Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is such a mechanism in the general scheme of the land value sharing and urban development zones Bill where there would be an option for the local authority to compulsorily purchase the land at a discount, which is minus the land value sharing component, where the land is not being developed. That is specifically in the context of UDZs and not dissimilar to the Irish Planning Institute response and the grounds mentioned by the witness who suggested this is something that could be applied beyond that to help activate those bits of land, but that is separate point.