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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I advise Members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in public meetings. Ireland faces many challenges in respect of delivery of housing such as addressing imbalances between supply and demand, streamlining the planning processes, improving construction productivity and ensuring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Just so members are aware, they have six minutes each for questions and answers, so I ask members to be specific with their questions and I ask the witnesses to try to be specific and sharp with the answers to give members an opportunity to ask as many as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I might let the witnesses from the LDA answer the specific question about treatment plants.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: We will move on. We might get a chance to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: No more questions. Once the Deputy has finished, I will move on to the next speaker. We have gone two and a half minutes over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I ask Mr. Whelan to be very brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: That is all of the speakers for the first round. I will go back around again but before doing so, I have a few questions. The first is for the Housing Agency. I invite its representatives to provide some background for the recommendation that was put forward for an RPZ system nationwide and then, basically, as is. It is my understanding that there were four different proposals on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Senator Maria McCormack is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I call Senator Mark Duffy, who is substituting for Senator P. J. Murphy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I will remind Members the two minutes is for questions and answers, not just questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: The Deputy was very well aware of it so there is one minute for answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank everybody. That concludes our consideration of matters today. I take the opportunity to thank the representatives of the Housing Agency and the LDA for giving their time and giving us an opportunity to consider their views, and to ask questions and get the pertinent answers. We look forward to working with them. We will no doubt meet again within a short period. As Chair, my view...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for ASD classrooms within the approval process for a school (details supplied); the projected timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32830/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 942. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the ongoing review of access to approved spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatments; if she is aware that approximately 20 adults continue to be excluded from treatment on the basis of having been over 18 years of age at the time of initial HSE approval; if she will outline the steps being taken to address this age-based...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (12 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 505. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of staffing levels at a care centre (details supplied) for the years 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; if she will outline the number and types of vacant posts currently within the centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31418/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: 506. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an updated position on the future of the physiotherapy service currently based at a location (details supplied); if she is aware that the service remains at risk due to the planned demolition of its existing premises and the absence of a confirmed alternative location; noting previous meetings and ongoing discussions regarding the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I want to highlight the excellent physio service we have at St. Joseph's care centre in Longford. Following a recent HIQA report, however, there were queries about the location of it with regard to the older persons who were in the care centre and who have had to move location on site. There are now fears among staff and the 4,000 people who attend that service in the care centre that the...