Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 December 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Niamh Randall:

Mr. Dunne covered some of the points I was going to make. The really important thing is not only to look at the economic cost of all of this but also the social cost and the focus on prevention. It is what we have learned, including from some of the mistakes of the past. When we are looking at prevention, it is about primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. I was fortunate to visit Young Knocknaheeny which is an excellent project very similar to the Youngballymun project. It is an excellent intervention, with really important work happening there. We want to ensure, however, that we do not have to develop these "Young Whatever-estate" projects into the future. It is the focus of ensuring that we build this understanding of prevention and early intervention into our estates and to work with people who might be at risk or more vulnerable and to ensure that people have that space to play, engage and have those community connections as well. It is about housing but it is also about having these vibrant, diverse communities where people want to live, where they want to be part of the community and where they are proud to be part of their community as well.

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