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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the delegates for coming and wish Mr. Coleman well in his role as chief executive of the Land Development Agency. The Minister circulated a briefing note on his appointment yesterday, which reminded me that Mr. Coleman was involved in NAMA, banking and accountancy - three areas that do not generally instill much public confidence or trust. One of the big challenges facing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Does that mean that lands currently vested in local authorities will not be defined as "public lands" for the purposes of this legislation?

Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...the issues on approved housing bodies, AHBs. I acknowledge that and thank the Department and its officials who work with us proactively, openly and transparently. I acknowledge that Rebuilding Ireland is the Government's housing plan, whether I like it or not. It consists of five pillars and 168 actions, some of which I will highlight because I want to stay focused on what is there....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reclassification and Future Outputs of Approved Housing Bodies: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...is keen to use AHBs as a major source of housing and in the provision of social housing. There is always a conflict with what the local authorities are meant to be doing. We know from looking at land inventories that there are substantial public lands in the ownership of these housing authorities and we know there is a demand for housing. One has to ask why we cannot harness all that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ..., very little housing has been developed. I live close to a large site for which permission for a substantial development was granted. The buildings were knocked down, a fence was erected and the land has now trebled in value with no builders on site. This legislation allows the fast-tracking of planning with blocked out third party appeals. In simple terms, that means our citizens are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (25 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. As I said, he might bear in mind that Bord na Móna owns 80,000 ha, although I accept that not all of this land is suitable for forestry. It is encouraging that between 12,000 ha and 15,000 ha has been approved and is shovel ready for planting. That gives us hope and opportunity, and I hope we can sustain the momentum. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I raise an issue relating to the Land Development Agency.The Leader will recall that in 2018 the Government announced the establishment of the Land Development Agency. Its principal aim was to co-ordinate State lands, take them under its control and, ultimately, develop them to the maximum potential for housing and other infrastructural needs and employment opportunities. It is a wonderful...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social Housing Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...it is for an affordable purpose or some other purpose. I like that concept. I hear what the Deputy is saying about SDZs. I am especially familiar with the zone in Cherrywood. There is not much State land there, it is land that is held by private developers. SDZs are different from each other depending on where they are located. We would be doing very well if we could reverse the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...work permits we were awaiting in the horticulture and forestry sector, for which applications had been submitted. The action plan includes an ambitious target of putting an additional 8,000 ha of land under forestry per year. That is good news, but it brings with it issues related to employment, training and skills. Horticulture and forestry are two areas in which we can excel,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I refer to the Land Development Agency, which I have raised in the House on a number of occasions. The establishment of the agency was announced and a statutory instrument signed in September 2018. The agency is intended to manage the regeneration of land, particularly State lands, deliver affordable housing, work constructively and consolidate land banks on public lands between the private...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...of the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA. As I do not know how it works, I ask him to touch on how the NDFA interfaces with county councils. Deputy Darragh O'Brien raised the issue of the Land Development Agency not being a legal entity. The Government indicated that it required at least 30% of land released from central controlled bodies to be utilised for affordable housing....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We all agree that land costs are a barrier to housing affordability. No one disagrees with that and the point is worth emphasising. Is the Housing Agency still in the business of acquiring lands or properties? If so, is there an inventory of those properties? The agency was involved in the past in acquiring properties. There is always a conflict when State agencies acquire built...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...a hatch turning people away all the time. I want to keep to broad brush strokes and am conscious that there are two local authorities here. The one thing that we all agree on is at that the cost of land is a barrier to affordability. Affordable housing is what is on the agenda here today. We are conscious that there are landbanks in both authorities present. I am particularly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Is Ms Keenan referring to lands held by Horse Racing Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...this important and ongoing engagement, as it helps us in our work and in understanding what the Department is about. I will keep my questions brief and first address action 1.1 in Rebuilding Ireland, which deals with homelessness. It reads: "We will accelerate and expand the Rapid-Build Housing Programme to provide, in the first instance and as a priority, more suitable accommodation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will make three key points. Action No. 3.19 of Rebuilding Ireland relates to the publishing of the strategic development management plans prepared by each local authority for its housing land. The Minister might confirm whether all these plans have been completed, returned and published. There may be reasons they have not been. He may not have the information now. If he does not, not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett for raising the TC3 issue. Last night, I was informed by a number of Dún Laoghaire councillors that the chief executive had taken the decision to do a land swap. I do not want to get into too much detail and I am conscious of what I am saying, but will the Minister examine the record of this committee? I raised this matter a number of times. I have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service: Discussion (9 May 2019)

Victor Boyhan: .... I will give an example of some comments that are in some of the audit reports. I will not identify the councils because it would be unfair. A review of one council's fixed asset register of lands and buildings indicates that it has not been properly maintained. The report identifies that council assets have been incorrectly registered to a third party rather than to that particular...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...duly got it here. On a personal level, I will always be grateful for the opportunity he gave me. On 13 September 2018 the Government issued a press release and launched a campaign to establish the Land Development Agency which was to have a budget of €1.25 billion and to build 150,000 new homes. Today we are still waiting for a draft of the primary legislation required to give...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...been sat on it ever since and nothing has been done about it. There a major affordability crisis in the area. We also have the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum where approximately 36 acres of State lands are being sat on. I have singled out two State sites, for neither of which are there major plans for the delivery of affordable housing. The clock is ticking; we have to deliver...