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- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I do not believe that is an actual requirement, but I will take another look at it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: No, we are fairly confident it will be. We work closely, obviously, with the local authorities most specifically impacted in that regard. We are confident the money will be spent. We are seeing an increase in momentum in terms of that type of expenditure. We are fairly confident it will be spent.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: A lot of this is just coming over to our Department. Before the responsibility is fully transferred, the Department of justice needs to complete its legislative work. It has the expertise, if you like. I took the view that if we suddenly brought everything across, it would lead to significant delays. The Department of justice, therefore, is completing its piece on the legislative side...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: The Department has been carrying out a review. I know that from when I was in that Department. It is going to carry out certain reforms. I will then look at the wider aspect of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 as well, because it needs to-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: In effect, what I want the Department of justice to do - and it will - is to finish out the legislative proposals it has. They are very specific proposals. A wider review is needed - I fully agree with the Deputy on that - and I will carry out that wider review. I will not wait for the legislation to be completed to do that. I took the view that to bring that legislation over to our...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I will set that out in the housing plan in a little bit more detail. The specific piece with justice is the Mulcreevy issue, I think. There is a specific legislative piece anyway. The responsibility for the review is with myself and I will do that. I am very much aware of the issues around it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: That is mostly in respect of the apartment defects in Dublin.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Every other county, too, but the largest number by far are in Dublin.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: We are working on it at the moment. The pathfinder projects are out there. There have been a few challenges around those.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I am not particularly happy about that, but I think we are getting pretty much there now on the pathfinder projects. It was useful to do the pathfinder projects because it brought up issues that were not anticipated. We will get a little bit further on that. In terms of legislation, we will complete the Bill. We are looking at that. I do not have a particular update but I will get one...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: That is my understanding, that no substantive funding has been drawn down.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I do not believe so but I will get the Deputy a definitive answer on that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I will let the Minister of State with responsibility for planning take that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Regarding defects, in terms of defective concrete blocks-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Is it specifically about the uplift or for the defective concrete blocks?
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: In terms of widening the-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: There is no intention to widen it outside of those who are currently entitled to it. The legislation will be going to pre-legislative scrutiny soon. I will talk to Deputy Ó Broin to see if he is satisfied with it. I do not want to anticipate. The uplift is in there and I am anxious to get that done as quickly as possible. We are looking at tweaks to the scheme too but not widening...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Regarding the waiver, I will need to talk to the Cathaoirleach of the committee as well.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I think everybody would be motivated to do it as quickly as possible anyway. I intend to have that done quite quickly. There are one or two little niche areas and I am meeting the Attorney General on Friday afternoon to iron them out.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I would expect that it would come this month. My intention was to have it by now, to be honest, but there are one or two small technical areas that come up that are giving legal headaches and that is why I called a meeting with the Attorney General for Friday afternoon to actually get it bottomed out. The retrospective aspect would be in terms of the actual bills incurred. That is how it...