Results 1-3 of 3 for kildare segment:6863432

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ..., has been changed by large housing developments. The Ceann Comhairle will be more familiar with this problem than I am because housing need is greater in the commuter towns and villages of County Kildare. I am concerned that the Bill does not impose a cap or upper limit on the number of housing units in a development. I understand that a development may have 50 completed homes which...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Frank O'Rourke: ...lost. Not to amend the Act would have been a grave mistake in my view and my colleagues' view. That is why we set about trying to get this amended as quickly as possible. In my constituency of Kildare North, quite a number of sites will be falling into this situation this month and next. It would be a terrible shame if developments of 100 or 150 houses had to be closed down. We need to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Barry Cowen: ...a committee meeting today that there are impediments to them doing that, let us resolve the issue and implement the changes. In light of recent tragedies across the water and closer to home in Kildare and other places, local authorities have said resources and manpower are an issue in terms of them being in a position to inspect properties that are let and subvented by the State by...