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Housing crisis
Although the Government wants to front-load housing construction after the pandemic to tackle the housing crisis, the regulator told the council that its draft plan has potential to undermine ânational and regional policy objectivesâ for compact growth.
The December targets reflect an assessment of national housing demand to 2040 by the Economic and Social Research Institute that was commissioned by the Government.
The regulatorâs letter of April 16th was signed by deputy regulator Anne Marie OâConnor, who said the recommendations should be prioritised and âwill require a lot of workâ.
The institution was established in 2019 to provide independent oversight of the planning process. One of its functions is to assess the preparation of development plans to ensure they properly apply national policies.
Councillors need to orient away from representations that make no difference anyway. by
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and empower Councillors to exercise effective governance and compliance over the €5bn administered by local authorities annually; and to be public not private representatives.
By Fiona McLoughlin Healy.
The Report on the Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Elected Members written by Senior Counsel Sara Moorhead issued to Minister John Paul Phelan last year and recommended an increase of €8,000 on the current salary for Councillors, bringing it to €25,000 annually and dilution of the increase by a reduction in expenses.
Subsequent debate has focused on the remuneration element of the report, diverting attention away from a concerning finding of the report that: