Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Housing for All: Discussion

1:30 pm

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Okay. We will make the space and time for Committee Stage because it is important legislation. I thank him for bringing it forward.

In my last minute, I have one final question. I have a Private Member's Bill on dereliction and the regeneration of buildings. An aspect of that Bill is around a one-stop shop. The Minister's colleague, Deputy Barry Cowen, was the one who drafted the original Bill which I took and improved a little, with his permission. It is to try to streamline the process in which people get their different certificates such as the accessibility certificate, the fire certificate and the conservation report, if necessary. Does the Minister believe there is scope for that to be introduced on a pilot basis somewhere? I know some people expressed concern it would lead to a reduction in standards but it does not have anything to do with that. It requires independent oversight. Similar to community-led housing, it may not produce a lot but if we were to trial it in some particular local authority, such as Cork which seems to have a lot of dereliction and vacancies, to see if-----

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