Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Part of the problem is that there is often a lack of transparency in the context of what council officials submit to the Department and how long the Department sits on those proposals. Local councillors often do not have transparency in that regard. The argument is sometimes made that a submission has been sent in and the Department is approving it. We need to make sure that there is more transparency in that regard so that the real ambition of local council officials is actually tested.

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