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- 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.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: I have only one question to ask but before I do, I thank both local authorities. It is great to meet people. We engage in many different mechanisms and ways but it is nice to see them here. The witnesses are clearly on top of their brief. We understand and appreciate that there are many challenges. It is important to have this engagement with the committee. I will turn the focus to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: Will that be within the next two or three months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: Great
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: Will the SDCC draw down all of its central government funding for Traveller accommodation this year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: What is the allocation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)
Victor Boyhan: All of that funding will possibly be drawn down this year.