Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Conor O'Connell:

I believe that has already been answered by my colleague, Mr. Kelleher. Certain public housing delivery bodies will be effectively excluded from the land value sharing as it is currently worded, although it is a proposal. That will lead them to have a competitive advantage when it comes to the purchasing of land. In the scenario where there is a house builder and an AHB that are bidding on one piece of land, the AHB will be at a competitive advantage over the private house builder.