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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank everybody for the useful presentations. There is a terrible sense of déjà vufor most. The witnesses were with us many years ago to have exactly the same conversation. A number of people on our side of the discussion made the point that we were in the middle of a deep housing crisis and that the focus was on the need to increase supply. If we did not ensure that it was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: How much extra floor area is in question? I know it is specific to the device and individual, but what is a ballpark figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is simply extra floor space.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am not sure if Deputy Gould is here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: On costs, the answer depends on the type of housing. If a private developer has bought private land then increasing the overall floor space will cost but that can be mitigated. For social housing, there should not be a significant extra cost in this instance. For example, in most cases social housing, where it is developed directly by a local authority, is on land that has an historic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I invite the following question and think I know the answer. Am I correct to say that Part M does not allow almost all of what Ms Carthy has described?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: So that everyone listening to this debate is clear, or people who will listen to this debate or read the transcript, who recommended those standards because they are not in Part M of the building regulations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: If the Minister were to conduct a review, what do the witnesses want from such a review? How do those standards relate to what seems to me to be a sensible breakdown in the operation of Part M across the water in terms of the three categories of dwellings? Do those two sets of things relate or are they two different sets of standards?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: So get rid of the minimum standard stipulated in Part M.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a further question, with the indulgence of the Chair. Do design manuals exist? Are they available? Is there good practice? The Department always tells us it is very busy and has lots of things to do. As approved housing bodies, organisations for persons with disabilities are doing some of this. How difficult would it be to put these design standards into the manual as part of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Something we have not spoken about, but it has been mentioned twice, is exemptions for build-to-rent housing. A large proportion, approximately 40%, of new apartments that have received planning permission in Dublin are built to rent. What standard must they comply with if they do not have to comply with the minimum standard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: This means they all have to be compatible with Part M but those apartments built to rent do not have the option of the additional 10%. I presume not all planning applications that use the build-to-buy design standards from the manual avail of the extra 10%. Do we know whether this is the case? We probably do not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: It could be in gross floor area.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Shameful. Scraping the barrel, Tánaiste. Shame on you.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Anything to avoid the question. Your housing crisis, your health crisis, your childcare crisis.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Anything to avoid the question, a Cheann Comhairle. I am being provoked again.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Like they see the housing disaster.

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is not true. No allegation was made.

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (15 Jun 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will choose my words very carefully and the Deputy will have an opportunity to respond.