Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Homelessness Issues: Discussion
Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
That makes absolute sense. Mr. McCafferty just mentioned cost rental and in terms of the provision of housing in Ireland, we will probably look back in a decade's time and say that the introduction of cost rental was one of the most transformative ways of procuring and providing housing for people. It provides that long-term, secure tenancy, which very few people in Ireland currently have. People are always worried and to have cost rental in place, especially for the older cohort of renters, is so important.
There have been calls for emergency planning powers and emergency procurement powers. Is planning an impediment in some way? In terms of emergency procurement, I presume it is in reference to modular and volumetric units. Is that something that Mr. McCafferty sees as an impediment?
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