Norris, David P.B.Friday, 17 May 1991 |
Seanad Éireann Debate
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If I may suggest it, I am quite happy to facilitate Senator Fallon with a couple of minutes of my time. I will only need five or six minutes but perhaps that is not appropriate.
In deference to the fact that this Bill principally affects and is of interest to other Members who wish to have as much time as possible, I will speak very briefly. The Minister will be aware that mo...
Local Government Bill, 1991: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages.
I, too, support the amendment. It is a reasonable amendment and will not tie up the Minister too greatly. I do not think the words “being a day or days not later than twelve months from the date of it...
I do not think that is an appropriate comment from you, a Chathaoirligh——
I was simply pointing out that there is a paradox between the sense of urgency on the one hand it is obvious that the Bill has to go through — and the fact that there is no time limit on the other han...
On the surface at least the Minister made some reasonable points, in that this is a major reorganisation of local government and there may be a need for further discussion. That is a reasonable point ...
I see the Minister is shaking his head. I have to accept what he says but I would have assumed that that would be the case. It would certainly pass into a kind of legislative limbo. There is no doubt ...
I sympathise with the Minister's point of view that the operation of the House could be clogged if there was an enormous mass of regulations which require discussion and to be voted on. However, I hav...
I strongly disagree with the Minister on this point. It is not, however, a flaw peculiar to the Minister. This phrase appears to be almost a kind of cliché of drafts, but I have already made this poin...
I support amendment No. 18 which seeks to maximise the involvement of local communities in local affairs. In the interests of strengthening democracy, this is a very good thing. My amendment No. 19 wa...
My amendment would have been better if, instead of “must” I used the word “shall”. It would be inconceiveable that a local authority would represent a community in a manner that they thought was inapp...
Perhaps the Minister is confusing another amendment with my amendment which is not one I would press as I do not think it is justified, having heard the discussion. It is appropriate to change “may” t...
RTE. It is indicative that that was the first——
I would prefer to take the one the Minister chose.
This Minister is a very good debater, he is very shrewd and he has the necessary skills to challenge and say something on the spur of the moment without producing an instance. In debate that is not al...
I would like to make one observation. The Minister said previously that he would be interested in examples. I do not share the total enthusiasm of the Minister and most Senators on the operations of l...
I understand it is intended to change the entire structure of these rezoning proposals so that there will be a requirement regarding a 75 per cent majority and that indicates some degree of concern. ...
I would like to make this observation with regard to a point of drafting. I would be very happy to see the deletion of the phrase “as respects which those other authorities perform functions and” on a...
I move amendment No. 23: In page 9, subsection (2), between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following new paragraph: “(d) enter into a partnership arrangement with voluntary sector community groups wit...
There is absolutely no conflict between the recommendation of the expert advisory group to which the Minister just referred and my amendment. The amendment states that the local authorities “may” ente...
The local authorities do have discretion. This is a discretionary power. The amendment would not force the local authorities to do this——
——but it would enable and encourage them to do so and, psychologically, it would give status to voluntary bodies in certain circumstances.
It would be a good idea to include this. I am not sure if this is possible under existing legislation, if the Minister can reassure me, fine but it would be a very healthy and positive thing and have ...
May I point out that this seeks to give powers to local authorities; it is not giving power to the Minister. It is actually empowering and vitalising local authorities in my opinion. However, I do not...
No, I think it would be a waste of time. Amendment, by leave withdrawn.
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