Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Revised)
Vote 23 - An Coimisiún Toghcháin (Revised)
Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised)
2:00 am
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
That is okay. Obviously, the ten-year breakdowns of social and affordable will be in the autumn. I will throw out my final three questions quickly. Is there any update on the one-stage process? I am particularly interested to know how the Minister will balance the risk, which is one of the concerns that local authorities have been raising with departmental officials.
I have a concern about the amount of funding in the Estimates for flat regeneration and the linking of funding for flat regeneration, such as at Pearse House, to increased density. That will not be possible in all schemes and given that these are some of the worst rental conditions, both public and private, in the State, there needs to be greater flexibility. I am interested in the Minister's view on this. If we can get increased density, I am all for it, but it should not be a precondition.
Finally, I am hearing a lot of concern from small AHBs about CAS, both new builds and acquisitions, and stuff getting turned down or not being decided on. This is particularly the case for smaller AHBs that do work for people with special needs, disabilities or mental health issues. Any clarity on that would be helpful.
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