Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Engagement with AILG and LAMA

4:00 pm

Mr. Tom Moylan:

We have had some general discussions on the matter. Our members have told us that to comply with development plans and national guidelines on the zoning of land, many local authorities have dezoned land over the past six or seven years. Future zoning did not enter our discussions significantly because much of that work had been done and there is probably enough land zoned in local authority areas to meet population trends over the next ten to 20 years. The matter has not figured into our deliberations.