Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

One of the principles of proper planning is that it is done in the common good. In terms of the zoned land types, I have been approached by people whose land has been included in the zoned land tax. They do not want to pay the tax but neither do they want the land dezoned because it is obviously worth a lot more as an asset as zoned land. I expect that in many cases the land would be looked at and you would say you cannot make more of the land and it cannot be moved around - we know land is an oddity in that regard - and that it must remain zoned, that the tax is applied, that the land should be developed or that the land should be sold. Is Ms Scully starting to see more of that come into local authorities now? Are there more requests for dezoning of land?