Britain has never had a female Minister for agriculture. Deputy Coughlan's appointment is welcome not just because she is a woman but because she has the capacity to make a...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Michael McCarthy: ...differences on Committee and Report Stages. This Bill constitutes reforming legislation and its clear purpose is to modernise the archaic legislation that still exists. It all goes back to the Land Commission which was established in 1881 as a rent fixing body. We have come a long way since then. It would be practical and worthwhile if the resources of the Department are used to tie up the...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Mary Coughlan: ...for the Minister for Finance and it will be brought to him in due course in the context of the budget. It is a valid point, particularly when many farmers have been reluctant to sell under the land purchase scheme and CPOs had to be invoked. It is an issue that should be examined. The changes and challenges we all face were raised. We are very supportive of the live export trade,...