Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)
John Cummins (Fine Gael)
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That is good to hear. The councils have said they will set up their systems for the interchange between the LDA piece, which is important. Unfortunately, from the experience I had in Waterford, there are advantages and disadvantages to being up first, in that some of the issues are experienced first-hand. One of the issues is the fact that a process is being sold rather than a product. That needs to be built into the both councils' plans so that when they get turnkey units, they should put a resource in place to advertise it, in the same way a private developer would advertise a scheme. I appreciate the councils may not have a budget for that, but it is a necessity. Is it correct that Meath County Council used the single-stage process for the delivery of units?