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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: I have no doubt it will be a recommendation from Senator Cummins as he regularly raises the matter. I would tend to agree with him on it. On the questions that are asked, which the witnesses do not have time to answer, I ask that they would provide a written response.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: Is the question directed to TU Dublin or Ms Vallone?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: I am sorry. As that has been eight minutes I must move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: If I can jump in at the end of Deputy's slot, I have a query for Ms Graham on that point. On working with the Department of Finance on that, taxation is obviously its remit but could she give us an indication of when she thinks we will have that collaboration between both Departments and have that tax in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Graham.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: I must interrupt Mr. Hogan because of time. I might suggest the committee goes on a European tour and investigates all those things he is looking at.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: I am sorry to interrupt Mr. Reynolds. It is a very important point, but we are up to nine minutes on that and I have to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: I have no doubt that we will come back to that point. I will move on to the second Fine Gael slot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: We have about three minutes left in this slot. We can come back to Deputy Higgins's questions. Mr. Reynolds, do you wish to go first?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: Ms Vallone, do you wish to give your three-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: We are just up to eight and a half minutes in this slot, so I am sorry, Deputy Higgins, but I have to move on. We can come back to those questions if we have time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: Is that question for Ms Graham?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: There is about a minute left if Ms Graham wants to answer that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: We move to the Fianna Fáil slot. Is Deputy McAuliffe taking this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: Next is the second Green Party slot and I will take it. My first question is for Ms Vallone. If there is no county architect, who brings the visions and plans together to give that leadership? Do you know how many local authorities do not have a county architect?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: If the local authority does not have a county architect, or a civic architect as you call it, who does the responsibility fall to or does anybody take on that role?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: I mean no disrespect to engineers because they build fantastic bridges and roads and make fantastic designs, but sometimes they lack the ability to conduct the ideas and that is very important in planning. One of the recommendations I will put forward is a county architect for every local authority. In some cases if local authorities need to share a county architect, that might be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: I am sorry to interrupt Mr. Reid, but I have to be tight with my time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: However, I agree with you. We were talking about a European model. In many European models there is high-density town living but there are also very good managed civic squares and places, be it the municipal authority or whoever that manages them. My final question is for Mr. Reynolds and it is about dereliction. Do he think the definition of dereliction is too vague? We describe the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)
Steven Matthews: Thank you. Deputy McAuliffe will speak next and then we will go into the third round. Members should indicate if they wish to speak on the third round.