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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: Very good.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: That is good to hear. I am aware-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: If Mr. Curran does not mind, I have a follow-up question about over-the-shop accommodation if I have time. How many units have been delivered by both local authorities over the last number of years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: What about Dún Laoghaire?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: The local authority in my home, Waterford, has delivered 154 units, which is nearly 50% of the national total. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council received 45 applications, while Dublin City Council received 50 applications under the repair and lease scheme, but they were only able to bring two and three, respectively, to completion. Why is that the case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: These applications have been made.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: Mr. O'Reilly is saying that of the 50 applications made, only three were followed through on, and the other 47 went away of their own accord. There were not any other issues such as the council deeming the area to be unsuitable. Were there no issues in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: We are not in a position to turn down properties that come forward from the private sector.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: It is €60,000 per unit, so a property could contain multiple units, which makes this more attractive and more viable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: Has Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council had any issues with particular applications that have not been followed through on? Have there been issues with the locations of the property? Are there any such reasons for refusal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: I have two follow-up questions about delivery targets. Dublin City Council's targets for 2023 and 2024 are significantly below the target set by the Department. We have national targets but Dublin City Council has a large part to play in meeting those targets, given the volume of units to be delivered. Why are Dublin City Council's targets significantly below what the Department identified...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: I saw that. It is welcome.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: I appreciate that. My time is up. I might get a chance to speak in the third round.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: To follow on, it is right. The opportunity with the private residential sector, PRS, not activating its existing planning permissions is there. The impediment, as I see it, is that X + Y is equalling market rent and not that X + Y is equalling 25% discount on market rent. I understand the Land Development Agency is doing work on the possibility of some form of subsidy fitting in there so...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: And that would be particularly outside Dublin too. Regional cities, Cork, Dublin, Limerick and Waterford.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: To tease that out, as well as cost rental, Mr. O'Reilly mentioned going out and there being 44 expressions of interest but only one following through. Was it an issue of time when it went out on that or why was there such a low conversion rate? That is the key to understanding. I do not know whether Mr. O'Reilly has an answer for that but what did they say to explain why 44 said initially...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: That is what we are here for.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: It is a change from 40% to 60% at the moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: Starting with Mr. Keegan, nobody wants to deliver affordable homes that are out of people's reach. As a result, we have teased out one of the options regarding cost-rental and a potential subsidy that could reduce the rent levels being discussed in this context. On affordable purchase, what would Mr. Keegan suggest we could do to make these houses more affordable? There is, of course, cost...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
John Cummins: Mr. Keegan commented in this regard after knowing this €150,000 would be available. What more, therefore, can we do over and above this measure?