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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is that from the Troy Studios loan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I commend Ms Curley on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am not asking for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: When does Ms Curley anticipate that the full 178 units will be back in use?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are there many voids coming back?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Obviously a remedial job is being done here. The funding that has come from the repayment of the Troy Studios loan is giving the facility to do that. In terms of the voids scheme and the funding, from the time a house become empty and is a void, what is the process for getting that back into action? Are there bottlenecks in that process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the process in getting the funding from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to do the works on the voids?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it fair to say that a house on average might cost about €20,000 or €25,000 which in modern day terms is not a huge amount of money? Of that the State is providing about €11,000 so the council itself funds at least a half of the capital cost, is that fair to say?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I do not think the public understands that. That provides a challenge to the local authorities. Is that a challenge?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The point I am trying to make is so that the committee can look at whether there is a way to catch up with the long-term voids. We have a housing problem. We need to get houses back into stock as quickly as possible. The last thing that should be an impediment at the moment is funding. I would ask the committee to take that up. The next point I want to take up is on the derelict houses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Chair. I have two very quick questions. Of the 388 houses, 145 have been sold. Am I wrong? Am I roughly correct in saying that about half of the derelict housing was put up for private sale? Would that be a fair approximation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: So that is roughly half. Would they go to first-time buyers on the open market?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In regard to the affordable housing schemes, 25 affordable houses went up in Castletroy. That was well received where I live. How have those schemes been going? Is there a buy-in from builders in regard to going for these type of schemes? Is there something on the funding side that we are missing to ensure that they will come more towards the affordable housing purchase scheme? That is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Finally, in regard to the number of people, first-time buyers, who came forward and want to avail of affordable housing, what take-up has been received from the call put out to consumers, to first-time buyers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: He did not have 20 colleagues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What were the unforeseen issues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Grimes can take it from me that they want it before Christmas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In November.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: 3 o’clock The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss the provision of bus services in the Dublin area. We are joined by representatives from the National Transport Authority, NTA, Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland. I welcome them and thank them for agreeing to appear before the committee. This as an important session. It involves significant public information. It affects not...