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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I cannot see how one would, and it would be difficult to, prove those three conditions. One would have to go through the sales process. I am trying to think this one through. If a landlord is saying he or she wants to evict more than ten tenancies at one time and is prevented from doing so because of the Tyrrelstown amendment, and the landlord wants to pursue it, the landlord has to claim...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I suspect they were happy to allow this legislation to go to Second Stage because were it removed, there would be a cleaning up and probably strengthening of the legislation. It kind of creates a question, does it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: It creates an uncertainty that can potentially be exploited and not necessarily to great advantage. It can, however, create a lot of upset and uncertainty for tenants in the meantime.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Does this not postdate any of those amendments that came in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: We did, absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: We have no problem-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I have also marked that as an issue. I support the thrust of the Bill; it is a great piece of work but on section 6, I do not see the merit in informing the Minister because he or she does not acquire properties. It could be strengthened by saying that where the site is admitted to the register, the local authority "shall" commence steps so the local authority is compelled to commence steps...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I understand the focus on having "an" office within the local authorities but now that there are at least vacant housing officers in each local authority, would they not be better positioned to help expedite the process? The town centre first people, from my experience, are good and they work to good values and aspirations but it is a much broader concept type of work, whereas vacant housing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Scrutiny of Homeless Prevention Bill 2020, Tenancy Protection Bill 2023 and Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: Private Members' Bills (14 Dec 2023)

Mary Fitzpatrick: What if we said something like they "shall commence the process of acquiring compulsorily" and bring forward a business case for its renovation and regeneration or allow the original owner to step in and do the same, with a given commitment within a timeframe. Compelling action is what we need.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Before I was appointed to the Seanad I was a city councillor. I was chair of a joint policing committee in Dublin Central and a founding director of the Cabra Community Policing Forum. I understand the importance of having good structures in place to deal with issues that arise in our communities around policing. I know the Minister shares the ambition we all have for safer communities. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Like other speakers, I am deeply disappointed that the Peter McVerry Trust, the DRHE and the Department have made themselves unavailable and have declined our constructive invitation for them to appear at a public session of the Oireachtas joint committee on housing. They would not have been appearing for our entertainment or solely for our information. This is a public forum where they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I was with the Cathaoirleach on the visit to the site in Shanganagh and I congratulate everybody at the LDA. It is great to see the progress. The quality of the build and the development is really impressive and hugely encouraging. It is exactly what we all imagined the LDA would be delivering when we passed the legislation. In terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I wonder if any of those stakeholders and those landowners have an appreciation of the pressures under which the Land Development Agency is trying to operate. The reality it that the agency has a plan here from 2024 to 2028. All the Opposition parties opposed the Land Development Agency legislation and if they are in power in 14 months after an election, they are likely to scrap the Land...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: I apologise that I came in at the tail end. I had to attend another committee. Is €300,000 for a three-bedroom home a cost that can be delivered in Dublin city at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: It is for a three-bedroom home in Dublin city, that is somewhere in Dublin 1, 3, 7 or 9, for example.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Is anybody delivering a three-bedroom home in any part of Dublin city for €300,000? The SCSI says it costs €470,000. The LDA is not aware of it being done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: It has indicated a cost of €470,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: Those costs determine the sales costs or the affordable cost-rental rents.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Fitzpatrick: That is what determines the cost Mr. Coleman mentioned earlier of €1,400 for a three-bedroom home in Citywest. I will not hold him to the exact amount. I appreciate there were varying amounts.