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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I will not bring in any new topics because I had listed 20 questions that we did not get through. We spoke about vacancy rates and voids and I want to figure out if there are any impediments or barriers that we as a committee could help remove to help to get those figures down even lower? I had heard on the grapevine that Garda checks are an issue sometimes and that they hold things up so...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Would others like to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I can imagine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I thank Ms Cleary. That makes sense.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Is Mr. O’Gorman referring to things like choice-based letting, CBL?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I agree. People, regardless of whether they pass the Garda check, are still going to be housed. This is a differentiating factor between approved housing bodies, AHBs, and local authorities. Do the witnesses have any comments on what Mr. Hannigan suggested about the UK valuation process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: That is interesting. Ms Cormican might keep us abreast of that if it is likely they may work together on it or if they come up with a joint recommendation. I would love if we could invite the witnesses back to the committee to discuss that in a bit more detail because it is quite a meaty topic that we will not necessarily get to the bottom of today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: What about the L51 and L52?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I appreciate that. I thank the witnesses for being here. I extend a special welcome to Mr. Hann, who is here in his new capacity. I congratulate him on his new role. It has been interesting to hear the update on the recruitment of drivers. It was only a month ago when Mr. Edwards sat here and told me that there was going to be additional drivers in the coming four weeks and that as a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: I would like to hear from Dublin Bus and the NTA about Newcastle and I would like to hear from the NTA regarding weekend train services, Uber and VRT. Before they do, though, I would like to make a final point. After the organisations' previous meeting with us, the National Bus and Rail Union, NBRU, contacted parliamentary representatives and stated in very clear language that it felt...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: How will Dublin Bus undertake its demand pattern review, how will we find out its results and how will we see them in action?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: That sounds fantastic. The people of Newcastle would be thrilled if we could get a more reliable and frequent bus service that met the area's demands. It does not seem too much of an expectation for people who live in the area to be able to get to and from school and work as promised. I appreciate the witnesses working with me on trying to make that happen. My question on the orbital...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: To be clear, the bridge would facilitate one bus. The issue is with buses passing one another on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Could we work with the local authority on trying to do something better in terms of traffic management?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: The loop would go over that bridge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: The issue with the bridge that was communicated to me through the NTA had to do with buses passing one another. It is not, though. It is any bus passing-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: It is late in the day to be deciding on that as this was looked at in 2016. In my submission in 2016, I pointed out that this bridge was going to be a major hurdle.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: Will Ms Graham update us about taxis?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Emer Higgins: On the regulated environment, in regard to looking at something innovative or even thinking of how many taxis are coming towards the end of their lifetime, how can we encourage more operators and get more vehicles on the road? I acknowledge there was an extension but to an extent, that is kicking the can down the road. Should we look at VRT to encourage people to become taxi drivers? Do we...