Bríd Smith backs Gaeiltaugta housing powers amendment
Bríd Smith spoke on 11 Jul 2024 in support of third-stage amendments concerning the Gaeiltaugta and the Oudharas na Gaeilta. She read the proposed changes into the Dáil record and backed measures expanding the body's property and housing powers, including designation under the Housing Act 1966.
Amendments read into record
She said Conrad and the Gaeiltaugta are proposing third-stage amendments, that she supports them, and that she would read the text into the Dáil record.
Changes to Section 8 and Section 17
She stated Section 8 is amended by Section 4 of Oudharas na Gaeilta Amendment 2, and that Section 17 of the Gaeilta Act 2012 / Oudharas na Gaeilta Act 1979 is amended in subsection 3a by insertion after the words "as it thinks fit" to include social, cultural and business facilities.
New property and housing powers
The proposed insertion gives the Oudharas the power to buy or acquire interest in property and royalty on whatever terms and subject to whatever conditions, and the power to put in place every facility to develop housing. It also allows the Oudharas to carry on, control and manage schemes, projects, programmes and facilities in relation to housing.
Language-based occupancy criteria
The amendments specify that housing provision is for occupiers for whom the Irish language is the language habitually used by them, and where a family will live in a proposed unit the family's habitual use of Irish is specified as the criterion.
Designation as a housing authority
The text finally inserts a subsection providing that the Oudharas shall be included as a housing authority for the purposes of the Housing Act 1966, giving it statutory standing in housing provision and development.
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Goe mørgoed, coi hírlach Ma'r sool do croach, ta dini agas ardiangae ag fuilint go gair, ma'r iawlaire an gair caim ta hiachta sa gaeltaacht Ta si e gair a níse maasag agach illa lá. Ceguil lín e gain siorí tí van mwit en gaeltaacht ag faas da rá e Ceile Ní se siin ma'r ta sa gaeltaacht fein. Ta caintorí dúchisat fyr hauatacht, ma támíge ag iari fyr a bhiolchansatírsa I'm going to call it the Gaeiltaugta, but I'm sure I'm going to call it the same as the Gaeiltaugta. I'm going to call it the Gaeiltaugta as the Gaeiltaugta will be in place to the same place, and I can't wait to call it, but I'm going to call it the Gaeiltaugta. As I'm sure we're all aware, Conrad and the Gaeiltaugta are proposing for the third stage amendments, and we support them, and I would like to read them into the Dáil record. Section 8 is amended by Section 4 of Oudharas na Gaeilta Amendment 2, and Section 17 of the Gaeilta Act 2012 of Oudharas na Gaeilta Act 1979 is amended in subsection 3a by the insertion of the following, after the words, as it thinks fit, including social, cultural and business facilities, and to that end, the Oudharas shall have the power to buy or acquire interest in property and royalty on whatever terms and subject to whatever conditions, as it sees fit. By the insertion of the following, after subsection 3a, 3b, and the Oudharas may carry on, control and manage in the Gaeilta Act such schemes and projects, programmes and facilities as it thinks fit in respect of the provision of housing for occupiers for whom the Irish language is the language habitually used by them, and if a family will be living in the proposed house or dwelling unit concerned, will be the language habitually used by the family, and to that end, the Oudharas shall have the power to buy or acquire interest in property and royalty in whatever terms and subject to whatever conditions, as it sees fit, and the power to put in place every facility to develop the housing, and 3c finally, on the Oudharas shall be included as a housing authority for the purposes of the Housing Act 1966. So, thank you in Publish Agus Brabhú Sleisne Lásaith Sio, agus tánmí i dhag iirí, gom mé i fír a bhyoachan sa tiangga sa tírse, unus gyr fheirdrelinn ar tiangga dúch a sacha cwíibhú. Gourmágot.
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