Results 1-20 of 25 for going forward speaker:Francis Noel Duffy

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: .... The technology is there and it is being used. When that comes, will there be a case for the next Government or whichever Government to amend the current Act to bring it in to strategise going forward? Alternatively, is there a way of putting something into the Act that when these things are coming – because the Minister of State referenced them coming – going forward,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: I am grateful to the witnesses, as I think we all are, for giving of their time and knowledge. It always helps us move forward with whatever agenda we have. My question is partly timber-related and concerns the effective prohibition of mass timber over three storeys. Considering that most of the First World is constructing for mass timber buildings of up to eight storeys, why are we so far...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...years. Does the Minister have any insight from on the ground and within the Department on the numbers that are escalating? We spoke to the Department last week, when it said it sees the numbers going well beyond what we got this year or last year. Will we surpass the 2,000 units going forward?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Nov 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...was passed by the House. There are issues with long Covid. I know the Government supported that motion. Will it be in a position to provide funding for research and GP training in that area going forward?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Mar 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...where there were six provisions. Five of those were progressive and expansive in the context of the economy and the urban construct. I agree with that and support that we expand and move forward. However, the environmental side in this legislation is again about preserving and protecting, which means to stand still. If everything else is moving forward, the environment is probably...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: ..., a mayor could sit in with the Department or the NTA. I have found that the NTA is a closed shop. Stuff was passed by the regional assembly and there was pushback; I do not really want to go into that. They would have the power just to be sitting at the table and discussing that this is what the people want and pushing it forward with their team especially if there is funding, power or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority: Discussion (7 Nov 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...coming from outside. It is not a cheap industry. We will be prospecting. Perhaps that is more of a statement. Perhaps there is funding. Perhaps there is EU funding or world funding to assist us to push forward quicker, at least with regard to the infrastructure. It is good that Dr. Mellett is here. Are we going to need a serious naval force, going forward, to protect our asset?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...coming in. I will point to Moldova's role with the refugees. It is quite heartwarming to see what it is doing in that regard. I congratulate both countries on their bravery in their David versus Goliath scenarios. We all know the experience, having ourselves been in that situation as a country. My question comes back a little bit to Deputy Ó Murchú, who noted the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...I do not necessarily agree with, the units remain rental units, so if a landlord sells the unit, the tenants can stay. Will the commission consider the issue of the regulation of rental units going forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Recent Trends in the Private Rental Sector: Residential Tenancies Board (29 Nov 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Fair enough. Does the RTB have data on accidental landlords? I know some people who have sold their apartments because it is the right time for them at their age to move forward and there is fear of what might be coming. During the noughties people bought investment properties. It was the thing. It is where people got their pensions. Everybody was doing it. Is there any correlation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: ..., because there is a process involved and we have to get lawyers in, who have to drink a lot of tea thinking about what they are doing or whatever it is they are at, how do our guests foresee that going forward? My understanding is the push the Government wants is to ensure we find these units and, if they are not being used after six months, CPO them. Do our guests see an issue with our...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...said in that there is reference within development plans to cover that. I agree that building control is a place where measurement should happen. However, in the context of the State strategising going forward, architects and engineers strategise for the site they have and comply with whatever is put in front of them, but they do not strategise for a county, town, village or urban...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Post-Brexit Relations: Engagement with Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture (9 Mar 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...Mr. Robertson for his insight and wisdom. I congratulate him on last year's elections, which I watched with interest night and day. I am happy to see the Green Party in a partnership in that government. It is great to see. My questions have been covered. I have much writing here and I know the issues have been covered the whole way through. I go back to what Senator Martin asked....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...weight, if any, as those matters appear to the decision-maker, which is the Minister. Really, therefore, it is just adding in a piece to "support and enhance biodiversity". It is a simple line to go into the Bill so that there is something in there about biodiversity for the Minister at the time when he or she is putting forward a national planning statement, because there is not at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill: Discussion (24 Nov 2020)

Francis Noel Duffy: .... From what I have seen to date, the Bill will be transformative in the context of transitioning the way from fossil fuels to renewable energy. It is an exciting prospect for the country. Going forward, this Bill will play a large role in making Ireland energy self-sufficient. Further ahead, we could become an energy exporter. Currently, my understanding is that we import...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...of towns and a number of cities. In itself, building in compact urban sites is sustainable - brownfield sites - and it is about making that work. If the Minister of State could define some wording to go into the Bill in the context of embodied carbon then it is up to the local authority, the planning department, the director of the department and his or her staff to work out what is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate (20 Jan 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...of a sustainable urban area. We have Cloughjordan as an ecovillage, but it would be very good if the LDA could procure a sustainable urban site, develop that out and then use it as an example going forward. Are those LDA projects and ideas being moved forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...quite a bit of capacity at cost rental and can see the benefit of it. However, cost rental is what it says on the tin. It is the cost of the unit, and the rent comes from that. Therefore, I assume, going forward, that when this model evolves, the State will come in and assist people to rent those units. That is what happens in Vienna and it is how it works.

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...which I have advocated since being elected. In just over a year, we have moved from the provision of 50 units in total to 2,000 units a year. We would like to see this number further increased, going forward. A key Green Party policy is 100% public housing on public land and that was secured. That policy is crucial to increasing the provision of social and affordable housing in areas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2021)

Francis Noel Duffy: ...affordability. As I have often mentioned in the Dáil and in this committee, increasing our cost rental stock by developing new units on public land will eventually drive down rent prices going forward. Based on the witnesses' research and expertise, what annual target should the State work towards to deliver enough cost rental units to drive rents down? On permanent...