Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion

Mr. Colm Ward:

For certain elements of housing, absolutely. I do not think the intent of the poll taken at the citizens' assembly was for all aspects of housing management. It could quickly be carved up into the really strategic housing delivery and then, at a certain level, go to a regional structure. There is a template there that one could start picking through fairly quickly, analyse the priorities as identified, and see what is really feasible to deliver. A lot of them are delivered on a national basis. We engage regionally with those national agencies to do it as well. It would involve a template of taking from some of those national agencies to work regionally with us but there is a matrix there that is worth considering.