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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Changes in relation to building material costs are monitored and recorded by the Central Statistics Office (Wholesale Price Index for Building & Construction Materials). Issues relating to increases in construction costs generally and measures to address such issues, are matters for my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform, whose Department convenes the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: As part of the Climate Action Plan, my Department is implementing a range of ambitious decarbonisation actions for housing, planning, marine and natural heritage protection and analysis of Ireland’s climate. Actions which are regulatory in nature are subject to the normal Regulatory Impact Assessment procedures and activities under the National Development Plan (NDP) are budgeted for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department's website is a good source of information about activities and initiatives undertaken but by way of illustration, in addition to significant initiatives undertaken to manage the impact of COVID-19 and to prepare for Brexit, some of the key actions delivered since 27 June 2020 include: - the extension of the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan; - the extension of the Pyrite Remediation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Equality Issues (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department complies with all central policy and guidance in relation to equality of opportunity in all of our employment practices. The vast majority of external recruitment for my Department is carried out by the Public Appointments Service and any additional recruitment undertaken by my Department is done in compliance with the terms of the recruitment licence issued to us by the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 191: In page 39, line 32, after "Agency" to insert "or a subsidiary DAC".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputies for their amendments and contributions. I will make a couple of general points. I would not underestimate the positive effect of the activation of public and State-owned land into the housing market and the effect it will have in driving further private land activation. We have seen examples of that through the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF. Land...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I have outlined my position on exactly why the CPO powers have to be proportionate. That is based on advice from the Attorney General. Deputy Gould is right that we need to get the increase in supply and capacity. For places like St. Kevin's in Cork, people should support housing developments and not object to them. We have to get real on how we use State-owned land and on the effect...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I do not need to clarify it at all. The record speaks for itself. I hope Deputy Gould and his party will start to genuinely support housing developments for working people across the country. I know the St. Kevin's site well. We will move on with the amendments.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 194: In page 40, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(4) In subsection (1), “land owned by the Agency” includes land owned by a subsidiary DAC where the subsidiary DAC is, for the purposes referred to in subsection (3), only performing on behalf of the Agency in relation to that land a function specified in subsection (3).”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The audio was breaking up somewhat, so I missed some of the contribution but heard the broader point that the Deputy raised. The amendment seeks to remove from the section the reference to Part V of the Planning and Development Act, as he outlined. Part V should be the bare minimum, however. If the reference to Part V were removed, it would mean that for joint ventures or anything else in...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: It does not.