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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review of Part B of the building regulations and related technical guidance documents. [23333/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the tenant-in-situ scheme for both social and cost rental tenants, including information on the total number of applications for the scheme, applications rejected and applications being processed; and number of homes bought or with offers made. [23334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on funding being provided to local authorities to cover the anticipated costs of moving to a single water utility. [23332/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 173. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delays being caused to social housing developments funded via SHIP, CALF and CAS arising from delays in his Department approving revised cost estimated caused by construction sector inflation. [23335/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Ms Farrelly for her presentation. It raises some important questions that did not come up in our two previous meetings. That is really useful. I agree with the Chair that it would be good for the committee to write formally to the Department on foot those ten points for clarification and ask for a written response. We can then share it with the CCMA. That would benefit all of us....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perhaps one of our guests could come back to me on the question of the four valuations so I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank Ms Farrelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Having been through a full SDZ in Clonburris and the tail end of an SDZ and an SDZ amendment in Adamstown, I like that plan-led approach, although I appreciate the clunky nature of them. In some senses, if the UDZ goes through as outlined, with all of the benefits and flexibilities Ms Scully is proposing, it is hard to see how any local authority would use an SDZ process, given the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I broadly share Ms Scully's assessment. Specifically within Dublin city, and this applies more to those in the city than those of us in the county, there is obviously the whole issue of smaller brownfield sites that could facilitate significant compact growth and mixed use. Does Ms Scully think that, as currently framed, the tool of the UDZ could be applied or do we need some kind of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I think it would be a very short answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am with Ms Igoe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Those two latter valuations are for the purposes of establishing the Part V discount.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is about the interaction and resourcing of those four valuations. That is perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: As long as Ms Scully does not call us Senators-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will make two comments and then I have another five questions, apologies. The first may be more for the committee’s report on this. It is not an enviable position to only have a real conversation about resourcing after the Bill has passed. I know that is not Ms Farrelly’s fault but it is almost too late at this stage. It may be valuable for us to say that when legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: On that, I know there is a certain diplomacy in terms of what the CCMA can say to us, given that it will be in negotiations with the Department. I will make one general point, however. In the context of pre-legislative scrutiny, our job is to comment on the general scheme. The more clarity the committee has on what those staffing requirements might be, the stronger the recommendations in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: LVS does and UDZ does not. That is interesting. Well spotted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: On the issue around implications for unserviced land and the intertwining of the sharing and the RZLT and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have one final question in respect of a clarification of the clarifications, if that makes sense. The first one goes back to a point raised at the start on whether the valuation date is established at the point of rezoning or the creation of the development plan. Simpletons like me would not have noticed a difference between those two things. Ultimately, the zoning is when the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Ms Scully’s query is that, notwithstanding the fact that the legislation stipulates that the valuation would take place at the adoption of the last development plan, if there some material alternation to that development plan at a future point in time-----