FF/FG/Green Government - Part 3 - Threadbanned User List in OP

This is what you said yesterday "As for building the houses, all you need is a contract manager, QS and a few engineers and sub everything else out". Which is incorrect.

The Department of Housing is setup to build houses as per their remit(attached), you don't have any idea what they do/don't do so I dont see how you can question the staff that work in that department. https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/370584-about-the-department-of-housing-planning-and-local-government/

A huge number of houses and developments are been blocked by political parties, you can find plenty of links knocking around and at different stages you will find all have blocked them but some at this stage are intent on blocking houses to make the issue worse, why you might ask? well they are in opposition and it doesn't help them if the government is successful. So expect more & more.

This is also discussed on the Sinn Fein thread if you want more information.

I don't think the government has the expertise, Im saying the exact opposite. I am saying the government need developers because they are the people who know how to build large housing developments on budget.

The government don’t have me brain washed and what you post sounds great, but that’s not the reality.

You don’t even mention an architect for this supposed 100 houses which is the first thing you would need? Your QS wouldn’t be up to much without plans.

Will leave you to it

I am just pointing out flaws in your plan. An architect would be involved at every step of the build. Loads can happen on a site which would mean a change to plans and clarifications etc.

For a large site development which would normally done in phases the houses built in year 1 can be totally different to the ones in the following years. This is because reg can change. I know of a site which built all houses in phase 1, now on phase 3 they got planning for houses rejected and it is all duplex's and apartments. The number of car parks spots and all sorts change. The ratings changes, so the heating system for the newer houses had to be all changed which meant swapping from radiators in the original build to underfloor heating etc etc

With 35+ years of experience I would expect you would be aware of all of that,

Our planning is the problem, we only have so much land in the locations the people want houses. You can ignore it but people on the waiting list rejects houses because they want them in the exact location they require.

Moving forward in cities Ireland should not be building houses and large apartment blocks should be built like every other major city in the World. The problem we have is everyone on the waiting list wants a 3-4 bedroom house with a nice garden. If they don't get that they would prefer to sit on that list to get it.

We have a poor public transport system and instead of trying to consolidate we are spreading out cities like Dublin, it is ridiculous carry on.

The lack of rent coming from councils is also a huge issue.

The system needs a total overhaul but I don't see any party suggesting anything of the sort. All I hear is noise from the opposition and the government are trying but no idea if it will work. For the long term someone should cop on building houses is a waste of time

I'd prefer if we changed housing policy to stop creating a need for and depending on private builds.

So let me get this straight; we are on the verge of power black outs this winter in part due to Data centres and absolutely no forward planning? And now, today, there's talk of maybe cutting back on the Data centres and asking companies to use generators of their own?

Does anyone in charge plan ahead or keep an eye on things? It seems we lumber blindly from one problem to another. What'll it be, we need power now, so we called in Denis O'Brien and Larry Goodman?

Good work FF/FG/Green *slow hand clap*