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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: After the committee meeting, as the witnesses all have planning expertise, it would be beneficial if they could examine the list of possible planning conditions under head 83 and say if there is something that stands out there as not covered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Even if it is similar to the current one, there could still be something that should be explicitly listed there. If the witnesses have time, perhaps they could take a look at that. There was some discussion earlier about having the documentation, what documentation is available and what is available online. Head 335(3)(a) states that planning documents may be made available. There was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Should that be a legislative requirement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Should it be, and is it, feasible that the applicants provide the PDFs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank Mr. Lawlor for that. I ask because it is 2023 and we have a draft Bill that states perhaps the documents should be available on the website.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Head 83 is a list of possible planning conditions. I do not know if anyone has managed to look through the full list yet. There is a lot there. Is there anything in particular anyone has noticed that is missing from those potential planning conditions? While it is a long-enough list, my reading of it is that is it. You cannot have planning conditions that are not on that list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It currently says planning documents may be made available on the website.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: For all sizes and all applicants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Would there be a way of stating that smaller applications of a certain size could be done either way but all others "shall" be uploaded?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I acknowledge the work done by the three Ministers and their officials on all of these issues we are discussing. In terms of the housing completion data, there is no question whatsoever about the credibility, integrity and professionalism of the CSO. It is of interest to me that in its recent statement the CSO pointed to the difference possibly being that one-off homes were not being...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I did not refer to any private firm.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have just one follow-up question on that. I assume the Minister accepts the CSO methodology on new homes and ESB connections. It states there is an 83% level of accuracy and that in the deep dive it did into this area there were more false positives than false negatives. Does the Minister accept the CSO's statement on its methodology, which it says has a slight bias towards overcounting?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Does the Minister accept the CSO's methodology statement which says it has a slight bias towards overcounting?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have two more questions. In terms of the spend in 2022, how much was returned to the Exchequer? I know €340 million was carried over into 2023.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform has stated that the figure for surrender will be in the region of €240 million. Is that correct?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The level of surrender in 2019 was €6.5 million above the capital carryover. It was €12.5 million in 2020 and €116 million in 2021 and there are indications from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform that it could be €240 million for the year just gone. Is the Minister concerned about the growing amount being...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Minister said that approximately 1,000 cost-rental tenancies have been approved so far. How many affordable purchase units have been completed and sold so far?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will rephrase the question. Childcare is a key area in which objective data are needed. Are there other particular key priority areas where it is needed?

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank People Before Profit for bringing forward this Bill and for the work it has done on it. The Social Democrats will certainly be supporting it. It is notable that, when the Minister was speaking, he gave a long list of what has been done, while admitting that it is not sufficient, and a long list of criticisms of the Opposition but that a list of exactly what he and his Government are...