Results 201-220 of 9,065 for speaker:James Browne
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I will set that out in the housing plan in a little bit more detail. The specific piece with justice is the Mulcreevy issue, I think. There is a specific legislative piece anyway. The responsibility for the review is with myself and I will do that. I am very much aware of the issues around it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: That is mostly in respect of the apartment defects in Dublin.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Every other county, too, but the largest number by far are in Dublin.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: We are working on it at the moment. The pathfinder projects are out there. There have been a few challenges around those.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I am not particularly happy about that, but I think we are getting pretty much there now on the pathfinder projects. It was useful to do the pathfinder projects because it brought up issues that were not anticipated. We will get a little bit further on that. In terms of legislation, we will complete the Bill. We are looking at that. I do not have a particular update but I will get one...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: That is my understanding, that no substantive funding has been drawn down.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I do not believe so but I will get the Deputy a definitive answer on that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I will let the Minister of State with responsibility for planning take that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Regarding defects, in terms of defective concrete blocks-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Is it specifically about the uplift or for the defective concrete blocks?
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: In terms of widening the-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: There is no intention to widen it outside of those who are currently entitled to it. The legislation will be going to pre-legislative scrutiny soon. I will talk to Deputy Ó Broin to see if he is satisfied with it. I do not want to anticipate. The uplift is in there and I am anxious to get that done as quickly as possible. We are looking at tweaks to the scheme too but not widening...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Regarding the waiver, I will need to talk to the Cathaoirleach of the committee as well.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I think everybody would be motivated to do it as quickly as possible anyway. I intend to have that done quite quickly. There are one or two little niche areas and I am meeting the Attorney General on Friday afternoon to iron them out.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I would expect that it would come this month. My intention was to have it by now, to be honest, but there are one or two small technical areas that come up that are giving legal headaches and that is why I called a meeting with the Attorney General for Friday afternoon to actually get it bottomed out. The retrospective aspect would be in terms of the actual bills incurred. That is how it...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: No, if a person has already spent the money, it is backdated to March. We need to bottom out exactly what that will be. We can have that specific discussion as we get closer to it.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Regarding developer-led infrastructure around water and wastewater, we are having a lot of engagement with Uisce Éireann and the EPA. There are complications with it. Any proposals would need to be of a high standard because ultimately they would have to be taken over by Uisce Éireann, so they would have to meet its standards. We want to make sure those standards are clear for...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: There seem to be differing views on timber frames and what can be used. I was in Copenhagen for a couple of days due an event relating to the Danish Presidency. The housing crisis is now right across Europe. The minister for housing in Denmark highlighted that there is a very significant difference even between Stockholm and Copenhagen when it comes to how high apartments can be. This...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Absolutely. I appreciate that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: The total affordable purchase and vacancy figure is 4,100 units and the total for cost rental is 2,300 units. That gets us to the 6,400 units.