Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed)
John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
In the same context and vein, and I appreciate we are diverging slightly but it is all interconnected, I assume the CIF has the view that it is important when we talk about density that what we count is very important. For example, if attenuation tanks that were once there are now ponds that are visible and usable. Formerly, there would have been open space on top of them but if they are open, they are now probably not being counted as open space. If there is to be a car park adjacent to that site, it should be factored into the development in terms of the density that is being achieved. If we confine it to just the housing units, we will come up with two very different numbers, if the witnesses understand the point I am making. Will the CIF comment on that? I assume it made a submission to the guidance document.
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