IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
It is a very specific question.
Verona Murphy
Rhetoric & votes →On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 172 of 425 decisive votes (10 abstentions excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.
Party over time
This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.
| Party | Recorded as | Contributions | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 5,548 | 2022-04-07 – 2026-10-01 |
| IND | Independent | 825 | 2020-03-05 – 2026-06-09 |
Membership spells on record: IND 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · IND 2024-11-29–present
Record
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
I can rephrase the question.
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
Very specifically-----
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle-----
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
That is not the question.
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
I want to address it again, because the Minister of State may have misunderstood the question. The clarity that is required is that An Bord Pleanála is setting down a minimum that does not exist in the SPPR or the guidelines. Can the Minister of State tell the House whether there is a minimum, and where it is?
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
Is there a minimum? It is not about anything else-----
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
So there is not a minimum. I thank the Minister of State. I will move on, it is my time.
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
The Minister of State told the House there is no minimum and on foot of that clarification I am asking him to write immediately to An Bord Pleanála and ask it to desist from imposing minimum densities on strategic housing applications, because it is unlawful.
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
A Cheann Comhairle-----
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
Is the Minister of State-----
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
The Minister of State can do that, because it is An Bord Pleanála that is relying on specific planning policy requirements, SPPR. We do not need schizophrenic legislation. The Minister of State has said that there is no minimum density requirement and if that is so, and An Bord Pleanála is applying such a requirement, it is completely usurping the authority of the county development plan. It cannot do that because it is not contained in any part of the documents that were provided to me. Is the Minister of State re…
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
I am not asking about an individual matter.
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
I have asked-----
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
These are not individual matters. All matters are being decided based on something that is not contained in the regulations. The Minister of State has stated that there is no minimum density. An Bord Pleanála decided as recently as last month to dictate minimum densities pursuant to the Government's SPPR. If the Minister of State is telling the House that there is no such minimum requirement, it is beholden on him to write to An Bord Pleanála and point that out.
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
I thank the Minister of State.
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
I am sorry-----
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
Will the Minister of State write to An Bord Pleanála and inform it that there is no minimum requirement in the SPPR?
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
It absolutely is.
IND
2020-06-10 · Dail
Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
In the specific-----