Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 3:

In page 20, line 35, to delete “(6) Where” and substitute the following:(6) “The financial settlement payment falling due from one Cork local authority to the other should be on an advanced, monthly scheduled basis. Where”.

This provides for a framework between councils on an advanced monthly basis. It can be assumed that there will be a regular timeframe for payments but this was not prescribed in the legislation. The amendment would ensure that legislation and all further financial planning is done to allow for a smoother amalgamation. I do not want to be overly prescriptive but it makes sense that a framework be put in place for how authorities interact on amendments.

Amendment No. 7 relates to payments made under the general development contributions scheme as prescribed under section 49 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 where planning authorities, when granting planning permission, require a developer to pay moneys for the purpose of local infrastructure. Cork County Council currently receives approximately eight times the planning applications of Cork city. As some of these applications will soon revert to the transfer area in the expanded city boundary, the county would loose a portion of these contributions and may not be able to provide for local infrastructure projects in the areas where they were intended. The amendment intends to keep local contributions for local purposes in the area for which the planning was granted. It also allows that moneys contributed to the point of the transfer date should be awarded as they were intended. This would be decided independently by the oversight group.