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- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Now.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Now.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Motion for Earlier Signature (27 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I move: That pursuant to subsection 2° of section 2 of Article 25 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann concurs with the Government in a request to the President to sign the Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022 on a date which is earlier than the fifth day after the date on which the Bill shall have been presented to him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: That is great. The timescale is until 2026. What is the timescale for the 477 on the council's own land?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: They will all be delivered on local authority lands.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It may not be possible to give the exact price but can we have an idea of what the target affordable price will be for these homes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I want to ask about housing for older people and age-friendly homes. What is the distinction between universal design and age-friendly homes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: What about age-friendly homes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: The first part of the question was on whether age-friendly homes are delivered as unique senior citizens' developments or whether they are homes dedicated to senior citizens within mixed complexes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, their statements and for all of the work they and everyone in the local authorities in Galway and Cork city do. I will begin with Galway and I want to focus on the affordability issue. The housing crisis has two main characteristics, which are supply and affordability. I am told that affordability in Galway is even worse than in Dublin...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: With regard to the affordable cost rental, will Galway City Council be able to achieve the target of a minimum of 25% below market price?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Does the council deliver age-friendly home as unique senior citizen developments? Dublin City Council operates a financial contribution scheme for senior citizens who own their own homes and no longer want to stay in them. They can sell them back to the council and in return for making a financial contribution they are provided with fit-for-purpose senior citizens' housing. They also get a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses for coming in and I thank everyone who works in both of the county councils. They are challenging environments. They are to be commended on their great achievements over recent years. It is welcome to see that, combined between both councils, between social and affordable homes, we are up around 12,000 homes. That is ambitious and welcome, and it will go a long way to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It adds?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Does Ms Farrelly have any idea of how much of a delay is added? If a year is being allowed for planning in the project plan, but when there are objections, it is appealed to An Bord Pleanála and it is then pushed to a judicial review, how much extra time has to be added beyond the year that has already been built in to the project plan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Okay, so we could actually talking about three years just in planning?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Is that the same experience, time-wise, when it comes to planning in south County Dublin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: You would not notice it passing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Yes, and all the time people are in emergency accommodation. I come back to Fingal on my questions on homelessness. How many emergency homeless accommodations are provided for within Fingal County Council?