Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 February 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government

9:00 am

Mr. Conn Murray:

That is a very fair comment. People are not against social housing, but we have land in some very settled areas that have not been developed for years. We are moving into them and this disrupts a community. It therefore takes time to make the necessary adjustment when putting new housing in. Settled communities are disrupted. That is a fact of life. That is part and parcel of it. It is not an objection to housing per se. Locals acknowledge that traffic issues might increase or school provision might not be sufficient. There are planning issues which need to be addressed.

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