Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements
Dail Éireann — 2020-05-07
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Eoghan Murphy (FG), Dublin Bay South

Yes. We also do not want any stigmas being associated with certain types of housing. We have standard designs for the internal layout of homes which can be taken off the shelf by local authorities and we have a draft document that was circulated before the end of last year on the external layout, which would be how many sites one might be able to get in a hectare, how much green space would be required and other types of facilities. The idea is to have it off the shelf. A new housing delivery office is being established in the County and City Management Association, CCMA, which will manage that for local authorities. They do not have to reinvent the wheel or engage professional services every time. They can look at a site, speak to the housing delivery office, figure out what would work for them and move matters forward much more quickly as a result.
I believe I know the person the Deputy is talking about in respect of the voids programme. If it is the same person, she made a presentation, at my request, at one of the housing summits to the other local authorities on the steps she took around procurement, in a quite creative way, so she could do things more quickly when it came to housing delivery in the Deputy’s local authority area. That information was shared with other local authorities.

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Sitting date: 2020-05-07