Results 2,601-2,620 of 5,626 for speaker:Thomas Gould
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: In relation to getting the funding from the Department, should the local authorities have the ability to do the work and then claim the money back? We are looking at a length of time here of 48 weeks and 39 weeks. Is there a delay in the Department allocating the money to the witnesses' local authorities that slows them down or are they okay with the situation? I ask this question because...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Is there a planned maintenance programme in County Kildare?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: This would include windows and doors, as well as energy efficiency.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: It is the same in County Meath.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Returning to the subject of affordable housing, and I am sorry I missed earlier contributions because I was in the Chamber and in a meeting, what price are the two local authorities hoping to sell their two- and three-bedroom affordable units for?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Are those the maximum levels?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Has Mr. Lynch any idea of the prices of cost-rental units in Meath County Council?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: How much are those cost-rental units?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: I ask for a note on that. I would like to make a comparison across all the local authorities. How many people are added to the local authority housing lists each year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: The reason I ask that is if local authorities expect 700 or 900 new applications to be added to the list each year, the targets they have been set mean that, in 2026, the housing crisis will be worse in both local authorities. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: I have an issue with the Government targets. I think they are too low. Every local authority official who appears before the committee states they are meeting the targets but the housing emergency is getting worse every day. How can they meet every target yet the housing crisis continues to get worse? The only explanation is that the targets are too low. If we are looking at the addition...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: That is a total of 5,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: The figure is 2,416. If 700 people are added to the list each year, and I am just taking that as an approximate figure, that is 2,800 so we will be 400 worse off. This is no criticism of the local authority. My criticism is that the Government targets are too low.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Yes. What about Meath County Council?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: To clarify this point, Meath County Council's figure is 1,969 between 2020 and 2026. Is that figure correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: Yes, including them all. My issue is that even if the figure is rounded off at 2,000, if 900 new applications are added to the list every year, those targets do not meet the need.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: To finish, I thank-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)
Thomas Gould: I know great work is being done in both local authorities. We see that from their submissions. I thank them for that. It is not a criticism of them but we are looking at the crisis and we need to come up with solutions.