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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: To follow on from my last point, is there a reason Galway City Council did not take the lead Cork took? I would be critical of my local authority for the same thing. Galway City Council is still developing the model but the legislation was published 12 months ago. Is there a reason Galway City Council did not do what Cork did and move ahead of the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: That is very welcome. Where are things with the affordable element of the Clybaun Road site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Has that stage 1 been submitted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Excellent. Has stage 1 been submitted for Ballyburke?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There was some delay on the Garraí Beag site. There were to be 58 social housing units there. There was a change of developer. Where are things on that site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Ms Philbin in a position, in a public forum, to go into the reasons for that switch?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: That is a fair answer. Is there likely to be an increased cost to the overall delivery of the project as a result of switching tenders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Very good. I thank Ms Philbin. I did not want to turn the Oireachtas committee into an area committee, but that information is important. We are trying to see how local authorities are implementing Housing for All. Two years ago, much of the legislation, the multi-annual plan, the budget and so on just were not there. It is impressive to see local authorities respond to that. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The Dublin figures are not disproportionate then. We are getting similar figures for Dublin. Is that for both social and affordable purchase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Do the local authorities have a significant amount of land that they are using for these projects?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: That would knock a big hole in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The council will have to cost that into the final price.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: In the context of the affordable housing fund, certainly for affordable purchase, it is basically cost minus the amount that can be drawn down from the affordable purchase. If, therefore, a house is brought in at €350,000 or €400,000, do you get €50,000 at the moment off the local authority-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It could be between €275,000 and €325,000, then, for affordable purchase.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I appreciate that. I thank the witnesses.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I thank the witnesses for being with us. On 26 August, Mr. Griffin wrote to the committee regarding the retrofitting programme, the targets and some of the changes in the funding of those. I ask him to help us untangle the carbon revenue levy account, the energy efficiency national account, the climate action account and the movement of funds between those accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: On what date was that approved?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I wish to confirm that was moved into the EENF.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Okay. Mr. Griffin mentioned the better energy warmer homes schemes, which is incredibly popular. It is so popular that in Mr. Griffin’s correspondence he alluded to the fact that there is a delay of over 27 months in people being able to access that scheme. To get to the bottom of that, has Mr. Griffin given consideration to why those waiting times are there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Griffin believes the waiting time for the better energy warmer homes scheme is now ten months.