Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion
Mr. George Hussey:
I do not have a lot to say specifically about the cases the Deputy mentioned other than to reiterate that the CCAC certainly sees the issue of brownfield infill development needing to be addressed much more broadly than just having example areas or test cases. It needs to be rolled out much more widely. There is an urgent need to fix the misaligned incentive whereby it makes more sense to invest in housing in areas where we know there will be knock-on societal problems in terms of the costs of all the other services. My colleague, Ms Kelly, may wish to add to that.