Ms Claragh Mulhern:

I am assuming the Deputy is referring to the difference between the two. The RZLT is the one currently being rolled out. It is due to come into effect next year. What is happening is that we are going through the process of the maps being published and landowners making submissions. Some of them are farmers, as the Deputy pointed out. As part of that process, they did have the ability to request from the planning authority the rezoning of their land to take them out of scope. Those requests need to be considered by the planning authority. It has to look at what its obligations are to meet its core strategy, housing supply targets and where the land is located in relation to other lands, for example. Very clearly, the message is that in respect of those requests, it is for the planning authority to make a judgment as to whether those lands should be changed in zoning from residential to agricultural. Each planning authority will need to make its judgment, as appropriate, in that case.

In terms of the follow-on question, if they are successful in some of these cases, for example, in changing their zoning to agriculture then they would also be out of scope for this measure. Obviously, however, if at some future point in time they are then rezoned for residential use, they would hypothetically fall back into scope for both the RZLT and LVS.