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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the two chief executives and their teams for coming before the committee today. Most of them are no strangers to me. They are welcome. I always make the point that witnesses before the committee are our guests. They have been invited here as part of a process of engagement. I acknowledge this and thank them for coming. My questions will focus on Dublin City Council. I thank...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I do not mean to be rude and cut in on Mr. O'Reilly, and that answer is perfect, but I am conscious of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: No, it is my fault as much as Mr. O'Reilly's. There are 650 vacant homes with the potential for redevelopment. Will Mr. O'Reilly tell us about them? How was the figure of 650 arrived at?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: How many of these are there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: There are 18 derelict units in the ownership of Dublin City Council.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: That was a different question. I did not ask whether they were on the register; I asked whether there are derelict sites in the ownership of Dublin City Council. We know some local authorities do not have their derelict sites on the register. This is one of the problems.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: To keep focus and clarity, Dublin City Council does not own any derelict site at present.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: Other than these 18.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: We need to get a handle on the number.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: Are there any historically derelict sites that have been in the ownership of Dublin City Council for some time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I want to focus on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. From the outset, I wish the council well in its partnership with the Land Development Agency at Shanganagh Castle. I thought we might be there yesterday but that was cancelled, as the witnesses know. I am glad to see, because I have gone out on the site, that construction has actually started. I wish the council well. It has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: Therefore, 154 is what has been delivered. In terms of derelict site properties, I think I am right in saying that the council had identified 77 properties.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: In terms of vacant sites or derelict properties, the council is obliged to keep a register. Are any of those properties or sites in the ownership of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council? If so, how many?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: The council is doing a great job.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I will move on. I live in Dún Laoghaire and I am very aware of that area, although I am not taking anyone on a trip of the geography of Dún Laoghaire. I would be very familiar with properties that are empty and that are in the ownership of the council and, indeed, I walked around outside a few of them recently. The council has empty properties in the town of Dún Laoghaire....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: With regard to the council’s register or inventory of properties, is Mr. Curran confident that is up to date? As chief executive, is he fully aware of the properties in the ownership of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, or as much as he can be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: Can Mr. Curran confirm if the council is currently purchasing or competing in the open market for properties? Someone suggested to me that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council had recently purchased a house for in excess of €600,000 in the town. I do not know if that is correct and I am asking Mr. Curran. Is the council competing at that level, in around the €400,000 to...