Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency

Ms Maria Graham:

Yes. We are aware that the committee will have several sessions of pre-legislative scrutiny and we hope to get an early report from it to facilitate the progression of the Bill.

I take the Deputy's point, which he asked me to refer to the Minister, regarding amendments on Committee and Report Stages. The one item for which such an amendment may be tabled is compulsory purchase order powers. I gave a commitment that there will be sufficient time to consider it. If it is brought on Committee Stage, we will indicate that at an early stage. It is to be hoped that-----

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