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

Darragh O'Brien: Sorry, it does not exempt it from Part V.

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 exempt it from Part V planning provisions. I am not interrupting but just for clarification, it does not.

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

Darragh O'Brien: To be helpful, not to interrupt, genuinely, it does not provide for that. I am not trying to derive a correlation but we have just discussed removing reference to Part V. That may have had the unintended consequence of doing that. That was not my amendment, that was an amendment put down by Deputy Ó Broin. Leaving that aside, Part V provisions would apply to it. I am not trying to...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Well, I have given it but I can give it to the Deputy in writing if he likes.

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

Darragh O'Brien: That refers to Part 9, it is not Part V of the Planning Act. I know there is a lot in this but for clarification sake, I can say that it does not refer to Part V. It is up to the Deputy to proceed as he wishes, no problem.

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

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, exactly that, thanks Chair. It references Part 9 of the Bill that we are debating right now. If Deputy Boyd Barrett wishes, we can give him that in writing.

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

Darragh O'Brien: Absolutely not.

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

Darragh O'Brien: I will start with the comments from Deputies Duffy, Higgins and McAuliffe. I thank them and the Chairman for their engagement with regard to Report Stage amendments that I will table to substantially increase the affordable quotient in our major cities, as Deputy Duffy said. I thank him. We will have a 100% social and affordable requirement. For those who say that this Bill is not...

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. 228: In page 50, line 3, after “day” to insert “and to a subsidiary DAC on and from the date of its establishment in accordance with Part 4”.

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. 229: In page 50, line 5, after “Agency” to insert “and 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 move amendment No. 230: In page 50, line 6, after “Agency” to insert “and 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 move amendment No. 232: In page 50, after line 8, to insert the following: “Amendment of Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 79. The Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 is amended by the insertion of “Land Development Agency” in the Schedule.”.

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. 235: In page 52, after line 23, to insert the following: “SCHEDULE 3 Relevant Public Land referred to in section 54(1)(c) Relevant Public Land (1) Schedule 1 Public Body (2) Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Co. Dublin Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland St Kevin’s Hospital, Shanakiel,...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Which one is that?

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

Darragh O'Brien: Yes. We will introduce something on Report Stage.

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

Darragh O'Brien: I cannot accept amendment No. 190 because its purpose is to delete subsection 57(3). As I have explained, this provision is necessary for technical reasons because, without it, lands owned by the Land Development Agency, LDA, would be considered relevant public lands and would confuse matters within this legislation. Basically, that means the LDA would be offering itself back the land it...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Ba mhaith liom fíorbhuíochas a ghabháil leis an gCathaoirleach agus le gach Teachta atá ar an gcoiste as an tsárobair a rinne siad. Ba dhíospóireacht úsáideach agus thábhachtach é. Táim ag súil go mór lenár n-obair bhreise a dhéanamh sa Dáil. I wish to thank the members of the committee for their work and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (16 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 and 122 together. Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. If a household meets the eligibility and need...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (16 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the very stressful circumstances which the owners and residents of buildings face when defects occur in their homes. I believe that the ongoing building control reform agenda, with its many initiatives, already provides a comprehensive roadmap for embedding a culture of real compliance within the construction industry. The reform agenda includes: -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (16 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of “last resort” applicable to dwellings, which are subject to significant damage attributable to pyritic heave. The full conditions for eligibility under the Scheme are available on the Pyrite Board’s website at www.pyriteboard.ie. €20m was provided under Budget 2021 to cover the implementation of the pyrite...