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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Will they be office-based?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: With regard to trying to get repairs done and get houses back where only minimal work has been done, has the council approached the Department in regard to additional outdoor staff for housing?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Longford businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number of Westmeath businesses that have applied; the number of Longford applications that have been successful; the number of Westmeath applications that have been successful; the estimated value or worth of the support to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: That is excellent news. I want to drill in on some of the points Mr. Mahon covered in the opening statement. There would be concern about Longford's vacancy rate. It was detailed in the national media and we were at 12% as opposed to the national average of 7.8%. Have any steps been taken thus far to address that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I refer to getting local authority houses back into stock. I know the framework document for contractors was prescriptive and I understand that Longford County Council was dealing with a limited number of contractors. Has Longford County Council been able to improve on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I refer to the pipeline. After two years of the Housing for All plan Longford County Council is at 130 units as against the planned 391. If we were to continue at that run rate we would only end up with 325 units as against the planned 390. What plans and steps are in place to ensure we hit the target of 390? Are we looking at an increased run rate of delivery for the final three years of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Per head, it is the biggest in the country. In summary, would it be fair to say, first, that we are going to have an affordable housing scheme this year and, second, that we are going to hit that 390 target within five years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome Deputy Gould. We have gone slightly off schedule but I call Senator Cummins now and then Deputy Gould can comment. Is that okay?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Mr. Gilligan is speaking more than Senator Cummins, which is an achievement in itself. Will he let the Senator back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I call on Deputy Gould and thank him for facilitating the other speakers in coming in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Deputy Gould wants to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: We are almost at the conclusion of the meeting. Although Senator Boyhan is not at the meeting it is important to emphasise sustainable development for rural areas. The representatives from Mayo County Council touched on that concept. In 2008, County Longford was left with 2,000 units across multiple ghost estates. Nobody is more frustrated than I am with the with pace of the roll-out of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the route selection process for the N4 upgrade from Mullingar to Rooskey, given that additional funding was allocated to complete the route selection works and a decision on same was expected to be finalised before the end of 2022. [2029/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (19 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to make SUSI grant supports available to those who have obtained stamp 4 residence permits via the regularisation of the long-term undocumented persons' scheme. [2473/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (19 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to make SUSI grant supports available to those who have obtained stamp 4 residence permits via the regularisation of the long-term undocumented persons scheme. [2474/23]

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I rarely take issue with my colleague, Deputy Matthews, but I emphasise that the Government parties are as one on the climate action plan. I appreciate there are many Green Party fingerprints on the plan but we in this three-party Government are passionate about it and have enthusiastically supported it. I commend Deputy Matthews on acknowledging that there is a will and desire in rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the director for joining us and giving us some insight. However, I am somewhat disappointed by the level of detail given in the slides. DG Environment obviously has significant detail on which the presentation was based, so I had been hoping for more detail in it, but we are where we are. In fairness, the director and his colleagues are probably doing a reasonable job in trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I appreciate that Dr. Delgado Rosa only had a short period of time in which to do the presentation. If he could he share any of the back-up material with the committee, it would be a huge help. We would see ourselves as slightly distinct from the rest of Europe in that we are an island nation surrounded by water so Dr. Delgado Rosa can understand why in respect of rewetting, people here can...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the route selection process for the N4 upgrade from Mullingar, County Westmeath, to Rooskey, County Roscommon (details supplied). [1678/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a valid public services card is sufficient and acceptable as proof of photo ID for the purpose of a social housing application. [1785/23]