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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: 492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58083/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Regulations: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Does Deputy Ó Broin wish to respond to the Minister of State's remarks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Regulations: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: We will start with Deputy Ó Broin, followed by Deputies Higgins and McAuliffe. Anybody who-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Regulations: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I noted that. If anybody attending online raises their hand, I will bring them in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Regulations: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: The Minister of State has heard members' comments and he can take it that the committee endorses the regulations and supports the planning exemptions. It is absolutely necessary and right to do this. I ask him to take our thanks back to the staff both in his Department and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for their unprecedented efforts to deal with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (17 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has completed its consideration of the Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2022. Under Standing Order 100(2), the message is deemed to be the report of the committee. In accordance with Standing Order 75...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: We meet today as part of a series of meetings on the implementation of Housing for All. We have engaged with a number of local authorities, including in the Dublin area. We are today engaging with local authorities from the greater Dublin area. We have also engaged with local authorities from other cities. We are joined from Kildare County Council by Ms Sonya Kavanagh, chief executive,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Kavanagh and invite Ms Maguire to speak on behalf of Meath County Council.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Maguire. I acknowledge we sought and received submissions on this from Louth and Wicklow County Councils. We have therefore received submissions from the four greater Dublin area local authorities and these will be included in the report. I move to members. The slots are seven minutes for questions and answers. The first is a Fianna Fáil one and will be taken by Senator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Deputy Durkan. The next slot is the Independents but they may be occupied in the Seanad and the Dáil so I will move on to the next slot which is the Green Party slot and I will take that. I have questions for representatives from both of the local authorities. It is very helpful for us to engage with different local authorities from the ones we all have been used to where we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: It is not a new agency but we reconstituted it slightly last year. These things take time to settle in and bed in, as with the affordable housing schemes also. Does Mr. Lynch find that the LDA is approachable, for example with regard to that site, to say "How can we work together on this"? Is it at that stage yet in terms of how things are working?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: As an indicator to me, what would the council consider to be a large site and consider to be in LDA territory, and what would it consider a small site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I have a similar question to Kildare County Council representatives. How does the council interact with the LDA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: That is good to hear. I have some questions on cost rental and the figures. Considering that both councils here today are two local authorities that have seen massive population growth, and what could be considered a sprawl of Dublin pressure out into Meath and Kildare over the years and associated traffic congestion problems that go with this and the long commutes, I am interested in how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: When we get into the affordability question, does the cost per unit increase the higher one goes? Does the council see the three or four storey duplex as the ideal design?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I put the same question to Kildare County Council.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: I just have one minute left to speak. I will ask the question and perhaps the witnesses will come back with the answers in the next round. On the figures for cost rental, Meath had a figure of 151 on page 3 of its submission where it spoke about cost rental. The figure for affordable provision was 151 units over the period of the housing delivery action plan. It is anticipated that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: There were quite a number of questions there, Senator, but I will still have to keep you to seven minutes. If the witnesses wish to start on the questions, we can probably get back to the rest of the answers later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Thank you, Ms Aspell. I have to interrupt you there. We are up to nine minutes on that slot now. You did well to get through all those questions. I will move on to Deputy O'Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: Perhaps Ms Maguire will comment on the question about resources.