Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Odran Reid:
I cannot disagree with most of what has been said. Sometimes when people see the word "guidelines" they think it is something to do with colouring by numbers and it is not. It is the context of where it is and design is critical in that. It is about making space better rather than just making vehicles move more quickly and easily. It is what is appropriate for a space, so it is critical. What we are looking at at the moment relates to how using this is also how we use climate adaptation, get rid of water more quickly and things like that. These will have to come into the design factor now as well.