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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: We will finish the previous point. We will have time to come to Deputy O'Donoghue's section and we will do so next. We will work the additional submission from Senator Fitzpatrick into Nos. 3 and 9.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: We could look at it under No. 1 as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: We will move on. Have we finished with these points?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Deputy O'Donoghue has something under No. 17. We will go through that. This is the first time I have had sight of it. Can we have a little time to discuss it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Is that something to raise with the County and City Management Association? Prior to inviting that group in, or whoever will attend as witnesses for that session, this could be submitted to them to ensure they have some information on it. We will go with that. I will put that under No. 15.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: What if we do not have the people from the County and City Management Association in for two or three or four months? I do not know where it will be on the schedule but we may have gone through the flooding period by then. There is no flooding period in the sense that we can have flooding in summer as much as in winter. Is this something to feed into the winter readiness plan rather than...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: We can do that. Members may wish to make observations or submissions on the content of that letter. Deputy O'Donoghue is familiar with Limerick and the issues there but there may be other issues elsewhere. Deputy Murnane O'Connor has indicated. Does this matter affect her area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Deputy Ó Broin indicated that he wished to speak first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: I am going to go back to Deputy O'Donoghue on Senator Fitzpatrick's suggestion. I have no problem if we want to write and highlight-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: There will be an election. We will let the people decide whether they get a mayor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: I did not know where to put that one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Is Committee of Public Accounts already looking at this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Are members agreeable to the proposal that we have a separate category for this matter? Agreed. I will just take a note of that. That brings us up to No. 31. Does Senator Cummins wish to come in with something briefly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Financial accountability across local government will be No. 31.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: We have that down now to a list of 31 subcategories. I will finalise that list. Before we move on it is now 12.40 p.m. and we have approximately 20 minutes remaining. I will return now to the correspondence that we have received. One concerns the water abstraction Bill and the other is a request from Home for Good to attend the committee and make a submission as a witness. I believe...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: Yes, certainly. In the Deputy’s experience from previous committees, when the PLS has been completed, is this all done in one session?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: That is what I am wondering about. The Department witnesses have indicated their availability for the next meeting. We have already been circulated with the general scheme of the Bill. In terms of another online meeting with the NGOs or others, I do not know if we have sufficient time. If the Department is available to meet us next week on this, that will not provide us with enough time...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: I understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: We are into the recess at that stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2020)
Steven Matthews: That is where I am trying to go. The officials are available next week. Do we take them next week?