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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: Or the cycling and walking infrastructure should be the main priority while the road for the car is the bolt-on rather than the other way around, which is how it normally is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: With regard to BusConnects, everybody obviously wants to speed up the delivery. Everybody wants it done. It is the same with DART+ and lines to Kildare, Dundalk, Wicklow, etc. If we were to be able to go to the Minister, what measures would the NTA like to put in place to speed up the delivery of this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: It is a question of resourcing. As Mr. Lawlor said, that is one of the biggest blockages we have even in terms of decision-making or construction. I have a question for the Irish Planning Institute. The housing needs demand assessment is evidence based too. Local authorities determine what the housing need is, what that type of housing should be and then the planning process determines...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: When Mr. Lawlor refers to making it economic, what kind of measures is he talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: I kind of agree with a lot of what Mr. Lawlor has said. If we spend public money to invest and to encourage people to build compactly within these areas served by transport to meet these climate challenges, that is not just an investment in housing to try it make it more affordable, it is an investment in climate action. I firmly believe that. We give people very good grants to put private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: I think the Climate Change Advisory Council wrote to the Minister back in May.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: The biggest crises we face are climate and housing. This is where housing meets planning meets climate meets transport. All of these things need to be brought together and the Climate Change Advisory Council has not got a response yet from the Department. That perhaps shows us where the priorities lie in terms of dealing with climate and wondering why we are in the position that we are in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: Thank you. I have another 40 questions but I do not think it is fair to keep going. I thank the witnesses for their time. If anything occurs to them after this meeting and if they wish to furnish the committee with any thoughts or further expansion on any questions that we have asked, please do so. We will have the Minister before us next week and possibly the Environmental Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 20 September 2023, if he can provide a timeline for the completion of the Departmental review of inheritance tax implications for foster children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41717/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a permanent school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41659/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) that had been due to be in place in advance of the return to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41660/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: 512. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the average waiting list timeframe for adults for referral to specialist eating disorder services both at a national level and specifically for County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: 513. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for specialist support for adults with eating disorders; if funding was cut for the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders (NCPED) this year compared to previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41017/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: 514. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm if his Department or the HSE maintain a national statistical breakdown of the types of eating disorders that adults are presenting with (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41020/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (26 Sep 2023)

Steven Matthews: 516. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of rolling out the proposed National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders; the projected year on year cost of maintaining this service thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41022/23]

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: I have been listening to the debate from my office and we have all experienced many of the complaints and issues raised by Members across the House. One of the issues that really frustrates us as public representatives is the poor communication response we get. I am sure the people in the Bus Éireann office are overwhelmed and overrun with queries, complaints and issues. I know they...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding compulsory purchase order powers of local authorities for the provision of housing; how this is being facilitated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42755/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (4 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding can be provided to local authorities to support the installation of free public drinking fountains; if any related pathfinder projects are under review in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42988/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: I welcome everyone. Today the committee meets to discuss discrepancies in data collection in the private rental sector. We are joined by Mr. Cormac Halpin, senior statistician with responsibility for census outputs, and Mr. Kieran Culhane, senior statistician with responsibility for the statistical systems co-ordination unit, Central Statistics Office, CSO. They are very welcome and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (10 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Halpin. I now invite Mr. Byrne to make his opening statement on behalf of the RTB.