Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 October 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion

2:00 pm

Ms Geraldine Larkin:

Earlier this year, the IGB made submissions on rezoning to the Dublin city development plan. The submissions were presented to councillors last month as part of the overall draft consultations on the zoning plan. While the submissions were accepted by the executives of Dublin City Council, they were not accepted by the councillors in terms of what it is issuing for the draft plan.

The draft plan is now out for consultation and the IGB, as part of that ongoing planning process, will be making further submissions to Dublin City Council on why we believe there should be a change of zoning on the land. Senator Landy is quite right - the value is dependent on getting that change in zoning. That process will involve engagement with local stakeholders, local residents and local public representatives as well.