Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Mary FitzpatrickMary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail)
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There are two separate issues which are of equal importance. The point I was trying to address, or hoping we would address, was the extended lead time of ten-plus years for public housing, either regeneration of existing stock or new-build, to be approved by a combination of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department with responsibility for housing, local government and heritage. We need those Departments to address the lead times for the approval process.

The second important issue is the funding of the maintenance and regeneration of public or social housing. That is a financial discussion, though not unconnected.