Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion
Mr. Paul Hogan:
Obviously, strengthened governance through development agency roles in terms of urban development zones, UDZs, are identified as well. We have the Land Development Agency as well and there is a potential role for it. A lot of it will depend on this becoming an embedded part of the system. If one can imagine a scenario where we are not trying to get over this kind of hurdle of stepping up to this, and it becomes a normal part of the system, there will be a greater element of revenue for local infrastructure for communities through these contributions in local authorities. This would then be recycled into funding for works where they are most required. It speaks to what we were saying earlier about identifying infrastructure deficits at the outset regarding development, where development is likely to take place and is needed, and then applying the available funds to that.
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