Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Vacant Housing (Refurbishment) Bill 2017: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a brief follow-up question. If the planning work is done and the regulations and guidelines for refurbishments changed, one of the attractive things about Deputy Cowen's Bill from our point of view is the idea of the one-stop shop, whereby a person does not have to go to a number of different places to try to get a number of different things to get his or her project across the line, particularly given that we are trying to get these units into active use more quickly. Are the two sets of alternative proposals Ms Neary and Mr. Sheridan have outlined compatible with the one-stop shop mechanism, whereby the owner of the property can still go to a single place and go through that entire process relatively quickly and in a way that does not undermine standards? It is not just about those technical aspects but also about the procedures that people must go through for the refurbishments.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.