Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Stephen Garvey:
Point taken. I did say it was an element. Regarding the frustration we are seeing with elements of the planning system, Clonburris was an excellent scheme that was excellently planned. The people behind it did a fantastic job. Are those people in the planning system today? I am not so sure. It is probably 20-odd years since Clonburris was conceived. I am not sure we still have the same degree of planners. Regarding some elements of local area plans, perfection is the enemy of the very good. People are not being pragmatic. We have seen recent examples where we are trying to get sites delivered. We are coming to the table delivering somewhere between €50 million and €60 million euro worth of infrastructure and the planning system is not being progressed by the other side. That is the challenge we are seeing. We are in crisis mode on infrastructure so that is a real challenge in judicial reviews.
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