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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: We have already legislated for these in this term. It is important the Minister considers incorporating this wording into the Bill. This type of housing is across Europe. I visited these units in Berlin, where it works extremely well. Typically, they are one third of the price for the punter that is buying because essentially they take out the developer’s profits to an extent and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: I can show the Minister where the Berlin complex is. It is a really interesting complex. The architect assisted these people in building their units. There are three small, low-rise apartment blocks. The residents got the choice of having a really large apartment or a smaller one from whatever money they had. There is a crèche on the ground floor of one of those low-rise blocks and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: Yes, exactly, 100%. We have legislated for it so-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: Do community land trusts come under the umbrella of approved housing bodies if they are registered?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (16 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is expected the CIé 1951 pension deficit will be resolved, in order that CIé pensioners will receive pension increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16043/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: Yes.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: We should go to the vote at this point.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: Does the Deputy want to deal with amendments Nos. 762 and 764?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: Amendments Nos. 762 and 764 have been covered. Amendment No. 767 is next.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: If that issue arises, it seems the process is not transparent.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of all current taskforces under his Department’s remit, in tabular form; to report on the objectives and progress of each taskforce; if he plans to set up any additional taskforces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13751/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Food Waste (9 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current annual budget allocation to the stop food waste section of the EPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14853/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the assertion that the new BIK thresholds and rules encourages drivers who are in possession of company cars to do additional unwanted mileage to ensure they receive maximum benefit under the new scheme; if this will be reviewed in light of the environmental impact of the change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are targeted measures to support tenants who have to leave their rental accommodation undergoing pyrite remediation under the pyrite remediation scheme; if costs for alternative accommodation for those tenants waiting to return to the property will be recouped; the process of applying if supports exist; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the prospect of implementing a rent transparency register in the private rental sector which he supported during the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018 in 2019; if his Department has further investigated the GDPR implications of a rent transparency register; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Housing Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 906. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the Multi Unit Development Act 2011; and whether he has considered introducing an interim regulator on a non-statutory basis for owner management companies to ensure appropriate governance across this sector for companies to manage apartment defects, remediation works and ongoing maintenance...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: The division bell did not ring properly, Chairman.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: No. The bell stopped ringing and you called the vote. There is normally a four-minute wait when the bell stops. I waited for the bell to stop before coming down. I would have made it if-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: I will withdraw amendment No. 614 with the right to reintroduce it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: Amendments Nos. 633 and 692 to 694, inclusive, are related and may be taken together.