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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (26 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I appreciate the Minister of State's detailed and comprehensive reply, which confirms that the European Commission has been raising these issues since 2014 which is a long time ago. It also confirms that there was an issue with approximately 70 water supply zones. Correspondence from the Commission issued to the Government in November 2021 indicates that it believes the drinking water...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flooding of Lough Funshinagh: Lough Funshinagh Group (26 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will second it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It was fantastic.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I ask that we have a debate on balanced regional development. The Deputy Leader and Senator Crowe were in Tuam on Saturday for a very well-attended meeting. A number of Senators, county councillors and public representatives from the west were present. There was a strong case for the full roll-out of the western railway corridor for both freight and passenger transport. It made sense and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the chief executives and to echo the comments of all members in acknowledging the enormous work that they do, along with their teams, in what is a very difficult time. I also point out that I am particularly glad to see Ms Egan and Mr. Burns, both of whom would have been in Dun Laoghaire when I was there. Ms Farrelly has clearly taken a lot of talent from there because I know she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is great. I thank Ms Farrelly. The other issue is this Irish Water infrastructure deficit, which is preventing the council from developing some of the smaller sites for social housing. Is there anything Government can do there? What is the block?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Okay. There is one other thing I want to touch on, which is the Local Government Audit Service and the fact the local government auditor has expressed serious concern about the maintenance of the property asset registers in all of our Dublin authorities. Clearly, the more we have on that property asset register the more we can see if there is potential, in terms of our ownership, for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Is there any additional potential there that could be brought into play?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Okay. In terms of the number of derelict sites on the derelict site register, be they sites or properties, how many, if any, would be in the ownership of Fingal County Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Can I just touch on one point in terms of south Dublin, and that is Clonburris and the issue around the appropriate mix of tenure types? I will come back on the second round if I need more time. Can Mr. McLoughlin take us through the tenure mix that is being proposed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We all know that the delivery of a significant proportion of social and affordable houses is dependent on the delivery of the private construction sector and the knock-on of the Part Vs, which I think Mr. McLoughlin mentioned earlier. It is hard to quantify that. Any slowdown in delivery of housing is going to have an impact on our Part Vs. Looking at Clonburris, it has huge potential as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: What does Mr. McLoughlin expect out of that? He has already said that 2,500 houses are part of South Dublin County Council's own programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Will Mr. McLoughlin take a guess?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is helpful. I will throw out an idea to both of the chief executives. It has been suggested, not by me but by others, that there is a strong case for a Dublin housing delivery office that would provide a much more condensed, co-ordinated approach to the delivery of housing across the Dublin region. There are four local authorities in the region at present. Matters have moved on, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I agree with the witnesses. I just wanted to fly that flag to see what the response would be.