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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I have some questions before we move to the next round. The objective of this is to encourage development but it also brings a new focus on decisions by local authorities to apply a particular zoning. I am thinking about the mixed ownership Mr. Hogan spoke about in strategic development regeneration area, SDRA, type developments. Where an old industrial area, for example, a Dublin...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: What about the difference between a vacant or idle site and a vacant or derelict building?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: In those areas mentioned by Deputy Cian O'Callaghan where there is a degree of active land management but something might be required, we are essentially saying that if people continue to use their premises for commercial or industrial use, there is no levy or tax being applied to them in the context of trying to encourage them to put that to residential use. Is that fair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Under both.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: So not during the time when it might continue to operate as a business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It applies only at the point of redevelopment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Okay. I call Deputy Emer Higgins.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 is on Fourth Stage in the Seanad and, I hope, will be completed soon. It contains important amendments relating to the illegal use of scrambler bikes that will give crucial new powers to the Garda to limit such activity in our communities. Will the Taoiseach ensure the Government does everything it can to make sure that Bill is passed and signed into law...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (3 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 335. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to ban conversion therapy in Ireland; if he will provide an update on the research commissioned by his Department on capturing the views and experiences of people who have been subjected to conversion practices in Ireland; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank all the witnesses for their comprehensive opening statements. I represent Ballymun, Finglas, Glasnevin and Santry, so it is not our first rodeo when it comes to modular construction. The development of Ballymun involved panelling construction. The first modular, rapid-build homes were built in 2017 in Baile na Laochra in Ballymun. Therefore, we come with a bit more of a jaundiced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Is that a one-bedroom or a two-bedroom unit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: If you take the unit plus the serviced site and infrastructure costs, what is the final bill coming in at per unit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is difficult to get a final build cost for anything, but for traditional builds or timber-frame builds-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is interesting. Mr. O'Connor is suggesting that it comes in at a similar price.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: The Taoiseach was quoted as saying that he was disappointed that some of the timeframes do not seem like they can be delivered on. There was a batch due in November and another in January and February. The Taoiseach made his comments two weeks ago. Can the OPW give us an update on that aspect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: We want to learn from the process then. Mr. O'Connor is correct that the product can be dropped in, but the difficult bit comes before that. Mr. O'Connor is saying that some of them will be ready from two weeks from now. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: So the total turnaround side from the beginning-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: That is significantly shorter than a traditional build.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (2 May 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: On standards and the different levels of technology, as stated earlier, there were a number of sites, including Baile na Laochra, St. Helena's Drive, Cherry Orchard and Belcamp Lane. There were a number of sites identified. Some when ahead and others did not. Was there any investigation of how those units are now standing, what happened or what the length of time involved was? Some of...