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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: We will return to it. I would like to hear more on it and I do not want to rush the witnesses. Although that slot has finished, I assure Senator Fitzpatrick that we will return to the practical examples later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: I will take the next slot. I will expand on that line of questioning and ask about the practical applications of this. Many people will wonder how a referendum on housing is going to affect them or whether they want a house. They will also consider whether they are concerned about private property rights. The matter can be broken down in that way. What barriers or impediments are there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: Will Ms Kelly-Desmond give a practical example of that chilling effect in an area of housing we are familiar with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: I am sorry to keep interrupting but this is important. Were those Private Members' Bills?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: I have other questions, but I see Professor O'Cinneide nodding in agreement with what Mr. Stanley said. Does he wish to expand on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: I will return to the Home for Good representatives very briefly. They may not have to answer but they can come back to me on the next round. When they were before the committee previously, we referred the wording they suggested to the Department and asked for engagement on it. Have they had engagement on it, or any sense of how that wording is being received or considered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: The Deputy might put that suggestion in writing. I do not have any problem with the committee engaging with the commission on this and getting further information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: Very briefly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Senator. Deputy Ó Broin is taking the second Sinn Féin slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: Okay. I thank Deputy Ó Broin. We go now to Deputy McAuliffe.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 1 February 2022, if a review of the existing school bus allocation system has been completed; if she is conscious of the need to increase flexibility in ticket allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34290/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Fáilte Ireland was tasked with the design and implementation of a short-term lettings registration system; if the basis of this decision will be outlined; if any other agencies were considered to carry out this work, including his Department or an official housing body; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: Will that include cyclists and pedestrians?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: I will take the last hour if the Chair does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank the witnesses for attending. I echo what others have said, and thank them for the work they do in trying to improve road safety and in the context of all their other tasks. It is quite a balancing act for the Garda to deal with all the crime issues as well as to deal with road safety. I know it is a constant battle, and we appreciate all they do. In dealing with road safety, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: How many cyclists have been struck by a vehicle this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: But An Garda Síochána could provide it because it is recorded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: Any time a cyclist ends up in hospital because of a collision or a near miss in which he or she, having taken corrective action, fell off the bike and sustained an injury, is that reported to the Garda? Where is that information held?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: Could Ms Burns tell me the different areas from where that information is pulled, such as hospitals and Garda records? Are there any other data sources?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy 2021-30: Discussion (30 Jun 2022)

Steven Matthews: Is that only Garda information?