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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The Chair can let him go on forever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I suppose the point Deputy Casey is making is that the State owns land and is then buying it back from itself for an inflated price.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: A market price which, if one is buying land in Dublin right now, most people would say is approximately 35% above what it should be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: That is the point but we could talk about that all day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: That is it. Ms Hegarty mentioned the northern commuter belt. The northern commuter line, including at Skerries, is operating over-capacity. Where there is no investment in capital infrastructure for a sustained period and no new interconnector in the city, and where rail capacity cannot be increased to get people into the city, it presents an issue in that an increasing number of people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Absolutely. Land management. I agree.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (16 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of secondary school places in Rush, County Dublin, in which over 100 students are on a waiting list for a school (details supplied); the steps he is taking to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42420/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank all the witnesses for their presentations. I am sorry I missed the start of them but I read the opening statements in advance of the meeting. To provide some context, this is the fourth meeting we have had on this legislation. My colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, has covered a number of issues. In saying that members have concerns, I am not being obstructionist in any way. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: There was also the land cost issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: On the extra layer, I am saying this as a Fingallian and someone who is from Fingal. We have to accept the local authorities are genuinely trying to deliver social housing but they have not been given the go-ahead to deliver affordable housing yet. Does Ms Myler see the LDA in this guise actually taking that over from the local authorities or does she see both doing it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Will Ms Myler send us the information?

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: First Stage (22 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000 to provide for a specific percentage of lands in a private development to be limited for purchase by first-time buyers and to provide for related matters. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The purpose of this Bill is to prevent the so-called cuckoo funds from crowding out...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: First Stage (22 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (22 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a school place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43014/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (22 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied) which may have wider consequences for the Irish pension landscape, in particular defined benefit pensions; the position of her Department on this legal opinion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (22 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports he plans to launch to assist households with additional costs arising from new building regulations on BER ratings for extensions and renovations in homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43550/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the witnesses for their presentations, which I have read. I apologise for my absence but I had to attend another meeting for a short time. Some colleagues mentioned the work done by Killian Woods for The Sunday Business Postand also the academic report, De-democratising the Irish Planning System. Is it fair to say that PII and the builders it represents had unprecedented access to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I will conclude now. We do not believe that this process has worked as intended. It has not brought about the requisite increase in the number of homes built, and what we have given up is communities having a real say in the planning process on the ground. That is why this review is useful. I remain to be convinced, so if witnesses want to rebut what I have said, that is fine. Fianna...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: On each application-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Development Review: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: -----instead of having a planning meeting, to which they can call files. They are part-time, public representatives and I am not sure they can go thorough each individual application.