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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: We may have referred to building control at one point but I will add it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: When the Senator referred to enforcement, was she also referring to planning enforcement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: I will let Deputy Cian O'Callaghan respond to that but we will first hear from Deputy Gould and Deputy Ó Broin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: I suggest that this will fall under No. 18 or No. 15. When we come to deciding where it will be in the work programme, we can finalise it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Does Deputy Cian O'Callaghan want to respond to this? If he likes, we can go through his headings and there may be answers within that discussion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: the Deputy is happy enough for us to go through the headings. The marine planning and development Bill will come to us pretty soon. I have included it and I believe we will get a briefing on it. A number of witnesses will probably come before the committee to discuss it. Is that agreed? Agreed. The establishment of a commission on housing is a commitment in the programme for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Higgins for reminding me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: I did mean to come to this. I will finish dealing with Deputy Cian O'Callaghan's topic and then I will come to Deputies Higgins and O'Donoghue to see whether what they have suggested has been missed or is slotted in somewhere. Is that okay? We will try to work them in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Does No. 19 covers Deputy Cian O'Callaghan's points?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Working from home has become an issue for a lot of people. Housing design and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Is it something we need to look at in terms of future housing design? Private open space, the management of public open space and a lot of issues like that have arisen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: That good permeability and linkage through other estates-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: -----creates desire lines to places people want to go to. We can have a separate session on that. Are we agreed on that? Okay. That can be No. 27. Do members want to give me wording for that? Should it be Covid in relation to housing design?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: We can finalise-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Deputy O'Callaghan made reference to enhanced long-term social housing leasing. Does he want to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: I had suggested that as following No. 3 from Deputy Ó Broin. We will split that. That may need to be split into two, three or four sections.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: What does Deputy O'Callaghan think?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: I will put it in there. When we have witnesses before the committee or go through a theme or subject, we need to ask ourselves what it is we want to ask and find out, and what direction we want to go in. I will add that into No. 9 provisionally. Construction costs and housing affordability is in No. 4. The review of implementation recommendations of the expert group review of Traveller...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Okay. I will move on as I am aware Deputy Higgins has to be somewhere shortly. Could we look at No. 16?