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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for taking time from their busy schedules. I have a frustration in this regard. This committee has constantly been discussing dereliction and vacancy now for six years. The last Government's housing plan had a dedicated section and a whole pillar on vacancy and very ambitious targets, all of which were missed. We have discussed these issues for three years and I do...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: On that point, when we had a similar problem with the affordable housing fund, Ms Timmons will remember there was a nine-month gap in many instances between the agreement being reached with the pillar banks, BPFI and the Department and drawdown. In my own constituency affordable homes were left vacant for nine months. As we need to ensure we do not have another nine-month delay, any extra...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Will Ms Timmons go through the figures a little more slowly if she does not mind?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Even for us here, 291 properties under repair and lease form 2019 to 2022.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Over the same period?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Over the same period?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Do we know, for example, with the refurbishment grant how many approvals and drawdowns there have been?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Over what period?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: And the remainder?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Where will the rest of those come after the 400 CPOs in the 4,000 activation target across all of the other measures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Of that 4,000, of the seven delivery streams I just outlined, how many of those are expected to deliver those 4,000, or is it across all seven?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Will Ms Timmons just go through those?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: That is right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Those figures are very helpful and publishing them quarterly is very good. Drawdowns are equally important because it is a little bit like the local authority mortgages. Figures for applications and approvals are published but not necessarily for drawdowns and it is really drawdowns that matter, particularly if there is a delay on the banking side. Do we have figures for drawdowns for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Will that be included in the quarterly figures as they are published?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: Perfect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: I have two final questions, one for Ms Timmons and one for Mr. Kehoe. It is about data. One of the big debates is about how many vacant properties we actually have that are appropriate. How close are we to having aggregated data on vacancy, a little bit like they have in Scotland, that give us clarity in terms of what is actually available for potential residential use?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)
Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise for cutting across. My question is a different one which is, in a recommendation the committee made to the Department in a previous report we advocated the model Scotland has where they actually have a topology where they break vacancy up, so it is very clear. There might be X number of vacant properties in a local electoral area but only a portion of those are actually the kind...