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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister for his comments. Can he clarify if he is accepting amendment No. 86?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: My thanks to the Minister for clarifying that and for effectively accepting both amendments. There is another point following from the discussion last week and from what Deputy Gould was saying about segregation. We are seeing some new developments under Part 5 designed in a segregated way. There is a relatively new development in the Minister's constituency that I am aware of. The...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I do not wish to name the development.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I will. To be fair to the residents in the development I do not wish to name it, but I will tell the Minister. It is in the southern end of the constituency. That sort of design - which I gather is done by the developers - should not be acceptable and needs to be challenged.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I move amendment No. 39: In page 9, to delete lines 4 to 7.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I wish to move amendments Nos. 39 and 90, and Deputy Pringle asked me to move amendment No. 93 in his name.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The amendment is in this grouping. That is why I was-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Should I address amendment No. 93 now or later on?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Regarding amendments Nos. 39 and 90, Deputy Ó Broin has put forward quite well the case as to how if public land is ceded to private developers, it increases its cost. The latter means that fewer people can access housing that is affordable for either rent or purchase and that obviously locks them out in terms of affordability. It also creates a housing supply issue because if we rely...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: On Deputy Pringle's amendment No. 93, the Minister's response was that there is a requirement for ministerial consent for homes to be sold on. While that is better than not having a ministerial safeguard, it is not a safeguard in terms of investment funds. It is the case that the Minister has been a strong backer of several projects of housing being built on public lands where the sites...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: Amendment No. 220 calls for a definition of affordability that is not based on a price just below the prevailing market price or rent but based on the income of the purchaser or tenant. I fear, in respect of rents and prices just below the market value, that affordability would be defined based on small discounts on the full market price. Deputy Boyd Barrett is entirely correct in stating...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The issue I have with the Minister's response regards alignment with the Affordable Housing Bill. That Bill does not define "affordability" in terms of income and ability to pay. Instead, it re-envisages affordable housing as a percentage discount off a full market price for a home or rent. The fundamental issue is we have to have housing available that is affordable, not something that is...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am speaking to my amendment No. 224. I agree with Deputy Boyd Barrett. I will be supporting his amendment and I hope it passes. These references should be taken out. If his amendment does not pass, the one I am proposing should be considered. It says that, in terms of setting a price, the Minister shall have regard to income, ability to pay and affordability. It is quite incredible...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Issues (27 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider prohibiting the use of funds allocated through the Irish Strategic Investment Fund and Home Building Finance Ireland for the construction of homes that are then sold onto investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29002/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (27 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to improve regulation of short-term lets that are under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (27 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any independent analysis of the cost of home building in Ireland has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28998/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (27 May 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans that are under consideration to tackle vacancies in the housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29000/21]