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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Therefore, 154 is what has been delivered. In terms of derelict site properties, I think I am right in saying that the council had identified 77 properties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: In terms of vacant sites or derelict properties, the council is obliged to keep a register. Are any of those properties or sites in the ownership of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council? If so, how many?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: The council is doing a great job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will move on. I live in Dún Laoghaire and I am very aware of that area, although I am not taking anyone on a trip of the geography of Dún Laoghaire. I would be very familiar with properties that are empty and that are in the ownership of the council and, indeed, I walked around outside a few of them recently. The council has empty properties in the town of Dún Laoghaire....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: With regard to the council’s register or inventory of properties, is Mr. Curran confident that is up to date? As chief executive, is he fully aware of the properties in the ownership of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, or as much as he can be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Can Mr. Curran confirm if the council is currently purchasing or competing in the open market for properties? Someone suggested to me that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council had recently purchased a house for in excess of €600,000 in the town. I do not know if that is correct and I am asking Mr. Curran. Is the council competing at that level, in around the €400,000 to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: The council has not purchased a house in the last 12 months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: This is not about the specifics. It is that the council is in the market. It is purchasing houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Okay, there were certain circumstances. I appreciate that. Mr. Curran said that if he were to make an ask, it is to have more residential zoned land in the county, and I know it is a tight county. How much land is in the ownership of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and how much of that land is zoned residential?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: The detail I want here today is how many hectares are zoned residential versus the hectares of land within the ownership of the council.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I do not want to take up too much time. The council might provide the committee with those figures. It was an issue that Mr. Curran himself raised in terms of the zoned land within Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. I think it would be helpful. I would like to know that about every local authority but, as the witnesses are here today, I ask them to provide the committee with an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: An overview would be helpful to get an understanding of how much land the council has that is zoned residential.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Thank you very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Would someone else like to contribute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I want to make a few concluding points. First, I want to acknowledge the Chair, who has made the meeting happen. He is absolutely committed to this and I say that genuinely to the witnesses here today. In the programme for Government, they talk about an amazing commitment to the horticultural sector and to growing the sector. We will have a major Food Wise conference in Dublin Castle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the witnesses. I have worked in horticulture myself. I have worked in amenity horticulture, nursery stock production, forestry and the mushroom sector. I also worked in the tomato and soft-fruit sectors. Therefore, I am fully aware of and knowledgeable about the significance and importance of growing media. I am particularly knowledgeable about peat. There is a common thread...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister, Deputy McEntee. I apologise that the clock was out by two minutes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: No, we have a problem with the clock.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic Violence (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Senator O'Loughlin has one minute to reply.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Finola Cassidy to the Visitors Gallery. She is very welcome. I know she is an amazing champion. I commend the Senator on raising this issue. I welcome the Minister. The Senator has four minutes to set out his Commencement matter.