Results 101-120 of 337 for long speaker:Steven Matthews

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Steven Matthews: That is positive. It is something that has been requested for a long time and it is good to see it coming to an end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Steven Matthews: .... Community-led housing could be helpful in the delivery and every house we deliver is important. I ask the Minister to consider that. Funding was announced today to assist and move along developments where there is an affordability gap. This is where developers are looking at sites and deciding not to build housing because they will not be able to sell it. These sites will sit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Steven Matthews: It is great to hear Mr. McGarry talk about the advancements in the past two to three years. Obviously, we have had this vision for a long time and it is great to be in a position to be able actually to action that and to hear independent observers like him acknowledge that it is important to us. We then have to move on to that next step and look at it at that higher level. We have that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...affordability, inclusion and homelessness. Members have been circulated with the opening statement and briefing that the Department sent in advance, and I thank the Department for that. We have had a long series of meetings with local government representatives. We have had ten or maybe 12 executives of local government and affordable housing bodies before us. We are generally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...affordability and viability issues, we will also encounter climate challenges. It is viable to keep building semi-detached houses on greenfield after greenfield. They could be built all day long and there would not be an affordability issue. However, affordability also relates to the carbon output and the locked-in carbon lifestyle that goes with continued spread. It is critical the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...areas that are not connected to the sewerage network; if any grant funding is being considered in this case; if existing rural programmes could be expanded to include any housing estate with a long-standing communal septic tank set-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17182/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...of an identifiable person or entity, speakers will be directed to discontinue their remarks. It is imperative that speakers comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the House or an official either by name or in such a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Tenant In Situ Process: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Kelly. Mr. O'Reilly mentioned a three- to four-month timeline for the sale of properties. That does not seem like an excessively long timeline to me for the sale of a property to go through, although we would like it to be quicker. However, I think that is quite a good timeline. From my experience, I know the sale of a house can often take much longer than that. That is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...relation to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks and it is imperative they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise, or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official, either by name or in such a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...about this, starting from right before Christmas. The media probably amplified some of the confusion on it. For anybody listening, a residents' association can apply for a judicial review, as long as it puts three or four names on the application, which could be the treasurer, secretary or chair of that association. We put that to residents' association representatives at the committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...relation to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks and it is imperative they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official, either by name or in such a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...to what is proposed or applied for. Ms Foster said that there is no consultation with residents and the developers seem to get a much better choice of it. However, where land is zoned, a long consultation process goes on. There is an indication that something will be built upon. Mr. Mandal will say they will come in and far exceed in a planning application what the councillors for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...relation to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks and it is imperative they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official, either by name or in such a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: As long as it is not in respect of section 249 again. I believe everyone has answered the Deputy's question on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Steven Matthews: It could be a long meeting. Today's discussion has been helpful. It has probably thrown up more questions than answers, but that is no harm. If the current section 50B, relating to costs, were to be inserted into the draft Bill in place of the proposed section 250, would it be a good fit? The current process under section 50B seems to be working. What are the current issues with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...in relation to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks and it is imperative that they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official, either by name or in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...to an identifiable person or entity, they will be directed to discontinue their remarks, and it is imperative that they comply with any such direction. Members and witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official, either by name or in such a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...extra planning staff are needed. Whether they are planners, ecologists or experts in European law, where will we get them from? How many are coming out of college in Ireland, bearing in mind it takes a long time to become competent and experienced? Are there similar jurisdictions from where we could poach - for want of a better word - planners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...about four meetings on development consent, forward planning, enforcement and planning authorities. I think those were the four headings we did it under. The process has been going on for quite a long time. This is the first edition of what will eventually end up as the 2023 planning and development Act, or whatever it is going to be called. There are sections missing from it. There...