Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 10:

In page 8, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:“7. (1) Owners of sites greater than 0.08 hectares that are vacant or idle have a responsibility to register their interests with the local authority before 1 January 2016 or face a fine of 3 per cent of the site market value for the year 2016.”.

This amendment introduces a deadline date, 1 January 2016, for owners of vacant sites to register their interest. There would be fines for any failure to do so. That is the intention of the amendment.