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- Seanad: Situation in Iran: Motion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: It is frightening that we have to debate this motion. I am honoured to second it on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Members of Seanad Éireann, but it pains me that people in any part of the world have to debate this issue and that girls, women or any other human beings are living under such fear and oppression. Our motion unreservedly condemns the abuse of Mahsa Amini by the Iranian...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I thank the witnesses for joining us today and for their work in the local authorities. I feel like a poacher turned gamekeeper with the colleagues from Dublin City Council. My first questions are for Dublin City Council and I may come back in the following rounds. When I was a member of that council, we had many debates on how to increase housing delivery. With Housing for All, the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I want to make a point of clarification. If a property is derelict it is vacant-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: -----and DCC has compulsorily purchased derelict buildings so it has compulsorily purchased vacant properties.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: How much does it cost to build a three-bedroom apartment in the city, roughly, or a house? Mr. Keegan talked about the inflationary costs. We all know them. What is the working figure for a three-bedroom apartment or house in the city?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I do not want a specific example.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Could we have the same figure for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Both councils are able to avail of the additional funding increase, which has been referenced.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: That is what the councils are working with to deliver affordable housing, both for cost rental and affordable purchase.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: In terms of voids and vacancies in council housing stock, in the past two years how many voids, by which I mean city council flats or houses that where boarded up, have been renovated and relet? What are the numbers for the past year or two?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I am not putting Mr. Curran on the spot. If he has it, that is grand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Are the councils actively pursuing their own properties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I appreciate Dublin City Council is doing its development plan and there will be some changes but of the land already zoned for residential in the city and owned by the council, what percentage is not under development by the council?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: That is great, thanks. There is a narrative out there that council targets are too low, that they are underdelivering on them and that they will fail to address the housing crisis, which is destroying people's lives. There is also an accusation regarding the commitment to move away from private contribution and private developer involvement in the delivery of social housing. On the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: That is the suggestion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Why can Dublin City Council not do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)
Mary Fitzpatrick: I want to ask about the €81 million that was granted to councils to support housing adaptation grants for older people and people with disabilities. These grants are important to allow people to remain living independently in their own homes as they deal with a disability, an acquired disability, old age or infirmity. I understand in the case of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County...