Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Photo of Victor BoyhanVictor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

As I must leave, I thank the Acting Chairman and members for facilitating that. I welcome the Minister, Deputy O’Brien and thank him because I know he has a busy schedule. I do not have any questions but I have some concerns. I want to flag these concerns but first I recognise the constructive, imaginative and responsive approach that the Minister and his officials have taken in terms of addressing the challenges around Covid-19, around business and enterprise and developing new place-making. I know this is central to the Minister's policy and he believes in it himself. I have visited Malahide in the heart of his constituency, and the only thing I would do is straighten the hill but I cannot. It is a great place. You can see the buzz there. However, that presents challenges. I was talking to a number of the people there because I have taken the train many times from Dún Laoghaire.

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