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- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: I ask members and visitors to ensure their mobile phones are either switched off completely or in safe or flight mode, depending on their device, as mobile phones can cause interference with recording systems. I draw attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to this committee....
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: I thank Mr. Cummins. Before I call the first member of the committee to ask questions I remind those asking and answering to keep the questions and answers as direct and specific as possible, rather than making long statements. Every member is afforded an opportunity for the first five minutes to direct their questions to our visitors. There will then be additional questions. I ask that...
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Just to be helpful from the committee's point of view, the other sectors will be visited. Deputy Durkan is speaking specifically to the role and responsibility of local authorities. Builders, private building and all of that will be dealt with in other modules.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: It will be open to the committee to draw its own conclusions afterwards.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: It is not being shot down; it is being explained.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: We can address that separately. When every member has had an opportunity to ask questions, further time will be available.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Did Mr. Cummins have something further to add?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: I will come back to Deputy Ó Broin because there are several-----
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Very quickly please because there are eight people still-----
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Will Deputy Coppinger please hold on? Some eight other people have offered and I must be fair to all members. I will allow additional questions after everybody has had the opportunity to speak.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Thank you, Deputy Wallace. Just before the witnesses answer, a number of specific questions were asked. If the information is not readily available, could the witnesses forward it on to the committee for Deputy Wallace?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Mr. Brady can forward those figures to the secretariat and they will be passed on directly.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: I thank Mr. Cummins and call Deputy Funchion.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: We can come back to Deputy Coppinger in a moment.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: While we can come back to the Deputy, to be fair I wish to afford the other members who have offered to make contributions an opportunity to so do.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Deputy Funchion is next, followed by Deputies Butler and Ryan.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: I am sorry to interrupt but some mobile phones are ringing again.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: We shall continue until 6 o'clock.
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: I ask everyone to bear with me for a moment as I want to clarify the figures that were given today. At the start of the meeting, Mr. Brady stated that planning permission was granted for 22,000 housing units in the greater Dublin area. Is that correct?
- Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)
John Curran: Are they all private or public, or a mix of both?