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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: They will also be able to remove communal spaces and remove community requirements. Developer will be able to make all these changes under existing planning permissions they have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: That raises a wider issue of implications and contradictions with local development plans, which we saw Dublin City Council raise last night, regarding the requirement for community and communal spaces. Has the Minister looked at that potentially contravening those requirements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Regarding the public-private partnership projects, bundle 3, is it true that legal proceedings were initiated by the preferred bidder?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Is the Department or are officials aware of any?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Are the Department officials saying "Yes" or "No"? Are they aware of any?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: The Minister is saying developers will be able to increase the size and increase the number of units under current planning permissions that they have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Okay. It would be incredible if that were to come out later and the Department was actually aware of legal proceedings regarding the preferred bidder. Are the Department officials aware?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: I appreciate that. We will take that as a "No", that there is no awareness of that. Will the Minister clarify that Dublin City Council and local authorities will be guaranteed the funding to develop the public-private partnership projects as design and build, and there will be no impact on delays? The allocation from PPP funding is over a 25-year period, so it will require an additional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Can the Minister guarantee that the capital allocation will be there when the local authorities come forward with design and build proposals? It will be higher than what was set aside in the annual budgets for them being delivered as PPPs, because it is over 25 years, so it will require more capital up-front.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Will there be an impact on timeframes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: What impact will there be on timelines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: It is jaw-dropping that the Minister was not aware of the legal proceedings, the judicial challenge to these public-private partnership projects. I cannot emphasise enough the impact of this on local communities in my constituency and throughout the country. A number of serious questions will need to be asked. When the Minister made the decision to withdraw from the public-private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: It is very unfortunate that we have reached this situation and that questions on this matter cannot be answered. It is an utter disaster and a mess in terms of these local projects that are due to be delivered. It is really unfortunate we have reached this situation. I will go on to another question I want to ask. We have not raised the issue of homelessness. The Minister said it will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Dublin City Council told me directly it has suspended the tenants in situ scheme, as have other local authorities across. It has been suspended because local authorities do not have the necessary funding allocated. Can the Minister not give an emergency allocation to those local authorities to continue with the tenants in situ scheme, as was the situation last year? That would be an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Priorities of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: Does Deputy McGrath have something to tell us?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 369. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025 to be enacted; if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37661/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide on update on the new proposed River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canal and Barrow Navigation bye-laws; if Waterways Ireland has provided any update in relation to fees and charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what his department doing to ensure that The Apartment and Duplex Remediation Bill 2004 comes before the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage for pre-legislative scrutiny in the Dáil autumn term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37449/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans reduce homelessness each year from 2026 to 2030, to meet the Lisbon Declaration timeframe of working towards ending homelessness by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37693/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (8 Jul 2025)

Rory Hearne: 530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on the timeframe for the development of a homeless prevention framework; whether it will have a budget line and resources dedicated to it in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37694/25]