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Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Chairman of our committee, Deputy Matthews, not only for chairing the sessions that led to this report but also because it was, in fact, his proposition to the committee to do a dedicated series of public hearings and to produce this report, not only because it is an important matter for him but also because he knew it was also an issue of significant concern to ourselves. I...

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: We are listening intently.

Urban Regeneration Report: Motion (2 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank our guests for their presentations. It is important to say that we organised this hearing, which is one of two we have planned, because almost everybody on the committee shares the concern that all of our guests have raised today. We are all out and about and are talking to SME builders, buyers, materials suppliers and to our local authorities and in the past year in particular,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: From that information, what was the percentage increase not just in the hard costs but in all in-development costs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Obviously, that will bring to bear a huge pressure because, compared with the private sector, a 10% or 15% increase in construction costs will have a much bigger impact on public spending, which in turn will have a huge impact on meeting social and affordable targets if that filters in by the end of the year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that point, one of the problems with apartments is our 10 m restriction in respect of cross-laminated timber etc. Is it time we started having a conversation about changing those regulations? We see in other jurisdictions that where they can embrace the full range of new building technologies, they can get cost savings, but we are limited by that regulation, surely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I emphasise that the purpose of these sessions is to find solutions. There will be an outcome to this, in case our guests are wondering why they are sitting here answering our questions for two or three hours. Part of this is about us as a committee writing to the Minister to try to convey some of the urgency that all three organisations are outlining. I might make a couple of general...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I hope Mr. Taaffe realises he might have a defamation case against the accusation that he is working in the Custom House.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That would be a 10% increase in construction costs but a 5% increase on the all-in costs because of the harder half of the all-in costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I agree with Mr. Taaffe. He and I worked on an SDZ in south Dublin. I think it is a good one but it took two years. Is there a way of taking that principle and accelerating it, maybe by not doing them on such a grand scale or having options? Landowners are being told there is nothing they can do for two years while there is a public consultation process. They have to engage and design...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Would any of the witnesses like to comment on the point I made at the start? We were talking about a gap between affordability and viability. We are now talking about a different gap, and we have to be honest that it is between the market price and a higher all-in development cost. If one looks at the document that has been circulated to industry by the Housing Agency, it states what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will make a quick point and leave time for Deputies Gould and O’Callaghan. The short-term gains have to be on both the public and private sides. Regarding soft costs, developers’ margins and VAT are roughly the same quantum in terms of the impact on the overall cost of a private sector unit. The private sector would probably be smarter if it advocated for burden sharing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The witnesses are at our mercy for the next 60 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is this for cities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes. Go ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Ms Graham for the presentation. If we want to fix a problem, it is important to understand what the problem is. One of the great concerns a number of us in the committee have relates to the fact the premise of this review of the Planning and Development Act is starting from the wrong place. If we have a bit of discussion about that, it might help inform at least the working group...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 30: In page 28, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(4) Where the participation of an elector in an election or referendum is facilitated through their inclusion on the special voters list in the case of an illness or disability under section 17 of the Act of 1992, or under section 103 of the Act of 1992 as a result of an inability to vote without...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and will accept it so long as there is a clear commitment by the Government, and by the commission once it is established, to continue to review these matters. We need to make sure, whether it is in terms of assistance, the language of choice, an extension of postal proxy voting and so on, that there are no barriers put in people's way, unfairly or...