Results 201-220 of 9,077 for speaker:James Browne
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: We have local authority cost-rental units of 200 for 2025, AHB cost-rental units of 850 and LDA cost-rental units of 1,300.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: It is A3 but I am told it is funded already.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: It does.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I am sorry, Deputy. Can I get that question again?
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Generally, as I understand it, it comes in under the build costs of any particular project. It was taken out and put into the housing statistic a couple of years ago.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I told it is with the Housing Agency, so it is not reflected in the REV. It is reflected in the funding of the Housing Agency.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: It is separate.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I do not believe that is an actual requirement, but I will take another look at it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: No, we are fairly confident it will be. We work closely, obviously, with the local authorities most specifically impacted in that regard. We are confident the money will be spent. We are seeing an increase in momentum in terms of that type of expenditure. We are fairly confident it will be spent.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: A lot of this is just coming over to our Department. Before the responsibility is fully transferred, the Department of justice needs to complete its legislative work. It has the expertise, if you like. I took the view that if we suddenly brought everything across, it would lead to significant delays. The Department of justice, therefore, is completing its piece on the legislative side...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: The Department has been carrying out a review. I know that from when I was in that Department. It is going to carry out certain reforms. I will then look at the wider aspect of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 as well, because it needs to-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: In effect, what I want the Department of justice to do - and it will - is to finish out the legislative proposals it has. They are very specific proposals. A wider review is needed - I fully agree with the Deputy on that - and I will carry out that wider review. I will not wait for the legislation to be completed to do that. I took the view that to bring that legislation over to our...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I will set that out in the housing plan in a little bit more detail. The specific piece with justice is the Mulcreevy issue, I think. There is a specific legislative piece anyway. The responsibility for the review is with myself and I will do that. I am very much aware of the issues around it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: That is mostly in respect of the apartment defects in Dublin.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Every other county, too, but the largest number by far are in Dublin.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: We are working on it at the moment. The pathfinder projects are out there. There have been a few challenges around those.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I am not particularly happy about that, but I think we are getting pretty much there now on the pathfinder projects. It was useful to do the pathfinder projects because it brought up issues that were not anticipated. We will get a little bit further on that. In terms of legislation, we will complete the Bill. We are looking at that. I do not have a particular update but I will get one...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: That is my understanding, that no substantive funding has been drawn down.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I do not believe so but I will get the Deputy a definitive answer on that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I will let the Minister of State with responsibility for planning take that.