Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Derelict Sites and Underused Spaces: Discussion

9:30 am

Dr. Lorcan Sirr:

It is way beyond my pay grade.

Turning to Deputy Casey, the end of our submission outlines three statutory instruments to streamline the unit conversion process and reduce the length of time from ten or 12 months to four days and the cost from €10,000 to approximately €2,500.

The three proposals were primarily written by Ms Hegarty and Mr. Reynolds. There is also a summary.