Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 June 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Universal Design In Building: Discussion

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

We will be producing a list of recommendations. We will be preparing a report on this issue. As regards the work done by Wicklow County Council, with the provision of a Changing Places facility at the new public library in Wicklow, and in Avondale House as well, which has been developed, we are slowly starting to see it. I go back to the point made by Ms Lally, however. It should not be a favour or gift from the developer or something for which one needs to lobby. It needs to be a condition that if something is being developed, a Changing Places facility or universal design plus and so on needs to be provided. That is the route we need to take. Ms Lally is correct in that regard.

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