Minister Coveney to appear before Housing Committee

20th September 2016

The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Session A: Engagement with Mr. Tony Keohane, Chairperson Designate, Ervia;

Session B: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness (resumed) [Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government;]

Session C: Mid-year Review of 2016 Revised Estimates for Public Services - Vote 34 (Housing, Planning and Local Government) [Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government].

Committee Chair, Maria Bailey TD, said: “In the first session of tomorrow’s meeting, we will meet with Mr. Tony Keohane, Chairperson Designate of Ervia. Ervia (formerly known as Bord Gáis Éireann) is a commercial semi-state company with responsibility for the delivery of gas and water infrastructure and services in Ireland. This multi-utility company plays an important part in developing Ireland’s gas and water infrastructure and we look forward to this engagement with Mr Keohane.”

“The second part of the Committee meeting will see us resume our discussion with Minister Simon Coveney on the Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. We will continue our examination of how he sees the Action Plan addressing the housing problem in the short, medium and long term. After this session of the meeting, we will consider the mid-year position in relation to the Department’s expenditure and performance for 2016, along with the context for Budget 2017 and allocations for the department for 2017.” 

The meeting will take place in Committee Room 4, Leinster House at 9:30am tomorrow, Wednesday, 21st September 2016.

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