Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Robin Mandal:

I thank the Senator for her extremely good questions, particularly her question about renters. The DDPA has been trying to engage because renters do not have a voice and represents at least one third of the population. I do not know what the solution is. We have reached out to the Community Action Tenants Union, CATU. It is very difficult to get engagement. It is a real challenge and very important. I appreciate that the Senator has made that point.

On names, the easiest answer is that, as with companies, associations or whatever, there is safety in a group. The minute people have to put down their name and address without the security of that group behind them, they get intimidated. That is the worry.

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