Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Urban and Rural Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That brings us to the end of our time. This is the fourth meeting in the series of four we have had. They have been very informative and interesting for the committee. We have had very good engagement on this matter and we will now produce a report on it. Aside from the Housing for All policy, which contains some very good objectives, if we can successfully implement many of the objectives in the Town Centre First policy and Our Rural Future policy document, we will go a long way towards achieving balanced development and a significant distance in rejuvenating many of our towns and villages that have started to decay over the years. The objectives are there, the funding is there, which is also incredibly important, and the political will is there to deliver on that.

I thank Ms Graham, Mr. Logan and Ms Clifford, in addition to Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Mulherin and Mr. Forsyth, for their engagement.

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