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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: It is a complex area. There are gaps in the data we have regarding landlords. The Residential Tenancies Board has put figures out for the number of tenancies in the country but of course that is a function of the landlord to register the tenancy. For the CSO figures, it is a function of the householder or the person occupying the house on the night of the census to figure out if they are a...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 18 and 19 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Does the Minister wish to speak to amendments Nos. 18 or 19 or will we just take them as agreed?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Through the Chair, please.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: The vote will reflect how people feel on this.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: I want to put the question now.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Amendment No. 21 is in the names of Deputies Ó Snodaigh and Ó Murchú.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Amendments Nos. 21 to 23, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Please do not specify, Deputy. I do not want to discuss any live cases.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: I do not think we will get to vote on this amendment, or on any of them, tonight but if the Minister wishes to respond we can recommence again in the morning.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister. We are going to adjourn now and we will recommence in the morning.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Please do.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (7 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Minister for his engagement today and all his officials for their assistance. I also thank members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: I welcome everyone to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. There are two meetings today. We will split the session into 90 minutes each. We are meeting today to discuss the defective block scheme regulations and a review of IS 465. In the first session, we are joined from the expert group by Mr. Paul Forde, chair, Mr. Martin Lynch, general manager of the Pyrite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Forde. I invite Mr. Owens to give his opening statement. I would appreciate it if he would keep his contribution as close to five minutes as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: I am afraid I must interrupt Mr. Owens as we are up to six minutes and I need to keep strictly to time. I call Ms Coulter from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, SCSI, and we can come back to the points we did not reach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: I am sorry to interrupt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: Ms Hone is eating into other people's time. If she wishes to do that, it is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: Okay. Go ahead Ms Hone, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Steven Matthews: I do not wish to cut Ms Hone short but I am trying to keep everybody to six minutes.