I must now deal with a postponed division on the motion regarding instruction to committee on the Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023. On the question, "That the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed and that division must now be taken.
Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Instruction to Committee (Resumed)
Debate resumed on the following motion:
That Standing Order 233(2) is modified to provide that it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in relation to the Historical and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023, that the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing subject matter of the Bill, in relation to:
(a) the Foreshore Act 1933 to provide a possible pathway for existing foreshore applications received under the Foreshore Act 1933 but not decided to move to the new regulatory system established in the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021;
(b) the Lough Corrib Navigation Act 1945 to reinstate functions of the Lough Corrib Navigation Trustees that were removed as a result of the repeal of some of the Drainage (Ireland) Act 1856, under which the Lough Corrib Navigation Trustees were established;
(c) the Planning and Development Act 2000 to clarify the position of projects already consented prior to the introduction of new planning measures for development in the maritime area and to remove anomalies and clarify terms;
(d) the Valuation Act 2001 to allow local authorities to deal with consequential overpayments or underpayments of rates on foot of decisions on appeals to the Valuation Tribunal or court decisions;
(e) the Local Government Act 2001 to (as amended by the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022) to clarify that a Member who has caused a temporary absence and sought a temporary substitute under Section 19A of the Act could not continue to exercise the functions of a Member during the period of their absence;
(f) the Local Government Rates and other Matters Act 2019 to refine the process of levying rates on the appropriate valuation list and subsequent billing; to simplify the process for notification of changes in status of liable persons and properties and for the rates database to be amended accordingly; to clarify that only a liable person who owns a relevant property and who proposes to sell the property is required to discharge any rates and interest on overdue rates which is due and payable rather than previously liable persons; to clarify that any rates and interest on overdue rates due and unpaid by a liable person who owns a relevant property, and not other liable persons, would remain a charge on the property; to clarify the rights to enter a rateable property that does not contain a dwelling and to include the provision of additional repeals; and
(g) the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 to clarify the requirement for a Maritime Area Consent and to facilitate the identification of a suitable replacement Maritime Area Consent holder in specified circumstances;
and to change the title of the Bill, and for consequential amendment of the long title to reflect the content of the Bill, and make other consequential amendments required to take account of the changes above.
- Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Deputy Malcolm Noonan).
Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."
The Dáil divided: Tá, 77; Níl, 57; Staon, 0.
Tá
- Brophy, Colm.
- Browne, James.
- Bruton, Richard.
- Burke, Colm.
- Burke, Peter.
- Butler, Mary.
- Byrne, Thomas.
- Cahill, Jackie.
- Calleary, Dara.
- Cannon, Ciarán.
- Carroll MacNeill, Jennifer.
- Chambers, Jack.
- Collins, Niall.
- Costello, Patrick.
- Coveney, Simon.
- Cowen, Barry.
- Creed, Michael.
- Crowe, Cathal.
- Devlin, Cormac.
- Dillon, Alan.
- Donnelly, Stephen.
- Donohoe, Paschal.
- Duffy, Francis Noel.
- Durkan, Bernard J.
- English, Damien.
- Farrell, Alan.
- Feighan, Frankie.
- Fitzpatrick, Peter.
- Flaherty, Joe.
- Fleming, Sean.
- Foley, Norma.
- Grealish, Noel.
- Griffin, Brendan.
- Harris, Simon.
- Haughey, Seán.
- Heydon, Martin.
- Higgins, Emer.
- Humphreys, Heather.
- Kehoe, Paul.
- Lahart, John.
- Lawless, James.
- Leddin, Brian.
- Lowry, Michael.
- Madigan, Josepha.
- Martin, Catherine.
- Matthews, Steven.
- McAuliffe, Paul.
- McConalogue, Charlie.
- McEntee, Helen.
- McGrath, Michael.
- McHugh, Joe.
- Moynihan, Aindrias.
- Moynihan, Michael.
- Murnane O'Connor, Jennifer.
- Naughton, Hildegarde.
- Noonan, Malcolm.
- O'Brien, Darragh.
- O'Brien, Joe.
- O'Callaghan, Jim.
- O'Connor, James.
- O'Dea, Willie.
- O'Donnell, Kieran.
- O'Donovan, Patrick.
- O'Dowd, Fergus.
- O'Gorman, Roderic.
- O'Sullivan, Christopher.
- O'Sullivan, Pádraig.
- Ó Cathasaigh, Marc.
- Ó Cuív, Éamon.
- Phelan, John Paul.
- Rabbitte, Anne.
- Ring, Michael.
- Ryan, Eamon.
- Smyth, Niamh.
- Smyth, Ossian.
- Stanton, David.
- Troy, Robert.
Níl
- Bacik, Ivana.
- Barry, Mick.
- Boyd Barrett, Richard.
- Brady, John.
- Browne, Martin.
- Buckley, Pat.
- Cairns, Holly.
- Carthy, Matt.
- Clarke, Sorca.
- Collins, Michael.
- Conway-Walsh, Rose.
- Cronin, Réada.
- Crowe, Seán.
- Cullinane, David.
- Daly, Pa.
- Doherty, Pearse.
- Donnelly, Paul.
- Ellis, Dessie.
- Farrell, Mairéad.
- Fitzmaurice, Michael.
- Funchion, Kathleen.
- Gannon, Gary.
- Gould, Thomas.
- Healy-Rae, Michael.
- Howlin, Brendan.
- Kenny, Gino.
- Kerrane, Claire.
- Mac Lochlainn, Pádraig.
- McGrath, Mattie.
- Mitchell, Denise.
- Munster, Imelda.
- Murphy, Catherine.
- Murphy, Paul.
- Murphy, Verona.
- Nash, Ged.
- Naughten, Denis.
- Nolan, Carol.
- O'Callaghan, Cian.
- O'Reilly, Louise.
- O'Rourke, Darren.
- Ó Broin, Eoin.
- Ó Laoghaire, Donnchadh.
- Ó Murchú, Ruairí.
- Ó Ríordáin, Aodhán.
- Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
- Pringle, Thomas.
- Ryan, Patricia.
- Shanahan, Matt.
- Shortall, Róisín.
- Smith, Bríd.
- Smith, Duncan.
- Stanley, Brian.
- Tóibín, Peadar.
- Tully, Pauline.
- Ward, Mark.
- Whitmore, Jennifer.
- Wynne, Violet-Anne.
Staon
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Denise Mitchell.
Question declared carried.
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 8.48 p.m. go dtí 9 a.m., Déardaoin, an 29 Meitheamh 2023.
The Dáil adjourned at 8.48 p.m. until 9 a.m. on Thursday, 29 June 2023.