Urban regeneration and housing Bill
Deputy Timmins asks about the Planning and Development Bill and seeks reconsideration of housing-site priorities in his constituency; the Taoiseach says the urban regeneration and housing Bill will be published shortly.
When will the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill, item no. 15 on the A list, be before the House? The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government made an announcement recently about housing construction. I know that in one case he had no consultation with the local authority. Will the Taoiseach instruct the Minister to go back and agree with the local authority an order of priority on housing constructions? In my constituency, the areas that were selected are way down the list of priority.
In one area no water is supplied to housing. Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to re-examine the list? When will the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill be before the House?
Comment on this
I suspected that the Ceann Comhairle was not present. I also tabled a parliamentary question on the matter but received an inaccurate response from the Minister. I want to afford him an opportunity to correct it.