Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Fees for Certain Applications) Regulations 2023: Discussion
Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. XX) Regulations 2023: Discussion

Photo of Mary FitzpatrickMary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail)
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I thank an tAire Stáit and everyone from the Department. With regard to the first regulations, I appreciate that the Minister of State is responding to the request made by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on behalf of the Government's committee on humanitarian response. Has that committee assessed how effective the existing regulations have been? Is there a statement from that committee or a summary of how the regulations have been used, how much accommodation has been provided, where it is located, what the quality of the accommodation is, what the quality of the humanitarian experience is for those who have availed of it, and how the integration of those facilities into the existing communities has worked? Do we have any view on that from the Government's humanitarian committee?