Agenda and draft minutes

Agreed : Minutes Agreed

i.           Correspondence

No correspondence received

i.           Correspondence

Chairperson referred to the lack of Local Government speakers at both the Housing Agency and Irish Planning Institute Conferences.

Agreed : N/A

Public Housing Working Group

Lord Mayor Alison Gilliland provided a brief update of the upcoming December meeting agenda.

Agreed : Update noted

Senior Citizens Working Group

Lord Mayor Alison Gilliland provided a brief update covering seating at bus stops and walkability study.

Agreed : Update noted

Special Committee on Homelessness

The following themes were raised;

On-Street Food Services: A Review report was discussed covering;

·         Service user engagement

·         Potential impact on users of service

·         Further analysis of impact required

·         Regulation and legislative adherence

·         Food standards

·         Role of Food Safety Authority of Ireland

Agreed : Update Noted

Agreed : Presentation on Health/Dual Diagnosis made to Special Committee October 2021 to be circulated to SPC members.

Oversight Committee on Animal Welfare Issues

Frank d’Arcy provided an outline of progress to date with reference to dog wardens, the website and an animal shelter.

Agreed : Update noted

Verbal update

David Dinnigan provided members with an update which covered annual targets and Dublin City Council’s (DCC) build programme. The following points were raised;

·         Social Housing delivery targets

·         Potential Challenges

·         Long Term Leasing

·         Part Vs

·         Delivery streams

·         Housing Action Plan

·         Cost Rental

·         Affordable Purchase

·         Supply Chain & increased associated costs

·         Construction Cost Audit

·         Procurement process

·         Bureaucracy

·         Workforce planning & Project Management

·         4 Stage process

·         Stakeholder engagement

·         Universal Design

·         Land availability

·         Sustainable communities

·         Green construction/Technologies

·         Vacant/Derelict units

·         Turnkey properties

·         Legislative adherence

·         Funding streams

Agreed : Construction Cost Audit update shallbe issued at the December Housing SPC meeting

Presentation format

Martin Donlon delivered a presentation to members. The following points were raised;

·         Alternative and Additional Housing Delivery Mechanism

·         Benefits (reduced delivery timeframes, regeneration tool, alternative to LTLI, DCC input to design)

·         Comparison with alternative delivery (Traditional and regular turnkey)

·         Process (11 stage procurement process with Dialogue Stage)

·         To initiate by year end

Agreed : Presentation to be circulated to members

December Housing SPC meeting – Wednesday 8^th 11:00-13:00 Online

Points raised under AOB were as follows;

·         Voluntary Bodies expenditure and Service Level Agreements

·         Senior Citizen Working Group update

·         O’Devaney Gardens - Bartra Ltd undertaking High Court judicial review proceedings

·         Barnardos report

·         Retrofitting programme

·         Special Committee on Homelessness membership

Agreed : Phase II of the insulation programme update report for inclusion in the December Housing SPC meeting.