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Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister and Minister of State are both very welcome. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill, which proposes to increase the statutory borrowing limit of the HFA from €12 billion to €13.5 billion. It is a necessary step to ensure that it can continue to do what it was established to do - to finance the delivery of social and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Apologies have been received from Deputy Paula Butterly. Senator Chris Andrews will stand in for Senator Maria McCormack. I take this opportunity to welcome transition year students from a number of schools in Longford who have been visiting the Oireachtas today to see what happens behind the scenes here. I welcome the students from Moyne Community School, Ardscoil Phadraig, Cnoc Mhuire...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I have latitude if the Deputy wants to engage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I will let other members in. I call Deputy Cooney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I think it would be a good idea for us to do as Deputy Stanley suggests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: As a committee, I think we should go out and visit the building. It would send a strong message.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I must move on to Senator Murphy.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: In budget 2025 funding was allocated for five additional family resource centres, FRCs. I was one of those involved in putting a management team together to put forward a proposal and an application from Longford. We advocated here a number of weeks ago for funding for additional FRCs in budget 2026. This was granted and there is funding in place for ten additional FRCs throughout the...

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I too was in the audiovisual room yesterday where we were touched by the life experiences we heard of Ciara and others, including Harvey’s family. It is only right that we as a Government and a nation must do better. I fully support the motion of support in the Minister, Deputy Harris. He is honest and open. He is a leader; he is our leader and he is my leader and he turns...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I have given a bit of latitude. We have a bit of time to spare, which is why I am allowing members to go over their time limits. Some members are not coming to the meeting. I call Senator Murphy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I will make a few points before we finish up. I have read through the opening statement. I come from Longford, where there would not be a significant number of apartment buildings, but the whole management company issue is something we suffered on the back of the Celtic tiger and section 23. Housing estates were developed and built, management companies had to be put in place and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: The witnesses have highlighted a number of buildings in conditions that are quite dangerous. I proposed earlier that the committee would go out and see those.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Yes, Mr. Montague can liaise with the clerk in relation to that. The witnesses' written submission asked us to look at the Netflix documentary "Grenfell: Uncovered" to see what could happen. It is a stark thought that that could possibly happen. We all know what happened there and it is something we do not want. We have been told we have buildings in which it could happen and that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the witnesses for coming in. They have highlighted the issues and concerns exceptionally well to the committee and public. They have informed committee members of what we need to do and what we need to highlight. It is something we are collectively willing to do. The opportunity to meet the witnesses on site is important. We will organise that. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: The Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025 have been referred to this committee for consideration by both Houses of the Oireachtas. These regulations relate to exempted developments in respect of slurry storage and animal housing. I am pleased that we have the opportunity to consider them in the company of the Minister of State with special...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: In reference to these exemptions we are talking about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State very much. I will ask the members to make comments. The first to speak is Deputy Cooney. I thank Deputy Ó Broin for giving way for him to speak first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the extension to the end of 2028 and agree with Deputy McGrath that we could do with publicity about that. In my small rural village in north Longford, a public house that I frequented for many years and that closed during the Covid-19 pandemic is now nine one-bedroom apartments. The bar is now a one-bedroom apartment and there is no problem getting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Yes, I just wanted to put it on the record while we were on the subject.