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Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: That is absolutely crazy. Local authority CEOs should meet people like Mr. Coskeran. We, as public representatives, regularly deal with estates where developers have walked away and left things up in a heap - ghost estates, call them what you like. Here is a development that has been finished to a high standard. I know the estate and I know Hillview beside it. To my mind there is a very...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Every day we hear in the Dáil that housing is a major problem. We have a developer here who built five houses and finished the estate to a high standard and is stuck in limbo which is crazy. As I am sure Deputy Buckley and others will say, when we as local authority members raised such issues, we were always told it was Irish Water or the Department. The Minister's office has stated...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Is Mr. Coskeran aware of any other developers who are caught in a situation like his own?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: During the nine or ten years that you dealt with the council, did it ever inform you that your case was being handed over to Irish Water or did it just go ahead with that?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: The first mention you heard of Irish Water was in 2018. Is that right?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: After 14 years of dealing with the council, suddenly Irish Water was involved.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Given the negative experience you and your family have had, if you had your time back again, would you take on a project like this again? We keep saying that we need people like you to build estates with five or six houses all over the country, but knowing what you know now, would you do it again?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: That is a damning indictment. Every day in the Dáil Chamber we hear that we need people to build to increase the supply but if stupid red tape is putting people off building houses, we are never going to solve the housing problem.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: It should not be the case that someone who has a written agreement ends up as distressed as you. It is quite clear and obvious that you have done everything you were asked to do at all stages and the fact that you have to come in here and put your case before this committee-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: As I said, I hope that the media picks up on this and that we can get answers. The next thing this committee can do is call in the county council and the Department and see if we can get answers from them. I assure you that is what we will attempt to do. We will try to get this resolved as soon as possible, on your behalf. We will try to knock heads together and get people to use a bit of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Thanks Deputy. Mr. Coskeran was a very quiet man when the council came looking for some of his land to widen the road. He gave over the land quite easily but it is remarkable the way he has been treated.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I cannot explain our frustration in dealing with this. I see that the five-house Rocksprings estate was included in the council's application for funding under the multi-annual developer-provided water services infrastructure programme in September 2019. The estimated cost for the completion of works by the county council was €53,000. It is a pittance compared with other costs that...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Coskeran again. Does he want to make a closing statement?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: We fully understand what Mr. Coskeran is talking about. As I said, I hope the media pick up on this. I also hope the county council and Department will do so and have a small bit of cop-on and take Mr. Coskeran's finger out. This is a problem that can be solved very easily, as far as I am concerned. It has come across in the remarks of Mr. Coskeran and the members that no one should have...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: It is totally wrong that any individual or body should have to wait that long to get a reply. I do not know what you could call it but it is not professional. You could call it many things but it is not professional of any county council or Department to leave somebody hanging on that long without even replying.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: The Department has made it quite clear that the public representatives on the councils make the final decision. That is an avenue we can explore. I thank Mr. Coskeran. We will suspend for a couple of minutes to allow the petitioner to leave the room.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: We have three petitions for consideration today. Petition No. 20 of 2021 is "Why we need to dispel old illogical lunacy laws in Ireland which have been amended and repealed. This is not enough. They need to be put beyond use by being dispelled. They are the epitome of injustice." from Ms Philomena Geoghegan. This petition relates to a request to dispel old lunacy laws. The secretariat...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Petition No. 39 of 2021 is "Issues relating to the Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces and the Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004" from Mr. Niall Donohoe. This petition relates to issues the petitioner has had with the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces, ODF, in the past and related concerns with the Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004. The committee recommends that correspondence...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Petition No. 36 of 2022 is "Re-open Ennis, Nenagh & St. John’s Emergency Departments" from Ms Noleen Moran. This petition relates to a request from the petitioner on behalf of the Mid-West Hospital Campaign group to upgrade the Ennis, Nenagh and St. John’s hospitals to model 3 in order to relieve overcrowding and to reopen the emergency departments at these facilities....

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: That concludes our consideration of public petitions this afternoon. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal available at petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest or an issue of public policy. Do members wish to make any further comments under any other business?