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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

..., RRDF, funding, local authorities now have strategic direction, underpinned by funding, to address dereliction and vacancy. As an example of this, Waterford council was successfully awarded more than €28 million in funding under URDF call 2 for specifically addressing derelict and vacant properties in the centre of Waterford city. The refurbishment, and return to productive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Mr. Kieran Kehoe: From a planning point of view, 541 resources were identified as the shortfall. A cost of €46 million was associated with that. To be fair to the Department, it secured €5 million in a dedicated fund for that in budget 2023. We are working closely with the planning section of the Department and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

...see these big buildings that have been used in that way, so we are interested in learning more about how they do that, particularly for the affordable housing project. We have applied for I think €5 million in funding under that and I think we will get an answer in July or August. I am hopeful we will get some. Apart from just the funding, it is the expertise and the learning of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Mr. Kieran Kehoe: To be fair to Department officials in the planning section, they have agreed and secured that first €5 million for this year. They have agreed that 100 posts and it is just getting through the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in respect of the exact grades, etc. and cost. From interaction with Paul Hogan and his team,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...a tax. It would still be left to the local authorities to identify the derelict sites and put them on the register but Revenue would have a role in the collection. It seems that approximately €5 million is eligible but not being collected and is not feeding back into the local authorities. Does any additional onus or responsibility come onto a local authority when it adds a...