Barry Ward
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554 appearances
6 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 7 Sep
Barry Ward’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That's why the government is investing in more Gardaí and more resources.
Well, the first thing is that all of them have to comply with ordinary building standards.
So that's the first thing.
They're not exempt from that.
They are exempt from planning.
And what this plan is really about is giving people autonomy over their gardens.
And you have people in the country who have large gardens.
There are conditions.
So, for example, you have to still have 25 square metres of garden available.
It has to be separate from the house.
It must be the house in which you're living.
So it's not the case that, for example, if you own a rental property, you can put one of these modular homes in the back garden and rent that out.
So there are a number of conditions that come with it.
But what Conor says is right.
You would not be a tenant in the sense you would be if you rented an apartment or a house.
You would have exactly the same status as somebody renting a room in a house under the rent-a-room scheme.
To which Conor is not opposed, as far as I know, and Labour is not opposed.
So I don't see why they'd be opposed to this measure, which is just one of a whole suite of measures that John Cummins in particular has put in place to help us ease the housing crisis.
And if it's something that suits the needs of a particular person on a short-term basis or a medium-term basis, then is that not a good thing?
Well, you see, the point that Conor makes is equally true in relation to existing exemptions.
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