Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Select Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed)

2:10 pm

Photo of Damien EnglishDamien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fair enough. With regard to Deputy Catherine Murphy's comment, there is provision currently in section 180 of the Planning and Development Act to allow for estates to be taken in charge, section by section. We are going to try to strengthen that. The other Bill is currently going through Committee Stage and there would be an opportunity for Deputy Murphy to table her amendment in that Bill as it might be better suited to streamline the provisions around that section 118. If the Deputy is prepared to wait we could have a discussion about it at that stage.

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