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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I suggest that witnesses send in written answers to questions if we do not get time to answer them. I am sure we will get time to broach those subjects, Senator Boyhan. They are important. I am just tied by time. I ask Ms Teehan to address just the question about the Government's national unit dealing with collaborative town centre health checks. We can come back to the other issues. Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: Thank you, Ms Teehan. There will be time at the end of the meeting. We will get into a second round and we can come back to all those questions. If every member turns up, I need to stick to seven-minute slots; if not everybody turns up, we can have longer. I will take the fourth slot, which is a Green Party slot. I will set a timer for myself to be fair. I have a question for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: My next question is for TU Dublin. Is there enough emphasis in local level planning to indicate clearly where the active travel routes should be? There should be a clear indication as to where the active travel route should be and the desired location, wherever it might be. Does this happen enough at local level? We end up in conflict situations when we try to retrofit these active travel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Rock. I will just make a comment before I move on. A lot of what we are talking about here is actually climate action as well, insofar as it involves reducing emissions from transport and having the town close to work, close to recreation and close to schools. Active travel, which Mr. Donovan mentioned, also brings about emissions reduction. I will move on to the Social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: There is a minute left. Does the NESC wish to come back in on that question on transport-oriented and the development of roads? This is more about public transport links than road links, which would be my understanding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. FitzGerald. I will move on now to the second Sinn Féin slot with, I believe, Deputy Ó Broin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I apologise as I did not see him since I have limited vision on the screen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: Dr. D'Arcy has her hand raised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. Rock and I am sorry to interrupt her. I am aware that it is an important aspect. At the very start of Covid mobility, there was a focus on making sure accessibility was maintained where we were losing it with tables and chairs. We had to make sure we had footpath space left for people who needed that accessibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: Mr. O'Connor indicated with his hand on the population question and alternative use.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Flaherty has indicated a wish for Mr. Donovan to comment and I will bring Mr. Donovan in as part of the next round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: Each slot is only seven minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I forgot to tell the Deputy that there are seven minutes in each slot and to leave time for witnesses to answer. Dr. FitzGerald raised his hand to notify us that he wants to respond to the question on transport policy and choices. I will allow him to reply and we might be able to return to the other questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: Does someone from TU Dublin wish to take the second or third question? One of them was on imagery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Dr. D'Arcy. Often, how the marketers wish the car to be seen when advertising it is not the way many of us vulnerable road users view those vehicles as they come behind or beside us. Ask a seven-year-old child walking along the street how he or she views a large SUV on the road. I want to bring this back because what we are looking at is developing how to bring living and light...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Senator for doing that. I will ensure that is circulated to all committee members who are not in attendance. It will be part of our correspondence for next week. I have slots left: the third Fianna Fáil and the third Fine Gael slot. If I do not have anybody to take them, I will go into the third round, which is open questions, whereby somebody can raise his or her hand if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Deputy. That was going to be my wrap-up question for all the witnesses but we will deal with it now, although they have to spend less than two minutes on answering that question when the temptation is to spend much longer on that. I will start with the Heritage Council and the same order as we invited opening submissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Harvey. These are important questions. I will give this slot a bit longer so if everybody can answer the question in around two minutes each, that would be helpful. I now call TU Dublin for its two major recommendations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: Does Mr. O'Connor wish to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Steven Matthews: I call Mr. Donovan of the Cork Cycling Campaign to give two recommendations.