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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (9 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The review of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 following the first twelve months of their operation is now well advanced. The impact of the regulations on the cost of single dwellings (including self builds) forms an important element of this review. Some 170 submissions were received during the public consultation process which concluded on 15 May 2015. A report prepared...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: To respond to Deputy Coonan, the Bill provides that any developments of up to nine houses are exempt from Part V. If small sheltered housing developments were developed by private developers with up to nine housing units, they would be exempt. If approved housing bodies, which are usually involved in this throughout the country, are building these units they too are exempt if they are...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: It would do away with all of the units.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I wish to speak to amendments Nos. 34 to 43, inclusive, which propose to amend sections 33 and 34, which in turn amend section 96 of the principal Act. I do not propose to accept amendment No. 34, which would have the effect of deleting section 33 and replacing it with a provision that would delete section 96 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 on the power of local authorities to enter...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am simply clarifying the position.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am conscious that there are a number of amendments to be discussed and I wish to respond as comprehensively as possible. I wish to clarify the Part V obligations for Deputy Wallace, and where that stands with regard to the planning and conditions. The Part V agreements must now be in place before developers can turn a sod on a proposed development site. The Part V negotiation process...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: That is what we are doing.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am just clarifying the matter for the Deputy. I apologise to the Chair.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Yes.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am sorry to hear that.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: What we all can agree on is that we need a greater supply of houses, whether they be social or private. This Bill is a mechanism to try to address some of the viability issues and also to incentivise the use of high-potential sites where there is high demand. It is but one way of responding to the housing crisis of which the Deputies speak. The Government is making other inventions as...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Perhaps the Deputies are not explaining themselves fully, but that is what I am hearing. I am of the view that every person should have an opportunity to own his or her own home in an affordable and sustainable way but until we address the supply issues, the affordability issues and the viability issues, that will not be possible. This Bill is an attempt to address that in a number of ways....

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: They have correctly said that we need more, and I have no problem with such a statement. There will be more allocations as resources allow. That is the type of realism the Government has to deal with. There is no magic bullet or pot of gold from which we can access funds. Deputy Boyd Barrett mentioned on Committee Stage some €1 billion fund that exists in the ether. I am not using...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Some Deputies are speaking as if there are conspiracy theories and that the Government has a hidden agenda. I and many backbenchers in the Government come from working class areas and represent the very people about whom they speak. We are working day in, day out trying to assist the very same people in meeting the housing need that they have. We are not some kind of alien Deputies on this...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Wide-ranging housing issues are being debated and discussed, but I will address some of the points about the amendment. As I outlined earlier, the intention and objective of the Bill is not to raise revenue. The primary objective is to incentivise and stimulate the beneficial use of vacant or dormant sites in our cities and towns. The purpose of the levy is to incentivise the owners of...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I just told the Deputy.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I did.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy was not listening. It is on the record.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I said the Bill gives them flexibility.

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2015)

Paudie Coffey: It is social housing or other amenities.