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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: Apologies have been received from Deputies Casey, Ó Broin and O'Dowd. Deputy Ó Broin is delayed at another meeting and will be replaced by Deptuy Ellis until he arrives, and Deputy O'Dowd is chairing another meeting. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording service, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that for the duration of their meeting their mobile phones are turned off completely or are switched to airplane, safe or flight mode, depending on their device. It is not sufficient to put one's phone on silent mode as this will maintain a level of interference with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: I thank Ms Bryce. I invite Ms Myler, director general of the Society of Chartered Suveyors Ireland to make her opening statement

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: If Deputy Boyd Barrett will allow it, I will take Deputy Ó Broin's questions because he has parliamentary questions tabled for oral reply. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: I hope the Deputy's sister is not watching because she might be very disappointed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: The door might be locked when the Deputy goes back up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: That is fine. I have a number of questions before I call on Senator Murnane O'Connor. Following the establishment of the framework, how much time will be saved in the overall process, if planning and procurement are being streamlined as much as possible? Can we presume that inflation is still included in any tender document? I get very nervous when I hear witnesses saying that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: Where is the Senator getting the figures from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: Okay. We are not talking about the housing assistance payment now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: Sisk Living delivered a site at George's Place in Dún Laoghaire. The project, consisting of two-bedroom houses, has won awards and they are beautiful houses. They came in at approximately €180,000. There is another phase to go on the site. The site is surrounded by apartment blocks of four or five storeys so it seems the State did not maximise the potential of the site. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: The witnesses are not from the Department so they do not need to answer questions on its behalf. The report the Senator referred to was one from yesterday indicating we have enough family homes and that smaller units are required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: I will allow Deputy Boyd Barrett to speak for 30 seconds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: Deputy Boyd Barrett asked Ms Bryce if the National Development Finance Agency was looking at any Part V projects.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: I will make a comment on that. The State has land in that area and I agree in part with what Deputy Boyd Barrett is saying. We need to move on the land that we have right now, which we are not doing in many cases. Rather than moving further down the road, we need to work with what we have now and keep adding to it. Those sites will come on-stream soon enough. We should focus on building...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: I am asking the same question from a different point of view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: As Chair, I am also a committee member and I am entitled to ask the same questions as the Deputy. On both sides of the coin we all want the homes as an end result. My view is slightly different. Do the witnesses have a view on that matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: On behalf of the committee, I thank all our witnesses for attending and for the information they continue to supply. Some are repeat attendees. If there is any further information they want us to have, we would appreciate if they would send it on to us. I know we have delayed our witnesses this morning and gone well over time. It is a crucial part of this committee's work, so we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: On behalf of the joint committee, I welcome from the Irish Council for Social Housing, ICSH, Dr. Donal McManus and Mr. Sean O'Connor. I also welcome Dr. Rory Hearne from NUI Maynooth. By virtue by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence given to the committee. However, if they are directed by it to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: I call on Dr. Hearne to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Financing of Social Housing: Discussion (14 Nov 2018)

Maria Bailey: Will the Deputy, please, move on to his question?