Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It would be, yes. Thankfully, we have fewer ghosts estates but one of the issues we consider here is the taking in charge process where a developer has not done it all; it is not an incomplete estate but perhaps the open space is not done to standard and things like that. We all come across that. It is a real issue and I am sure everyone can give five or six examples of estates that have been built for a long number of years where those elements have not been adhered to. To condition it would provide an opportunity to do that. Maybe we need to strengthen it, now that the Deputy has said it. There may be an opportunity to strengthen that somewhat further.

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