Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 December 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Urban Regeneration: Discussion

Mr. Richard Shakespeare:

I thank the Deputy. A key lesson from the vacant site levy is that, whatever levy has to attach to the land, it cannot attach to the individual. If you dispose of a site, it is zero down again. To avoid anything like that, any levy or tax has to apply to the site. Regarding resourcing implications, I would be lying to the Deputy if I said I knew. We need to see what will come at us. We will assess that and deploy whatever resources we need to try to get it done as efficiently as we can.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.