Results 141-158 of 158 for speaker:Eileen Lynch

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: That is the sort of idea I am looking for in answer to my question. Will there be a role for the housing regulator? I am not sure if a mediation system would work here. It might be beyond mediation. We would need some means for the management company to reach out to the housing regulator to say it has a problem with collection but does not have a legal standing as an organisation to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: There is massive reluctance among management companies to go to court because of the expense and time and everything else involved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: There is also the issue of the relationship within the complex.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: Neighbours go to court against neighbours. That can lead to long-term relationship problems between neighbours.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: Where are we now on the development of the guidelines for the new housing regulator? How developed is that process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Multiple Unit Developments: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: Mr. Montague has been very clear in his answers. I thank him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for coming in and giving us these very clear explanations. I have three very simple questions that I will ask together. We are all very conscious of the connection between improved water quality and Ireland's request for the continued derogation. Is the Minister of State of the opinion that these measures, the agricultural measures for slurry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: My third question was on standards and their enforcement. For something that is exempt like this, who is overseeing that the construction is carried out to the necessary standard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Planning and Development (Exempted Development (Act of 2000)) Regulations 2025: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: Will farmers be required to have this additional slurry storage under the new nitrates rules?

Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: I thank the Minister of State for the detailed and concise way he has laid out the Bill to us. As Fine Gael spokesperson on housing in the Seanad, I must say I am fully supportive of the Bill. Currently, a cap of €12 billion on borrowing is applicable to the Housing Finance Agency. What we have here is a proposal to increase this by €1.5 billion to €13.5 billion. If...

Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (21 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: I will direct my first question to one of the lads here from Longford because a lot of the rural towns in Longford are similar to those in my own area in east Galway. My first question is on the CPO activation programme for over-the-shop units on main streets. Many of the towns in Galway like Gort, Loughrea, Ballinasloe, Clifden and Tuam were built with three or four storeys over the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: I suppose that is a carrot but if they do not accept the carrot, is there a stick? If they do not voluntarily go down the road of the vacant property grant, is the local authority then without the ability to forcibly activate the CPO activation programme if the ground level is in use?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: I thank Mr. Brannigan. My next question is for the departmental officials here. Going back again to the east Galway area, I am sure they will be familiar with the massive derelict eyesore that is the Shannon Oaks Hotel in Portumna. It is a huge site and has been derelict now for over 15 years since there was a fire on the site. It is hazardous. It is owned by developers and merely...

Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: Now.

Seanad: Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2025)

PJ Murphy: Now.