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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: If we all had a crystal ball it would make life an awful lot easier. In the context of population projections, net migration of 20,000 is predicted. In the development of the national planning framework we set a tighter population growth that was contained in the spatial strategy and there was greater headroom capacity in previous county development plans. Migration can swing from an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: Have any of them been established yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: In light of a hard Brexit, would every single product have to be recertified by a notifying authority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: It would have to rely on another body to certify it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: Whether there is a transition or a non-transition period, every single product that comes in with a CE marking will have to be recertified at some stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: The rules have not changed but they will have to go through-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: Ms Neary is from the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: They have not spoken yet. They will be in the next session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: Before we finish, I return to something Deputy Ó Broin mentioned. In the event of a hard Brexit, the economy will contract. At the same time we are talking about net immigration increasing, possibly above 20% because Ireland will be seen as attractive for people from the UK. This means we will be getting a double whammy. With a contracting economy, the fiscal space tightens and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: I thank the witnesses for attending today and for engaging with the committee. I propose we suspend to allow the next group of witnesses to take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: This session is examining the impact of Brexit on the housing market. In our second session today we will meet representatives of Property Industry Ireland. On behalf of the committee I wish to welcome Mr. Tom Phillips, Dr. David Duffy and Mr. Mark FitzGerald. I will set out the position on privilege for witnesses before we proceed further. I wish to draw your attention to the fact that by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: Mr. Tom Phillips said he has a good interaction with the Department and input into Rebuilding Ireland. How are the figures for the required delivery of housing so different then? The Department claims 25,000 units are needed while Property Industry Ireland claims 50,000 are needed in the short term, double the Department’s figure. Even at that, we are not getting anywhere close to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: What happens between the time land is zoned and a development is completed is key. If land was zoned and construction on it was immediate, the price inflation that currently occurs would probably not arise. Land is zoned and then flipped so many times that, by the time it is developed, the cost of a single housing unit on it has escalated significantly. The granting of planning permission...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Impact of Brexit on Ireland's Housing Market: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: We have drifted somewhat from the topic we are here to discuss, namely, the impact of Brexit on the housing market, which shows the level of interest of all present in trying to deal with the different scenarios involved in housing. I thank the witnesses for their attendance and engagement. The committee will publish its report in the near future.

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: I work with colleagues in this Chamber in a non-political manner to find practical and robust solutions to our housing crisis, which is still a national crisis affecting so many people. The essential solution is so easy as to be frustrating to so many people. We need a massive increase in the supply of houses, particularly publicly-owned housing, and affordable houses for sale. Increasing...

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: It was not Part V on its own-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: Deputy Ó Broin knows that we are fully supportive of this Bill. It is disappointing that when we introduced our Bill on this, the Minister gave a strong commitment that he would act on it immediately and we are still here today without a Bill from the Minister. There is consensus in the House that at the end of the day if the Government introduces a Bill it is more likely to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: We will resume our detailed scrutiny of the Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018. On behalf of the committee, I welcome from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Mr. Paul Dunne and Mr. Andrew Harkin, and from the Department of Education and Skills, Ms Donna Maguire, Ms Trudy Duffy and Mr. Philip Crosby. Before we start, I draw...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: We are finding it hard to pick up Mr. Dunne's comments on the mic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protections) Bill 2018: Discussion (22 Nov 2018)

Pat Casey: Yes.