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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)

Anne Rabbitte: I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State before the committee. I acknowledge the work they are doing in both of their respective areas. The Department recently published a league table on social housing by each local authority. It shows the significant ones that have delivered and performed and those that are underperforming. There is nothing like a league table when you are...

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)

Anne Rabbitte: I hope the Minister will keep publishing those league tables. If nothing else, they are a support to the local Oireachtas members and councillors to keep the issue front and centre every month at their meetings. I understand that the powers and remit of the Land Development Agency are to be extended following a recent decision by the Government. Can the Minister give us details of what...

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)

Anne Rabbitte: All right. I still have enough time. The Minister just answered the question from Deputy Stanley about the removal of the four-stage process but also about having the standard of four different designs. This is to assist with getting through the planning process. It is also to assist the local authorities in ensuring there is a standard when builders are going in for tendering processes...

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)

Anne Rabbitte: Turning to the Minister of State, in all fairness, regarding the announcements he made around protecting our historical projects and everything else like that, what would his ask be going forward to ensure we can protect the past while building for the future? A lot of good funding has gone in with the urban regeneration and development fund and the historical project funding the Minister of...

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)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister of State and the Minister.

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)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Minister for allowing us to ask extra questions. I have to correct the Deputy to the left of me. I go back again to my compare-and-contrast exercise between Galway and Cork-----

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)

Anne Rabbitte: Far left. I am sorry; Deputy McGrath is on my left.

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)

Anne Rabbitte: I raise the issue of voids in Cork and Galway in the last ten years. Cork County Council and Cork City Council have received €50 million in the last ten years to bring voids back into use. Galway County Council and Galway City Council received €12 million. In fairness to Cork City Council and Cork County Council, between them, they have brought back 3,100 voids into...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: The compulsory purchase order, CPO, system is there to support development. I wish to raise a road that was developed in Galway, the N63. When a local authority serves a notice to treat, that is when it has entered into an arrangement, on behalf of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, or the National Transport Authority, NTA, to purchase land to develop it. In this instance, the notice...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: We will now address the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024 on Committee Stage. This has been restored from the previous Seanad, just to put it in context.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Senator Ryan for a very powerful contribution this afternoon. Senator Noonan is indicating that he wants to contribute to the discussion on this amendment.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: That is correct.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Thank you very much, Senator Kelleher. I welcome Norah Patten. I think that is her in the green in the corner. She is very welcome. She is Ireland's first woman astronaut and is the special guest in our Visitors Gallery. I thank her for joining us.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank the Senator for her powerful contribution. As it is Committee Stage, if people indicate, I will allow them to come back in.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Senator Harmon. I welcome the Crumlin-Drimnagh group to the Gallery. I also see John Bourke, chairman of WALK, which is a fantastic disability organisation. He is accompanied by Deputy Ardagh. This also gives me the opportunity to thank Sarah Benson, the chief executive of Women's Aid, for being here for all the contributions today on the Bill and the very important amendment....

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: When is it proposed to take the next Stage?

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2025)

Anne Rabbitte: Is that agreed? Agreed.