Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I was only mentioning that by way of example. It is not the case in all of Britain, but the local authorities in England, for example, have a much greater input there and areas of responsibility in that regard. Just by way of an example, I was saying that in England when a childcare facility is provided as part of a housing development, the shell or the core of the facility is actually built out. It would then be fitted out by the childcare provider. In many instances in our own context these facilities are built but they may be what looks like an additional house. The feedback I have got from childcare providers is that sometimes they are not necessarily designed appropriately. Further works, therefore, are required to fit these buildings out. These are the types of things I am thinking about in respect of the Deputy's comment.
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