Housing Delivery:
An inTegrATeD ApproACH THrougH
loCAl governMenT
Thursday 27th April 2017
Dunboyne Castle, Co. Meath
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Housing Delivery: An inTegrATeD ApproACH THrougH loCAl governMenT
seminar programme
09.00-09.45
registration, Tea/Coffee & refreshments
09.45-10.00
Welcome & opening remarks
Peter Sheridan, Chief Executive, Co-operation Ireland
10.00-10.30
Ministerial Address: national Context, priorities and problems
Minister Simon Coveney, T.D., Minister for Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government
Department for Communities NI, Departmental Representation
session 1: voids: Minimising Cost & Time for refurbishment & re-letting
10.30 -10.45
remarks from the Chair:
Michael Walsh, Chief Executive, Waterford City & County Council & Chair CCMA Housing
Committee
10.45-11.30
overarching policy & strategic Approach
Aidan O’Reilly, Principal Officer, Social Housing Capital Investment Programme, DHPCLG
Colm McQuillan, Director of Housing, Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE)
11.30 -11.45
Tea/Coffee & refreshments
11.45-12.30
practitioner’s Approach : Best practice
Carmel O’Hare, Head of Information Systems, Monaghan County Council
John McClean, Chief Executive, Radius Housing
12.30-13.00
session 1: Q&A and Closing remarks from the Chair
13.00-13.45
networking lunch
session 2: Approved Housing Bodies – Meeting the Delivery Challenge
13.45-14.00
opening remarks from the Chair
John O’Connor, Chief Executive, Housing Agency
14.00-14.45
Approved Housing Bodies – Best practice Models
Brian O’Gorman, Chief Executive, Clúid
Carol McTaggart, Group Director of Development, Clanmil Housing Association
14.45 – 15.15
Accessing land
Niall Cussen, Principal Adviser, Planning, DHPCLG
15.15-15.30
Tea/Coffee & refreshments
15.30-16.30
Moderated panel Discussion
panel Members:
1. Jenny Donald, Deputy Chief Executive, Northern Ireland Federation of Housing
Associations (NIFHA)
2.Barry O’Leary, Chief Executive, Housing Finance Agency (HFA)
3.Donal McManus, Chief Executive, Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH)
4. Colm McQuillan, Director of Housing, Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE)
5. Anthony Flynn, Executive Manager, Housing & Residential Services, Dublin City Council
16.30-16.45
plenary Discussion
16.45-17.15
Closing remarks & the Way Forward
Barry Quinlan, Principal, Housing Market Policy and Land Management, Department of Housing,
Planning, Community and Local Government
Seamus Neely, Chief Executive, Donegal County Council
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Contributors
peter sheridan
Peter Sheridan took up the role of CEO of Co-operation Ireland on the 1st January 2009. Prior to joining Co-operation Ireland Peter was a police officer for 30 years. He
started his police career as a cadet officer in 1978 and spent much of his service in the north west of Northern Ireland in uniformed policing, where he rose through the
ranks from Constable to Assistant Chief Constable responsible for all of Northern Ireland outside the Greater Belfast area. In February 2006 Peter assumed responsibility
for Crime Operations Department in which he had responsibility for murder and serious and organised crime investigation. In June 2007 he was awarded the OBE from
Her Majesty the Queen for services to the community and in September 2009 he was appointed as a Commissioner on the Equality Commission for NI.
Michael Walsh
Michael’s background is one of engineering, graduating from UCC in 1983 with a Civil Engineering degree. He started his career in Local Government with Waterford
County Council in 1983 and worked between there and Limerick City Council for a number of years at various engineering posts until 2000 when he was appointed as
Senior Executive Engineer in Waterford City Council. From there he progressed to the post of Director of Services and became Waterford City Manager in November,
2007. In June 2014, Michael was appointed Chief Executive of the newly amalgamated Waterford City and County Council. He is the current chair of the Housing and
Building Sub Committee of the City and County Managers Association.
Aidan o’reilly
Aidan O’Reilly is Principal Officer with the Social Housing Capital Investment area of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government — this
includes the local authority construction programme for social housing, regeneration and a range of other stock improvement programmes. He is therefore involved
with a range of the social housing actions and targets contained in Rebuilding Ireland, both in relation to delivery of new stock and the best use of existing stock. Aidan
previously worked in a range of areas within the Department’s Community Division. He has also worked in Departments of Justice, Foreign Affairs and Social Protection.
Colm McQuillan
Colm was appointed Director of Housing Services from 1st April 2017. Colm has worked with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for 33 years and has held a number
of operational and strategic posts that have influenced and informed the development of housing policy, strategies, and services. Colm has extensive experience and
expertise in all areas of housing policies, supporting people, legislation, Housing Benefit and homelessness strategies, including those related to Community Involvement,
Cohesion and Safety. Colm had a lead role in the Modernisation of the Landlord Division and undertook major systems development, implementation and restructuring.
As Director of Housing Services he is responsible for the management and business associated with the Housing Executive’s 87,000 properties.
Carmel o’Hare
Carmel O’Hare is Head of Information Systems in Monaghan County Council since January 2017. She has over 20 years’ experience working in I.T. progressing from a
technical support role in the early years to business solutions design, project and change management, service delivery management and team leadership roles in recent
years. She managed the unification of information systems in 2014 when the town councils were abolished and has played a major role in transforming business processes
in Monaghan County Council housing section since. Carmel has a BSc in Information Technology and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer.
John o’Connor
John is the Chief Executive Officer of the Housing Agency, which is a statutory body set up under the aegis of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local
Government (DHPCLG). The Agency was established to provide local authorities and approved housing bodies with high quality advice and support on the delivery of
housing and housing services. John is a structural engineer and has a wide range of experience in housing across both the public and private sectors. He has extensive
experience in the development, provision and direct delivery of housing, particularly in the areas of social housing, affordable housing and regeneration projects. John
was previously the Chief Executive of the Affordable Homes Partnership and prior to that Executive Manager with Dublin City Council’s Housing Department.
Brian o’gorman
Brian is Chief Executive of Clúid Housing Association. He has worked in non-profit housing organisations for 25 years. He has worked across a range of organisations
involved in housing advice, advocacy and homelessness. Brian was previously chair of the Irish Council for Social Housing, which is the representative organisation for
Housing Associations in Ireland. He was also a member of the Dublin City Council Strategic Policy Committee for Housing.
niall Cussen
Niall is the Chief Planning Adviser at the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. He is responsible for advancing strategic planning and
development policy at national and regional levels in Ireland and played an important role in the preparation of the Government’s Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness
“Rebuilding Ireland”. Niall is Head of Business Unit of the Forward Planning Section and leads the Departments professional Planning Advisers in the Department’s
Planning, Housing Market Policy and Land Management Division progressing both the Department’s as well as a wider government business agenda relating to legislative
and policy development in planning and related matters, most recently in the context of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, two current planning bills and the
preparation of a National Planning Framework to succeed the National Spatial Strategy.
Jennie Donald
Jennie Donald is Deputy Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations (NIFHA), joining the organisation in 2013 from the Chartered Institute
of Housing. She leads NIFHA’s policy and influencing work on development, finance, procurement and regulation. She previously held posts in the Department for Social
Development in urban regeneration policy and as Private Secretary to the Minister from 2008 to 2010 and the Northern Ireland Assembly. In February 2014, Jennie was
appointed Chair of the Interim Regulatory Committee in the Republic of Ireland, responsible for overseeing the implementation of a Voluntary Regulatory Code for the
sector, and advising on the development of statutory regulation.
Donal McManus
Donal McManus is Chief Executive of the Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) the national federation of housing associations in Ireland. Previously he worked in the
public and housing association sectors in both Scotland and Northern Ireland. He was previously a Board member of Housing Europe (the EU Social Housing Federation),
the President of the European Housing Forum, and was appointed from 2004-2006 to the UNECE Task Force on Social Housing. Donal is also currently a board member
of the Housing Agency.
Barry Quinlan
Barry Quinlan has responsibility at Head of Business Unit Level for the implementation, communication and public engagement of Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for
Housing and Homelessness, for market housing and land management policy including the development of a Land Supply Management Strategy; working with the Housing
Agency, the Housing Delivery Office and other key stakeholders to unlock State and privately held lands for accelerated housing development (Land Aggregation Scheme
Land; Local Authority sites; broader State lands and Pathfinder large scale housing Sites public or privately held).
seamus neely
Seamus Neely is the Chief Executive of Donegal County Council. He started his public service career with Donegal County Council before moving to various roles in
Cavan and Monaghan Urban District Councils, followed by ten years at Cavan County Council. He returned to Donegal County Council in late 2008 as a Director of
Service and took up his current role in June 2010. He is currently the Chairman of both Donegal Tourism Ltd and the Donegal Economic Development Committee.
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All-islAnD loCAl AuTHoriTy ForuM
“supporting sustainable co-operation between local government across the island of ireland”
All-island local Authority Forum sub groups
spatial planning Community planning
leadership shared services
solACe ni/CCMA
Housing
ForuM MeMBersHip 2017
Society of Local Authority Chief Executives
(SOLACE NI) representatives are:
County & City Management Association
(CCMA) representatives are:
liam Hannaway
Chief Executive
Newry, Mourne &
Down District Council
seamus neely
Chief Executive
Donegal County Council
Dr. Theresa Donaldson
Chief Executive
Lisburn & Castlereagh
City Council
philomena poole
Chief Executive
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
County Council
roger Wilson
Chief Executive
Armagh City,
Banbridge & Craigavon
Borough Council
Frank Curran
Chief Executive
Leitrim County Council
Anthony Tohill
Chief Executive
Mid Ulster
District Council
eugene Cummins
Chief Executive
Roscommon County
Council
John Kelpie
Chief Executive
Derry City & Strabane
District Council
eamonn o’sullivan
Chief Executive
Monaghan County Council
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