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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank Mr. Taaffe. Deputy McGrath may now contribute again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: That is fair. I am the last member of the committee on the rota. I will take a couple of minutes to ask a few questions. A refusal rate of 25% was mentioned. Is it the case that every local authority has a policy of removing people from the housing list after two refusals? Should this be changed? In the current climate, should it be a case of being removed after the first refusal? ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: There are derelict sites everywhere and while we have a levy, an awful lot of money is not being collected across the levies. If we were stronger nationally on doing that, we would see fewer derelict sites and would see them being brought back into use. I believe that in the region of €20 million is uncollected nationally. Is there any reason that is the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: That concludes the first round. I am conscious that a couple of members of the committee might want to come back in for a couple of minutes before I go to the outside Members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank Mr. Taaffe. At our previous meeting, we had an agreement with regard to non-members of the committee who wished to speak, and I know Deputy Sheehan indicated to us previously. We are going to try to give five minutes for questions and answers to Deputy Sheehan, Senator Byrne and Deputy Lawlor, if they wish to ask a question. Do Deputy Butterly or Senator Murphy have any quick...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank Mr. Taaffe. Deputy Sheehan has five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Did Deputy Ó Broin want to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: The Deputy has two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: That concludes our consideration. I sincerely thank Mr. Taaffe and Ms Leech for attending. This is the first meeting of the housing committee for the new Government term. We met early after the committee was constituted in the Dáil in order to hit the ground running and be able to have public meetings. A number of organisations were invited in. The CCMA took up that invite straight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the first public meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. We have received apologies from Deputy Thomas Gould and Senator Maria McCormack. I advise members of the constitutional requirement that members must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: That is an IT glitch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Sorry, I know you are Independent, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: County and City Management Association (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Sinn Féin has an additional slot of about two minutes. We went over time on a couple of slots.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the efforts to help address the increase in the incidence of TB on Irish farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the implementation of an updated TB eradication plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25208/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the provision of a dedicated school transport service on a route (details supplied), considering the significant demand, the established feeder pattern from the primary school in the area and the underutilisation of existing transport resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25335/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 515. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is currently the intention of his Department to maintain current levels of core funding for sporting NGBs and LSPs for the duration of this Government; if so, if he would concede that this represents a funding reduction in real terms when inflation, the rising cost of doing business and other new costs are factored in; if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (20 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 809. To ask the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the process involved in the assessment for a primary medical certificate in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25334/25]

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is deferred until the weekly division time this evening.